This movie is Ridley Scott's masterpiece, better than Alien and Glafiator put together. In short, it encompasses everything that is great about the man - his epic visual sense, his imagination, his storytelling talent and his unfailing ability in the director's chair.
I can remember buying this film on VHS for £1 in a bargain video bin whilst on holiday in Great Yarmouth. I was only maybe 8 at the time but my dad bought it for me and told me to watch it. Needless to say, it absolutely blew my mind and to this day I still feel sad whenever I see see epic films like this at the bottom of a bargain bin. I had never seen anything like it before and I knew from that moment that I wanted to be in the film industry. Everything about the movie is just fantastic - the way it melds science-fiction with hard boiled crime noir, the way that the future is grimy despite mankind's technological advancements, the beautiful themes, the great story, the epic soundtrack, Harrison Ford's timeless performance and the most genuinely tear jerking ending that you will ever see given that those moments are rare in sci-fi.
I won't spoil the plot for you as it is too epic to fit into one review, but I will say that if you haven't seen this movie by now, you haven't seen the true limits of what film-making can do.
I can remember buying this film on VHS for £1 in a bargain video bin whilst on holiday in Great Yarmouth. I was only maybe 8 at the time but my dad bought it for me and told me to watch it. Needless to say, it absolutely blew my mind and to this day I still feel sad whenever I see see epic films like this at the bottom of a bargain bin. I had never seen anything like it before and I knew from that moment that I wanted to be in the film industry. Everything about the movie is just fantastic - the way it melds science-fiction with hard boiled crime noir, the way that the future is grimy despite mankind's technological advancements, the beautiful themes, the great story, the epic soundtrack, Harrison Ford's timeless performance and the most genuinely tear jerking ending that you will ever see given that those moments are rare in sci-fi.
I won't spoil the plot for you as it is too epic to fit into one review, but I will say that if you haven't seen this movie by now, you haven't seen the true limits of what film-making can do.