DVD | Blade Runner

Rating: M - Contains Violence.
Duration: 112 mins.
Genre: Sci-fi.
Actors: Edward James Olmos, Sean Young, Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer.
Release Date: Available Now.

Blade Runner should need no introduction, you should have at least heard of it, if not seen it at some stage. But now Warner Bros have released a totally re-mastered Directors Cut.

Now we get to witness Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) as he searches the concrete jungle of a futuristic 21st Century Los Angeles. As part of a "blade runner" unit, it’s his job to track down and ‘retire’ replicants – human made cyborgs who have been made illegal on earth. The replicants crime: wanting to be human.

So what’s the difference with Ridley Scott's own vision of his sci-fi classic? For starters Deckard's voice narration is gone, relationship between Deckard and Rachael is given more focus and the ending leaves you hanging, forcing you to decide what happens.

The result is a more spaced out, dreamy vision, with a higher emotional toil on the viewer as question are raised and go unanswered; Was Deckard a replicant himself, what happens to Deckard and Rachael?

Food for thought:
Will machines ever be able to feel human emotions?

Rent or Buy?
It’s a hard one, as there are rumours of another directors cut, this time being totally true to Ridley Scott’s vision, and will be his final word on the subject coming out in 2007. If nothing else, it’s definitely worth a rental.