Director Ridley
Scott's hauntingly prescient vision of the not-too-distant future stars Harrison
Ford as Rick Deckard, a retired police assassin, or "blade runner." The Los
Angeles of 2019 is a dark, polluted, overcrowded dystopia dominated by
cloud-piercing buildings and looming neon billboards, the air dense with acid
rain and flying traffic. World-weary Deckard has been called out of retirement
to liquidate four escaped "replicants"--genetically derived androids of great
strength, intelligence, and nearly-human emotion who serve as slaves and
prostitutes in the off-planet colonies. Led by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), they've
come to Los Angeles to confront their designer, Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel), with
their unhappiness about the brevity of their four-year life span. In the course
of his search, Deckard becomes romantically entwined with Tyrell's lovely
assistant, Rachael (Sean Young), and must eventually confront Batty in an
unforgettable rain-soaked sequence. A highly influential fusion of the
science fiction and noir genres based on the novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC
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