Can you pass the Void Kompf Test?

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2003)

Blade Runner (1982) is the classic tale of a future-noir Los Angeles. An environment of constant darkness and rain entailing the story. Rick Deckard is a Blade Runner AKA one who retires(kills) replicants, which are artificially created humans with extreme innate mental and physical capabilities designed for slaving in off-world colonies. The scenario is the Detective vs. 4 escaped replicants lurking in the streets of Los Angleles. Their mission is to find their creator, Tyrell, and force him to give them more life; for the replicants life span is only 4 years because of safety measures. The detective's mission is to find the 4 replicants and retire them before they adapt to the society and endanger the lives of others. But the detective's inept mission turns against him as he fights for his life and the moral certitude of humanity.
Blade Runner is well known visually for its excelling art design and cinematography. The future "2019" developed in 1982 still looks very good today. Blade Runner is directed by Ridley Scott. It was one of his first films he's directed; second after Alien (1979). Some of his other great works are Black Hawk Down, Thelma & Louis, and Gladiator. Blade Runner (Directors Cut 1992) is to many people one of the best films ever put on screen. Written originally by Phillip K. Dick in 1969 entitled as "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Phillip K. Dick died in 1982 shortly after Blade Runner's release, he is well known for futuristic novels which some have turned into movies: Total Recall (1990), Minority Report (2002).