

It captures elements of Noir with its urban atmosphere of decadence, lighting, and characters neither clearly defined as good nor evil. Ridley Scott's hauntingly possible depiction of what might become of Los Angeles down the line is absolutely brilliant.

A large part of the success that this movie has received can be attributed to its ability to operate on many different levels.

This film originally flopped when it came out in 1982, but since has become a widely acclaimed cult classic with a director's cut to boot. The four fugitives, Pris (Daryl Hannah), Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), Leon (Brion James), and their leader, Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), have escaped from an off-world colony in order to find their creator and bully him into expanding their pre-determined four year life span. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, is a Sci-fi slash Noir film about a cop named Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) in a decrepit 2019 Los Angeles whose job it is to "retire" four genetically engineered syborgues, known as "Replicants". Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott and based on Philip K.
