Rick Deckard is the protagonist in Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and also the 1982 film adaptation Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott. The cinematic version of the character Deckard is played by the actor Harrison Ford.
In the film adaptation Deckard is a blade runner, a special member (or bounty hunter) of the Los Angeles Police Department whose job is to hunt and retire androids, called replicants, as they have...
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Rick Deckard is the protagonist in Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and also the 1982 film adaptation Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott. The cinematic version of the character Deckard is played by the actor Harrison Ford.
In the film adaptation Deckard is a blade runner, a special member (or bounty hunter) of the Los Angeles Police Department whose job is to hunt and retire androids, called replicants, as they have been declared illegal on Earth. At the beginning of the film, a group of replicants hijack a shuttle to Earth, intending to infiltrate their place of manufacture and extend their four-year lifespans. Deckard, formerly the best blade runner in the LAPD, is called out of retirement to hunt them down. He is reluctant to resume work, but is told he has no choice and must use some of "the old blade runner magic" to succeed.
The term "blade runner" is, in fact, never used by the author of the original novel. Deckard is an active bounty hunter...
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