Blade Runner a science fiction film and also a modern film noir shows a good example of the influence of Aristotle’s Poetics in the narrative of modern films. The lead male character Decker is a futuristic police officer in a time where Replicants to humans have been designed and constructed to do the more dangerous and physically demanding tasks on off world colonies, Decker’s main role as a police officer is as an executioner of escaped Replicants.
During an investigation into escaped Replicants Decker meets a beautiful woman who he is highly attracted to. Recognition occurs when the Replicants designer informs him that the woman he has met is a Replicant and again occurs later in the plot when he informs the woman she is a Replicant with implanted memory’s and longevity that other Replicants don’t have when she has believed she is a human. Decker who up to now has had complete moral indignation for Replicants undergoes a complete Reversal when he falls in love with the Replicant woman. This is further emphasised when he harbours the Replicant woman when she escapes and helps her escape the city when the other Replicants have been executed.
