Great Neo-Noirs: Blade Runner

Blade Runner - 1982 - Ridley Scott



Set in 2019, replicants (human clones) have been developed to serve in colonies on planets other than earth, and though they have fixed life-spans, 6 of these replicants hi-jack a ship and head for earth... Deckard, a retired cop, re-enters the work force to try and stop these “skin jobs”... He goes on a mission to hunt them down and terminate them.


Blade Runner uses many film characteristics in the film, the most prominent being crime, retired cop-come-detective and the the dark nature of the film. The fact that it’s set in the future and utilises technology and pre-conceived ideas of the future tie in perfectly with the characteristics of a typical neo noir too.

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