Blade Runner Family Review
Blade Runner Summary
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.In the early twenty-first century, the Tyrell Corporation, during what was called the Nexus phase, developed robots, called "replicants", that were supposed to aid society, the replicants which looked and acted like humans. When the superhuman generation Nexus 6 replicants, used for dangerous off-Earth endeavors, began a mutiny on an off-Earth colony, replicants became illegal on Earth. Police units, called "blade runners", have the job of destroying - or in their parlance "retiring" - any replicant that makes its way back to or created on Earth, with anyone convicted of aiding or assisting a replicant being sentenced to death. It's now November, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Rick Deckard, a former blade runner, is called out of retirement when four known replicants, most combat models, have made their way back to Earth, with their leader being Roy Batty. One, Leon Kowalski, tried to infiltrate his way into the Tyrell Corporation as an employee, but has since been able to escape. Beyond following Leon's trail in hopes of finding and retiring them all, Deckard believes part of what will help him is figuring out what the replicants wanted with the Tyrell Corporation in trying to infiltrate it. The answer may lie with Tyrell's fail-safe backup mechanism. Beyond tracking the four, Deckard faces a possible dilemma in encountering a fifth replicant: Rachael, who works as Tyrell's assistant. The issue is that Dr. Elden Tyrell is experimenting with her, to provide her with fake memories so as to be able to better control her. With those memories, Rachael has no idea that she is not human. The problem is not only Rachael's assistance to Deckard, but that he is beginning to develop feelings for her.—HuggoAgainst the backdrop of a dystopian 2019 Los Angeles crammed with towering skyscrapers, bounty hunter Rick Deckard, a grizzled former Blade Runner, is called out of retirement when four rogue Nexus-6 replicants steal a spaceship and enter Earth. As the desperate synthetic humanoids struggle to find their creator, in the meantime, Deckard leaves no stone unturned in the neon-lit metropolis, trying to track down and "retire" the dangerous androids. But more and more, Rick grapples with conflicting emotions. Will he let uncertainty and empathy get in the way of duty?—Nick RiganasIn the near future, the police department forces former blade runner Rick Deckard (Ford) out of retirement to hunt four genetically engineered humans who have escaped the colonies and returned to Earth. Designed to do difficult, hazardous work, the manufactured humans are stronger, faster and smarter than non-engineered humans.In a cyberpunk vision of the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants - humanoid androids with short, fixed lifespans - which are illegal on Earth, but are used in the off-world colonies. In Los Angeles, California, 2019, Deckard is a "blade runner", a cop who specializes in terminating replicants. He is forced to come out of retirement when four replicants escape from an off-world colony and come to Earth.—Graeme Roy <[email protected]>1 moreAll
1982 | 117 Minutes