Blade Runner (1982)

Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Novel: Philip K. Dick Screenplay: Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, William Sanderson, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, Brion James, James Hong
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama

Blade Runner is no doubt a Sci-Fi classic if there ever was one. Ridley Scott's movie have a lot of fans singing its praise, and is another of those movies I hadn't seen since the early 90's. Within this genre movies often get outdated in a very short time, but that's not at all the case with this one. It feels almost as fresh as it must have felt back then, much thanks to a dystopian vision taken to screen with care and talent from the maker. The dark scenes of future L.A. is breathtaking, while being simple enough.


It's difficult to fairly judge a movie made so long ago which have achieved such a status. At times you feel you're more interested in the phenomenon that is its status, rather than the quality on the screen. Anyway. That's the case with a lot of the old classics, and here there's plenty to put your finger at.


To me Harrison Ford is a very limited actor. Sometimes it works out well, like in the original Indiana Jones movie, but often his limitations also limits the movies he's involved in. That's no doubt the case here in my eyes. Hauer and Hannah works a lot better, but I feel also the part of Young could have done a lot better with another actor. Overall too much of the talent on screen, just isn't talented enough to breath the needed life into the dark world of our Blade Runner and the replicants.

I'm still quite entertained, both by the vision in making this futuristic world and the life of its own this movie have received since. I also think this might grow on me the next time around, but for now I don't really get all the hype or the classic status.