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Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 15.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    A dark, philosophical sci-fi drama. Older teens +.

updated 07.04.08

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 15–17

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Not an issue.
  • Violence :

    Shootings, fights. The last 20 minutes of the film are particularly explicitly violent.
  • Sex :

    Implied sex. Brief female nudity.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    A few billboards in the cityscape, most notably for the recording media company TDK.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Some drinking and smoking. Deckard (the main character) gets drunk.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)

Parents need to know that BLADE RUNNER is at times a very violent film with graphic and slow-motion depictions of people being shot in the head and chest multiple times. The last 20 minutes of the film are particularly violent. There are two instances where sex is implied. The main character witnesses (implied) bestiality in a strip club. There is brief nudity when one of the strippers showers. Drug and alcohol use is at a minimum; however, there is some drinking and smoking by the principal characters.

Read our full review by Afsheen Nomai and Marjorie Kase

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the ethics of replicating humans. Replicants look and behave exactly like humans, but should they be treated as such? What standards are used to justify the treatment of people or things that are perceived as inhuman, whether they are created by us (as in clones or artificial intelligence) or not?
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  1. Teen Reviewer
    Age 14
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    Really good. I actually saw Final Cut, so it might be slightly different... Highly provocative and philisophical, but also extremely violent and gory. Brief nudity in a strip club (breasts). The last 30 minutes of the movie are extremely intense and creepy. Definately not for anybody younger than 14. (This movie was based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. If you like this movie/book, read Fahrenheit 451 or 1984.)

  2. Teen Reviewer
    Age 17
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content

  3. Teen Reviewer
    Age 16
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title on for age 16 and give it 5.0

    Certainly the best science fiction film of the 1980s.

  4. Teen Reviewer
    Age 14
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    This movie surprised me!

    I decided to just buy this movie based on a couple reviews on blu-ray. It surprised me because the video quality looked like it could've been made 6 months ago. I liked the film, but I thought that it could've expanded a bit more.

  5. Teen Reviewer
    Age 15
    Lives in Indiana
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Provocative

    This classic is a moving and powerful vision of the future, not to mention a symbolic film with great characters. Sure, there's commercialism, but it adds to the bleakness of the vision.

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