A must-watch for any Sci-Fi fan

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2009)

I'm ashamed I haven't seen this movie until now. I've been hearing about this movie for years, I always wondered why so many people have said good things about it, yet I doubted it could be really as good as they said it was, mostly because it was made in 1982. After watching Natural City which is based on Blade Runner I decided to finally watch Blade Runner and I'm glad I did.
From the very start of the movie I felt like I just got into a roller coaster but this was a special roller coaster because instead of many ups and downs this ride was exhilarating from start to finish. At the beginning of the movie you're given a fly-over of the city of Los Angeles in 2019, I was amazed at how beautiful it was.
It's interesting to note how far-off the director was with the level of technology we will be having by 2019, back then people thought we'd have flying cars by the year 2000, but look at us we're in 2009 and still no flying cars and still depending on archaic oil for fuel. However the director's error in judgement thankfully doesn't distract from the movie at all.
Blade Runner is about replicants, artificial humanoid life forms that are virtually identical to humans, who were created for the purpose of slave labor and colonization of other planets. When a group of replicants betrayed their human masters in an off-world planet all replicants were banned from Earth. A special police unit designated as Blade Runner were given the mission to hunt for replicants on Earth and "retire" them.
The camera-work in this movie was excellent, it makes you feel like you are a part of the movie. When the main character is walking in the city you feel as if you're walking next to him. When he's in a flying car you feel like if you're flying next to him, it's a wonderful experience, you get a sense of what it would be like to live in that city.
The only negative I can think of for this movie is that it only lasts two hours, I wanted it to go on for at least two more hours, that's how good the movie was. If you haven't seen it go see it now, I'd recommend watching the Blu-Ray version, the quality of the video is so good it's even better than some recent movies, and that's not just my opinion.