Blade Runner 2049 Movie Review

Movie Analysis & Review

Blade Runner 2049, released on 04 October 2017, is an Science Fiction, Drama film (Released) with a runtime of 164 minutes. Produced by Alcon Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Scott Free Productions, Bud Yorkin Productions, Torridon Films, 16:14 Entertainment in Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the movie features performances by Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Sylvia Hoeks, Mackenzie Davis, Jared Leto. The film had a budget of $150.0 million and grossed $259.2 million.
Plot Summary: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Sylvia Hoeks, Mackenzie Davis, Jared Leto
Crew: Hampton Fancher (Screenplay), Hampton Fancher (Story), Roger Deakins (Director of Photography), Gábor Szabó (Concept Artist), Michael Green (Screenplay), Tim Gamble (Executive Producer), Dana Belcastro (Co-Producer), Bill Carraro (Executive Producer)
Director: Denis Villeneuve

Overview of Blade Runner 2049

Release Date: 2017-10-04
Runtime: 164 min
Genres: Science Fiction, Drama
Status: Released
Budget: $150,000,000
Revenue: $259,239,658
Production: Alcon Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Scott Free Productions, Bud Yorkin Productions, Torridon Films, 16:14 Entertainment
Countries: Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Certification (IN): N/A
OTT Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Sony Liv, VI movies and tv
Keywords: future, android, bounty hunter, artificial intelligence (a.i.), genetics, dystopia, sequel, cyberpunk, los angeles, california, las vegas, tech noir, meditative, human cloning, blade runner, complex, 2040s, cautionary, audacious, compassionate
External: IMDB

Story & Plot

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

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Reviews

Simon Foster: "Blade Runner 2049 embraces the enormous shadow cast by Blade Runner 1982 by crafting a vast immersion in scale and vision…"

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tmdb15214618: In a wonderfully woeful world, a detective makes a sad attempt at a relationship, has the most inventive sex scene ever committed to screen, and grapples with an existential crisis as he does his work. This stuff, which could work as a standalone story, is so strong that this movie must be seen.

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Frank Ochieng: Hail to the Science Fiction gods as they came to their senses and granted upon the eagerly movie-going masses the long-awaited arrival of a stunning and opulent _Blade Runner_ sequel. Perhaps we should praise the understated genius and visionary mastermind Ridley Scott for his 1982 directorial accom…

Mex5150: The film was actually rather disappointing. As a film it was OK, but as a sequel to Blade Runner, it was terrible. There were some nice in-jokes and references, but overall low-brow junk masquerading as high-brow gold (it was directed by Villeneuve, so I really shouldn't have expected better, the on…

Gimly: Strikes a true balance between new and old. Denis Villeneuve has a perfect filmmaking record in my mind, and _Blade Runner 2049_ continues that trend with aplomb.

_Final rating:★★★★ – Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._

Per Gunnar Jonsson: As a movie this is a very good movie. The scenery, the acting, the colors etc. are of a very high technical standard. To me personally however, this movie is much too dark and depressing for my taste.

I cannot say that I am surprised that the movie is dark. The first movie was a rather dark one aft…

Dean: I don't understand what people like in this movie. It has some good things, but nothing much to deserve such big rating. Soundtracks & atmosphere are really good & it's well shot, however story is confusing & everything is all over the place. I still didn't understand what was the whole story of mov…

renzo-benzo: The only thing _great_ about Blade Runner 2049 is the cinematography and the Atari sign, but it was just trying to copy Blade Runner instead of a new story. Outside of that it's dog dung. The music is a poor knock off Vangelis score. The story is basically fan-service and pandering by the studio wit…

The Movie Mob: **Overall : One of the most visually spectacular, stunning, and beautiful films I have ever seen!**

Now I need to be honest; I am a simple man, and the complexities of the philosophical questions presented by the Blade Runner movies are lost on me. What makes someone truly human or real is a prof…

CinemaSerf: Ryan Gosling is great in this update of the Ridley Scott story from 1982. He is "K" – working for the new but still all-powerful "Tyrell Corporation" tasked with eliminating the last of the "Nexus" generation of replicants. It's on one such mission that he, quite literally, unearths a terrible secre…

madmonk: Visually stunning. That's it. It felt cold as the acting of the main character. Also it made so many assumptions on the original movie that it felt banal. Such a shame, because the concept behind could have been good, but the delivery is just not there, I'm afraid.

GenerationofSwine: Did it really need a sequel?

It was beautiful. I mean, it looked beautiful…even if there was one part that made me motion sick, but even that part was beautiful. And that, I think, was really more of a lighting thing than a set design thing or a special effects thing.

Honestly, you remember …

Recommendations

Blade Runner, Dunkirk, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Thor: Ragnarok, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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