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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
The key to
the future is finally unearthed.
Director:
Dennis Villeneuve,
rated R for violence, nudity, language
 Starring:
Ryan Gosling, Harrison
Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis,
Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto, Edward James Olmos, Barkhad
Abdi
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
"I had your job once. I was
good at it."
- Rick Deckard to K about being a blade runner.
Why watch this? This
visual delight is a fitting sequel to the original.
Plot Summary: In a
dystopian future, a young Los Angeles Police Department Officer
named K unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to
plunge what is left of society into chaos. This monumental
discovery leads him on a perilous quest to track down Rick
Deckard, a former blade runner who has been missing for thirty
years. As K searches for answers, he must navigate a treacherous
landscape of corporate greed and existential questions regarding
humanity and artificial intelligence.
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Dad's Preview:
When I heard "they" were making a sequel to
Blade Runner
(1982), I thought, "That's a bad idea." It's been
decades. The original is a sci-fi noir masterpiece. Yet,
here I sit, wrong again, and I like being this kind of
wrong. This film had accomplished several important
objectives. It is visually stunning, blending
post-apocalyptic, ruinous landscapes with
brilliantly-colored images from a highly advanced
techno-future. It's story is complicated, wrapping past
events in a shell that only makes the mystery more
enticing to those uncovering the secret. Finally, we are
blessed to have interesting characters that elicit our
sympathy, most notably when our protagonists battle
against those working so hard to hid the truth. In
summation, I did enjoy this movie, and it's nice that
the new generation now has their own Blade Runner. |
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Alcon Ent.,
Columbia Pics, Scott Free Prod.,
Bud Yorkin Prod., Torridon Films, 16:14 Ent.;
Warner Bros. Pics
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