Blade Runner Final Cut [Blu-ray]

 

 

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Blade Runner(released June/82-has it been that long?)has been re-released onto DVD and this time around Ridley Scott himself has supervised the remastering,tweaking several scenes and boosting the background sound/music.The movie has never looked as good as this....ever.This release's major drawback however is the removal of Ford's background narration throughout,which certainly detracts from Scott's original vision but,like Spielberg,Lucas,et al,they can and do do what they want with their product.I must admit that even with the loss of the voice track,this version IS quite compelling and makes for an excellent comparison between the original cut and this one.
The story is well known by now.It is 2019 and Deckard(Harrison Ford)is a cop dedicated to the elimination of Replicants.These androids,built by the Tyrell Corporation,are on an equal par in many respects with humans and as a result have been banned to the outer worlds as workers.However a group of Replicants rebelled and some made their way back to Earth and into Deckards path.One by one Deckard hunts them down.Deckard even meets with the great Tyrell himself and falls in love with one of his personal Replicants who doesn't know she is one until Deckard reveals the truth to her(Sean Young).The rogue Replicants are paired down eventually to two(played by Darryl Hannah and Rutger Hauer) who visit one of Tyrell's valuable assistants,who in turn persuade him to take them to the inventor.The inventor projects a kind of a cautious fatherly attitude towards his inventions,whose main objective is to find out how long they have to live(they have a built in safeguard life span of about four years into them)and to stop the process.It seems there isn't a way to reverse the dying process in the Replicants and Tyrell is summarily killed.
Two Replicants are whittled to one and Deckard tracks him down,but it becomes a chase to live for Deckard,as he becomes the prey instead of the hunter.The Replicant at times plays with Deckard knowing his own inevitable end is near and before he can make the coup de gras he indeed dies.Deckard returns to his apartment where he and Tyrells Replicant leave the city forever.
This film moves along very well,telling its story in measured increments,never losing ground at any time.The entire look of the city from the flying cars to the giant advertising boards to the rainy and grungy streets have been more than a huge influence to countless films and filmmakers since its release.Scott was on a definite hot streak at this time as his Alien film was and has been a terribly big influence also.The acting from everyone involved is fantastic and was a break through film for many of its participants.
Technically the film looks absolutely gorgeous and it is in its widescreen a/r.Other than extensive commentaries by Scott and several production crew members,that is all the extras there is.
All in all a highly recommended release.If the Deckard commentary had have been there I would have given this film a BIG five stars all the way.However despite its' deletion,the film is still excellent in this form,and through Scott's tweaking,it has come through as a close second to the original.

Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott (director) combine to make a classic. Great storyline and great effects considering when the movie was made. This and Alien set the stage for what was to come for Scott...

This is one of my favorites when it comes to Sci-fi. It of course stars Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer who are both wonderful actors, but what got to me is that you could see this possibly becoming our future as far as the landscape of the movie. A real classic with perhaps some premonitions of our future. Just look at what is happening in our world and you get the idea.

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