Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: James Purefoy, Jessica Raine, Nicky Henson, Anton Lesser, Heather Craney, Stuart McLoughlin, Clive Howard, Danny Sapani, Jaimi Barbakoff, Wilf Scolding.

It is often a frustration that comes in waves, that no matter how incredible the film Blade Runner is, how mesmerising the feel of the story is, it somehow, like all adaptations of Philip K. Dick’s glorious output, is left feeling altered, bereft of the soul of the man to whom so much is owed.