An Excellent Vision

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2001)

Ridley Scott's bleak vision of 2019 is a chilling, visceral, stunning experience. Forget Star Wars, Blade Runner is the greatest Sci-Fi film ever made. Every time I watch it I find something new to think about or marvel at and that is something that can not be said about most of the Hollywood product in recent years. Every single shot and composition is cinema perfection and this heightens the vastness of the scope and places the viewer firmly in the bleak Dystopian future. This future is a beautifully crafted world, both visually stunning and socially and culturally complex. But it is no doubt the cross of Sci-Fi and Film Noir offer a truly memorable film experience. Throw in the most lush film score ever made, courtesy of Vangelis and a hauntingly ambiguous ending and you have one of the most memorable films of recent times.
10/10