Poster © Warner Bros.. Shown at reduced size for review and commentary.
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GenreAction, Drama & Sci-Fi
RatedR
Runtime1 hr 57 mins
ReleasedJune 25, 1982
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorRidley Scott
StarringHarrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
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Blade Runner (1982)
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| Blade Runner's Details | |
| Genre | Action, Drama & Sci-Fi |
| Rated | R |
| Released | 06/25/1982 (United States); 12/22/1982 (Hong Kong) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 57 mins |
| Budget | $30M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick |
| Country | United States, Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Blade Runner's Interests | |
| General | Neon signs, flying police cars, noodle bars, giant video billboards, rain that never stops. |
| Music | Vangelis. Synths soaked in rain and neon, copied by everyone since. |
| Movies | Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Thirty years later, still raining. |
| Television | Star Trek: The Next Generation. Data would fail the empathy test very politely. |
| Heroes | Rick Deckard. Tired, soaked, underpaid, still on the clock. |
| Blade Runner's Crew | |
| Director | Ridley Scott |
| Writers | Hampton Fancher, David Peoples |
| Producers | Michael Deeley |
| Cinematography | Jordan Cronenweth |
| Music | Vangelis |
| Edited By | Terry Rawlings, Marsha Nakashima |
| Production | The Ladd Company, Shaw Brothers, Blade Runner Partnership |
| Distributed By | Warner Bros. (worldwide), Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) |
Watching Blade Runner is like touring the coolest city ever built with a guide who keeps nodding off. Harrison Ford plays Deckard cold and sleepy, and the pace is slow enough that you can hear the neon hum between lines. And yet. Ridley Scott built a Los Angeles so soaked, crowded and glowing that it still looks better than most sci-fi made since, and the synth score makes every scene feel like a memory you can’t place. Rutger Hauer walks off with the movie as Roy Batty, a villain who somehow seems more alive than the man hunting him. One scene between Deckard and Rachael has aged really badly and is rough to sit through now. It only made $41.8 million worldwide, then found its people the slow way, one rewatch at a time. An 8.4 because the world is a masterpiece and the story walking through it is half asleep. $57.74 says you put on a rain sounds video afterward and stare out a window like you’ve seen things.
What works: The rain-soaked city is a design other movies are still borrowing from, and Rutger Hauer makes Roy Batty unforgettable.
What doesn’t: Deckard is a dull lead, the pacing crawls, and one forceful scene between him and Rachael is genuinely uncomfortable to watch now.
Who it’s for: People who rewatch movies for the mood and don’t mind if the plot takes its sweet time.
Spoilers
Roy Batty saves Deckard’s life in his final moments and gives a quiet speech in the rain before he dies. Deckard runs off with Rachael, and depending on the cut, a little origami unicorn hints that Deckard might be a replicant too.
Los Angeles, 2019: always night, always raining, neon on every surface. Four replicants, artificial humans built by the Tyrell Corporation, have slipped back to Earth from the off-world colonies, where they are banned. Former cop Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) gets dragged out of retirement to track them down, a job called blade running. Their leader, Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), is not here for sightseeing. At the company's giant pyramid, Deckard meets founder Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel) and his assistant Rachael (Sean Young), who has questions of her own. Ridley Scott directs. One hundred seventeen minutes, rain on everything.
Anyone who can pass a Voight-Kampff test. Bring an umbrella.
| Harrison Ford | Rick Deckard |
| Rutger Hauer | Roy Batty |
| Sean Young | Rachael |
| Edward James Olmos | Gaff |
| M. Emmet Walsh | Bryant |
| Daryl Hannah | Pris |
| William Sanderson | J.F. Sebastian |
| Brion James | Leon Kowalski |
| Joe Turkel | Eldon Tyrell |
| Joanna Cassidy | Zhora Salome |
| James Hong | Hannibal Chew |
| Morgan Paull | Dave Holden |
| Hy Pyke | Taffey Lewis |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +40 Numbers refreshed: IMDb users 8.1 / 10 (894,130 votes) → 8.1 / 10 (894,194 votes).
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $41.8M; Domestic box office $32.9M; Opening weekend $6.2M; Profit / loss (est.) -$24.1M; Rotten Tomatoes 89%; CinemaScore B; box office chart updated; RT 89% (132 reviews); Metacritic 84 / 100; CinemaScore B; IMDb users 8.1 / 10 (894,130 votes); movie.guru score 8.0.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.