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They were so downbeaten, beaten down by their circumstances that they tended not to be able to sustain, or generate, leadership to lift themselves out of their terrible conditions.
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Brion James, Daryl Hannah and Joanna Cassidy perform some of the finest work of their careers as the Replicants - the real heroes of the film - as does Harrison Ford, who brings the right amount of downbeaten sleaze to his role.
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