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Name: Blade Runner
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: drama, science-fiction, thriller
Released: 1982
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 8.1

Blade Runner has an iRankMovies score of 83.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Blade Runner (1982)

Man has made his match... now it's his problem.

Release:1982

Runtime:1h 58m

Country:United States

Director:Ridley Scott

Language:English

Genre

DramaScience FictionThriller

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Keywords

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Blade Runner rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.1/10· 876K votes

Rotten Tomatoes89%

Metacritic84%

TMDb7.938/10· 15K votes

With 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.1/10 on IMDb and 84/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Blade Runner

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Cast of Blade Runner

Harrison Ford
as Deckard
Rutger Hauer
as Batty
Sean Young
as Rachael
Edward James Olmos
as Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh
as Bryant
Daryl Hannah
as Pris
William Sanderson
as Sebastian
Brion James
as Leon
Joe Turkel
as Tyrell
Joanna Cassidy
as Zhora
James Hong
as Chew
Morgan Paull
as Holden

Blade Runner facts

Budget: $28M
Box office: $41.7M
Collection: Blade Runner Collection

Our take on Blade Runner

Ridley Scott's 1982 science-fiction landmark unfolds in a smog-choked, dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, where blade runner Rick Deckard is pulled from retirement to hunt down a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth. The fugitives are seeking their creator, hoping to extend their painfully short lifespans, and the chase raises harder questions than it answers about memory, mortality and what separates the human from the manufactured. Slow-burning, moody and visually dense, it favours atmosphere and philosophical unease over action. Ideal for patient viewers who love noir-tinged sci-fi and worlds you can sink into. A foundational film for anyone exploring the genre's more contemplative side.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Scott's noir-infused sci-fi aesthetic creates visually distinctive atmospheric world
•Philosophical questions regarding identity and consciousness provoke genuine thought
•Ambiguous ending refuses easy answers about humanity and consciousness

What the audience disliked

•Contemplative pacing may feel slow compared to contemporary action films
•Philosophical density occasionally overshadows character development substantially

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