Blade Runner: Final Cut (4K UHD/BD)

Seldom does a movie come around that is as popular or more popular than it was decades ago. Blade Runner was a Box Office flop when it originally debuted in 1982. Although the film quickly gained a cultish following of hardcore fans that enjoyed it as an epic Sci-fi classic. Now in 2007 the movie can once again be enjoyed by it's masses. A newly remastered collection of five discs has made it's way to hi-def world. So how does it look and play all these years later. Extremely well.I am probably one of the few to buy this movie who has actually only watched it once before. I was a child when this movie first came out and it was hard to understand how good of a movie this is until now as an adult. The story takes place in a futuristic world set in 2017. From the first moment on you can realize the epic scale this movie was put on. A corporation has created these cyber humans called replicants. Nearly identical to real people they were created to do slave labor. Although the replicants are very human like and that causes problems. Thus brings in Blade Runners. These bounty hunters go searching for rogue replicants. The replicants have been banned from Earth which means the Blade Runner must find any that find there way here.Harrison Ford plays one of the Blade Runner by the name of Rick Deckard. Fresh from his first Indiana Jones movie he shows why he is a action/sci-fi star. Four replicants free themselves from a planet and have come to Earth to search for their maker. From the first moment on this movie begins to raise philosophical questions. Right or wrong and should all replicants be retired(killed) for just being a replicant. Especially when these replicants become so human like. This becomes evident in the character played by Sean Young named Rachael. So human like and yet created by science.Most of the movie appears dark in many scenes, night seems to be when people live in this futuristic world. Despite the darkness much of the color is illuminated in a light blue color which is fascinating to the eyes. The music sets the tone thru the movie in which it can be rather pleasant to sometimes eery.The Blu-ray version of this film is quite a feat. The sheer beauty of it in high definition is the clear vision that Ridley Scott intended. From the first scene to the last you can tell this movie went thru more than a once over. The sound is excellent and really brings out the film.Blade Runner is without a doubt another classic. Although a sci-fi movie the story delves much deeper than that. This is a movie that should be seen by everyone. Any fan of sci-fi or just a good plot will love this movie. Age has only made it better. Without a doubt this is one collection that should be in any Blu-ray movie owners collection.

Even though I had to send this disc back to playback glitches (a problem I've had with quite a few 4K discs), when it did play the quality of the transfer and image quality was just stunning. Amazing for a film this old. Such fine detail and sharpness, with accurate colors that just popped. Even better than Blade Runner 2049 in picture quality (though not in story or acting)

A must watch for sci-fi fans. Though based on Philip K. Dick's book, it really only lightly takes from that storyline. You definitely want to watch the Director's Cut of this film.

Personally I haven't seen the other versions of this film but this was fantastic. I did research ahead of time to see which was the best and everyone said this was it. And I wasn't disappointed. The mood, the color grading, the dialogue is just amazing. Easily one of my new friends films.

Blade Runner is a 10/10 A+ movie for me. My review is not of the movie itself but rather of the 4K Disc. I am only giving this movie 4/5 stars because the 4K transfer could have been better. There is an overall uneven quality to the remaster in certain places.If you know the movie, up until Deckard uses the Esper machine the scenes are beautifully clean, moody, and fantastic. Case in point: Sean Young looks absolutely stunningly statuesque and beautiful in 4k and the street scenes look amazing. Once the Esper machine scene takes place, it's like the image starts looking flickery and grainy. And I mean to the point that it's distracting. Once he is done and goes to Animoid Row in the next scene, all the color, cleanliness, and depth comes back.Considering Ridley Scott supposedly oversaw this transfer (or so he says in the optional introduction on the disc) I can't understand if that scene was missed or they just said nah that looks good enough there. It's shame because the rest of the movie is great, and the sound has never been better.I would still recommend getting the disc if you are a super duper BR fan like me and/or you don't already have a 4k version regardless.