The inclusion of crime was not in and of itself revolutionary, there has always been crime in Hollywood films. The difference was how these films treated the morality of crime.
“Now the moviegoer is being presented a less severe version of the underworld, with likable killers and corrupt cops. Good and evil go hand in hand to the point of being indistinguishable. ”
Let’s look at the first part of this duality, the “likable killers.” In classic film noir, the criminals were often portrayed as sympathetic, ordinary people put in extraordinary situations. Blade Runner takes these criminal characters and gives them a sci-fi spin. The antagonists are the bio-engineered Nexus6 replicants. In the world of Blade Runner, replicants are used in off-world