A finely crafted movie that makes you wonder what it is that makes you human.

Rating: 9/10 (26 April 1999)

Blade Runner, hailed as one of the great SciFi movies, manages to combine science, action and philosophy into one beautifully made package. The movie makes you wonder- "What is it that makes you human?" If it looks human, acts human and (thanks to implanted memories) *thinks* it's human, and has developed free will, is still an android? Based on the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" the movie adaptation loses a lot of the deeper subtext but still manages to convey the problem with creating artificial humans, if they grow emotionally doesn't that make them human too? One thing I missed that was in the novel was the "mood organ" which allowed humans to control their moods artificially, insuring they were happy with their jobs and their lives. If your emotions and mental state are artificial does it make you less human? Still the movie is excellent, I recommend it to all.