Blade runner 2049 (2017

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years. Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), 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 (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

Rating: R (for violence, some sexuality, nudity and language)

Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Denis Villeneuve

Written By: Michael Green, Hampton Fancher

In Theaters: Oct 6, 2017 Wide

On Disc/Streaming: Jan 16, 2018

Box Office: $91,800,042

Runtime: 164 minutes

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Watching Ford and Gosling onscreen together suggests an evolution of masculinity within the films, one that exists along a continuum of noir leading men, from those failing to hide their tenderhearted nature to the solemn figures who make stoicism an art. From the grayed-out countrysides over which the sky has closed like a lid; to the drizzly neon decadence of Los Angeles; to the Ozymandian wreckage of Las Vegas-the film is a visual splendor of the first order. A meditative and moving film, sumptuously photographed by legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins in the finest and most astonishing work of his career. Blade Runner 2049, on the other hand, manages to be prettier but far more prosaic. The rare sequel that truly merits its existence, updating and expanding the themes of the 1982 original to bring them from the 20th century into the 21st. Villeneuve and cinematographer Roger Deakins give us staggering new visions of the future, ones that confound and trance and mystify in Blade Runner 2049 even while making rich cinematic senses. Like its predecessor, Blade Runner 2049 is often difficult to enjoy as traditional entertainment yet impossible not to marvel at. And its merit will no doubt be debated for years to come. I didn't find the movie that amusing, and I slept through it, But the cinematography is top notch. I rate the movie a 3/5.