Masterpiece in Visuals.

Rating: 9/10 (14 September 2014)

The film is dark dystopian and visually impressive. Harrison Ford stars in Blade Runner. Set in the mega futuristic City of LA, Rick Deckard is a former special cop who hunts down human looking Cyborgs called Replicants. In a city that is a blend of 19th century and 21st century architecture Deckard must reprise his role as a Blade Runner when a group of Replicants return to Earth seeking answers to their questions.
Blade Runner was made at a time when the Sci Fi genre was just beginning with Star Trek, Star Wars and Alien all becoming major movies during that period of the late 70's early 80's. This film continues in that form. It combines the realism of Alien with the fantasy of Star Trek. Director Ridley Scott did a brilliant job in portraying a megacity. The costumes, feel and elaborate set up of the city exemplifies how a mega city would really look like.
The Cyborgs running around as murderers, the night club and market places that are shown give us perspective on how the people on the streets behaved instead of just focusing on the skyscrapers. The characters lacked much of an impact on the movie since the sheer size of the city dwarfed their importance. Deckard becomes involved with Replicant women while the Geneticist responsible for creating these Cyborgs comes to a nasty end at their hands.
This title is stunning to watch but very hard to understand. There is a similarity with other earlier Sci Fi movies, Metropolis being one. Thoroughly enjoyable seeing Harrison Ford play an excellent protagonist. He is particularly good in these movies because he is both an accomplished actor and can do these action packed scenes as well.