Blade Runner is a science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. It is an adaptation of Philip K. Dicks 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on space colonies. Blade Runners are futuristic bounty hunters tasked with violently decommissioning replicants that have broken free of their human masters.
Blade Runner is also a franchise that includes films, comics, a stage play, and a radio serial. The franchise revolves around the concept of Blade Runners, who are special members of a specific police task force responsible for hunting down and retiring replicants. The first film adaptation was Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott in 1982. Although the film initially underperformed at the American box office, it became a cult classic and has had a significant influence on science fiction.
