Blade Runner: Movie Analysis

The film Blade Runner of 1982, poses the question of “what makes a human? And what makes a machine?”. If ultimately humans are trying to make “machines” just like themselves, then why are they not treated like humans. If humans are trying to create an “artificial life” that embodies human, they should treat it like a living life rather than a disposable object. Blade runner is essentially about Deckard (Harrison Ford), is a “blade runner”, who is a specialized assassin that his hired to find and terminate the “replicants”. The replicants are androids that encompass superior strength and intelligence and have made their way down to Earth. The replicants are so humans like that they have to undergo special tests such as the iris scanning and …show more content…
Though being the latest model of their kind, like the other “products”, they are designed to become obsolete and their “death” has been pre-programed. Similar, they, too have been” designed” for a specific purpose such as in the case of “Pris” the purpose of it is to give “pleasure.” Regardless of the purpose and tasks, the replicants are being hunted down, in a violent confrontation in terms of “retired”. The question of Deckard as a blade runner is brought into account, that is he killing so -called “skin jobs “(non-human criminals) or is he killing the angels that are human- like or are beyond the level of human- beings who are not being respected like they should. The film suggests that the replicants, despite their origin and history are emotionally and morally human, as the motto of Tryell Corporation is “More human than human.” This point is also depicted by the character Rachel (Sarah Young), who is a replicant in denial as she does not know her origins and is so therefore technically human in behaviour. This also extends to the ambiguous behaviour of Deckard as he falls in love with Rachel, and runs off with