Blade Runner 2049

Actors: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto

Rating: 9 out of 10, The future does not look promising in Blade Runner 2049, a movie I was really “jonesing” to see. I finally got to the cinema to check it out and was definitely not disappointed. While the filmmakers were genuine to the original classic this sequel was told in a huge and sweeping fashion versus the crowded original. Deckard’s story is picked up thirty years later as the blade runners are now replicants themselves hunting down older versions of themselves. Ryan Gosling is fantastic as the dedicated blade runner being played by at least three competing groups. I was most struck by the photography depicting a vast and dying world which is genuinely complimented by a sneakily good musical score. The movie centers of the people (and replicants) though and repeats the earlier film’s premise of questioning what true “humanity” is. I loved it.

MVP: Gosling as the replicant blade runner