Ridley Scott's 1982 film, based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ( Philip K . Dick, 1968), which later became a franchise. In the film, a blade runner ("running down the edge") is what in the novel is called a "bonus hunter", someone who identifies and removes androids called andrillos or andis ("replicants") who are a threat to humans, and who are mixed among the population. Set in a dystopian year 2019, the entire film refers to 'film noir' with cyberpunk aesthetics.
