Blade Runner 2049 review

A Spoiler Free Blade Runner 2049 Review

Blade Runner 2049 Synopsis

Blade Runner 2049 is sequel to Ridley Scott’s classic Blade Runner. This movie takes place 30 years after the events of the first film, where Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) takes Rachel into hiding. K (Ryan Gossling,) is a replicant Blade Runner that is commanded to track down and kill rogue replicants, the same job as Deckard had in the first film. On a routine mission K unfolds a plot that holds the key to a replicant revolution. Here is my Blade Runner 2049 review.

What I liked

This movie captures the dismal and depressing dystopian future that Ridley Scott captured in the first film. Within the first few shots of the movie you’re already transported back into Scott’s world. A world lacking of any color but the man made neon signs lighting up the city. No trees, shrubs, bushes or greenery at all. It’s a depressingly unique science fiction world.

There isn’t a lot of emotions in the movie because you’re dealing with robots. But you still feel emotionally attached to the characters, or at least you feel them as they struggle with human emotion. Watching replicants discover human emotion and what they means for existence is intriguing and creepy. This series brings up interesting questions of humanity and what is humanity if replicants are capable of experiencing human emotions and memories.

The acting was great, there wasn’t the best or a ton of dialogue to begin with. Much of the characters emotions are conveyed through looks and body language and all of the actors and actresses nail these moments.

Blade Runner 2049 review
What Made Me Cringe

For not being a Ridley Scott movie, it sure ended like a Ridley Scott movie. Sudden with a lot of questions unanswered. Blade Runner 2049 film is just like a Ridley Scott movie in all of the ways I love and hate: Beautiful settings and thought provoking story telling that is too long with too many unanswered question by the time the credits start rolling.

Not all characters are necessary for the story. You could have scrapped one whole character and saved 10 minutes of screen time. Speaking of that, this movie was too long. At a run time of two hours and 43 minutes, it felt like a three hour plus movie. There could have been 20 minutes of landscape shots taken out to increasing the pacing. The middle dragged on too much before the climax began.

Pleasant Surprises

I was surprised at how much this felt the Blade Runner world. This movie felt like a Ridley Scott movie and it wasn’t made by Ridley Scott. The filmmakers did a great job of  paying homage to Blade Runner and it felt like a true sequel even though it was released 35 years ago.

Overall Rating

For my Blade Runner 2049 review, I give it a 7/10. A well made movie that fully captures the Blade Runner spirit. However, the run time is too long and you get tricked into thinking all of the top billed cast will be relevant to the story. More editing was needed, but I had a good time in the theatre overall. Don’t hesitate to check this out on a $6 Tuesday or another discount day at your local movie theatre.

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