Blade Runner 2049
A slow, immersive plunge into a rainy, neon-lit future that feels lonely, beautiful, and hauntingly sad.
Same writer: Hampton Fancher · Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about identity and isolation
Blade Runner
A slow, rain-soaked plunge into a decaying future, gorgeous and melancholy, asking quiet questions about what it means to be human.
About 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott
Genres drama, cyberpunk, film noir, action, science fiction, crime, tech noir, neo-noir, thriller, crime thriller, dystopian, crime drama
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Hampton Fancher, David Peoples
Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, Sean Young, William Sanderson, James Hong, M. Emmet Walsh
Music Vangelis
Runtime 116 min
Country United States, Hong Kong
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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