Ridley Scott's sci fi classic finally gets the proper special edition treatment it deserves. Fans have waited long for this anticipated set since it was first announced in the year 2000. This set was delayed due to legal disputes. It was originally a three disc set then. But due to the delay, we wound up with a full 5 disc set. (there are also two disc and four disc editions.

Rick Deckard is an ex- Blade Runner who quit because he was tired of the life. His old boss, Bryant sends Gaff to track Deckard down because the new Blade Runner, Holden got shot down by a replicant. Deckard is to hunt down four replicants and "retire" them.

The full 5 disc set comes in a briefcase. The briefcase contains the five disc special edition of Blade Runner, a miniature spinner and a unicorn origami as well as some production art. There are a total of 5 versions of Blade Runner in this set. The 2007 Final cut, the 1982 theatrical cuts, (U.S. and U.K.) the 1992 Director's Cut, and finally the workprint.

Disc 1 - Final Cut

Disc 2 - Dangerous Days: The Making of Blade Runner

Disc 3 - Archival Editions

Disc 4 - Deleted Scenes and promotional material

Disc 5 - Workprint and All our Variant Futures Documentary

The picture on the Final cut version is the best, there is very little grain and digital noise on the DVD. Colors are vivid and black levels are deep. The picture is completely remastered.

The Theatrical/Director's Cut versions are necessarily inferior to the Final Cut as far as picture goes. These "Archival versions" are noticably granier, and duller in color. The Archival versions are seamlessly branched and separately available.

The oldest version released on DVD and Bluray is the Workprint edition which played at sneak previews. This version is the most unique version of Blade Runner out of all 5 available versions. Some shots that dragged on were tightened, making it a faster paced version. There is also an extra shot of a couple of geisha dancers before Deckard walks into Taffey's Bar. (which is also included in the final cut.) There is different music playing in Taffey's Bar when Deckard walks in. There are no opening credits for the Workprint edition other than the top billed star of the film, and the title done in the same style as in the trailers and ads for the film. Following the title is a definition of a replicant from a 2016 dictionary. The workprint because of the aged and damage print is of course not on par with the picture of the other versions of

The soundtrack to the theatrical versions have been encoded in Dolby 5.1 from the original 6-track soundtrack of their 70MM prints. The sound has been unaltered so you basically get the original untouched magnetic stereo sound from the 70MM theatres. There are also 2 channel stereo versions of the soundtrack on the DVD.

The final cut is encoded in Dolby 5.1 remixed with new effects. All versions have an excellent soundtrack.

The extras on this set include a documentary called, Dangerous Days, which covers practically every aspect of the making of the film. The documentary also shows many never before seen film elements and scenes. Other documentaries deal with the restoration and the many different versions of the film. The set also includes deleted scenes and trailers. The deleted scenes have been put together in a way that make it almost a unique version of Blade Runner. Each version of the film has at least one audio commentary to accompany it by the cast, crew, and filmmakers.

Fans of Blade Runner must have the five disc set. The five disc set of Blade Runner is also available on Bluray.