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...