best sci-fi ever made, period

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2003)

This is without a doubt the finest science fiction movie I have ever had the pleasure of watching, and ranks high in my own personal "greatest movie ever" list. The topic of human emotion in robots has been done to death, but this movie stands alone. Its sci-fi, but its also an action movie, a detective movie, a thriller and a convoluted love story all in one. And its not just that Harrison Ford does an excellent job playing the role of a mercenary (he has a habit of doing that), every part in this movie is well acted and well scripted. But the true genius in the film lies in its director. Watch the opening scene and you'll know what I'm talking about. No frame in this movie is anything short of flawless, beautiful to look at. It's gritty, its intense, totally convincing as a future vision, and the aspects of the plot that deal with emotion in robots (or in this case human replications) are so well done that this movie was actually mentioned in a philosophy lecture I attended on the nature of the mind.