Blade Runner 2049 movie review

Blade Runner 2049 is a follow up of the 1985 movie Blade Runner.  The first movie back in 1982 was directed by Ridley Scott known for his Alien saga. Blade Runner is based on Philip K. Dick’s novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP. It’s not surprising that sci-fi adaptations have unusual original titles.

 

Photo credit: Columbia Pictures

Blade Runner 2049 is set thirty years after the original movie. It is the time when the replicants are still hunted and there is the new “Blade Runner” in the LAPD named K. The timeline setting makes shows that the situations of the replicants are now different.

The movie still shows its neo-noir atmosphere but less cyberpunk theme compared to the original. The only similarity of 2049 to the original Blade Runner is that this is the sci-fi that makes you think. Sci-fi genre is something different to most Pinoys because they want it light themed. Blade Runner has a serious tone.

To understand the world of Blade Runner, it is a dystopian society where replicants are bioengineered to live in otherworldly atmosphere. But the replicants poses as a threat which is why the LAPD has a special unit for the specific job which is the blade runners.

I was impressed that it was not far off from the original because the production entrusted Denis Villaneuve. He directed Arrival which was another sci-fi movie I also like. For title characters Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, they were balanced in the movie. Ford didn’t overlapped Gosling because both of them were relevant.

I would love to see Blade Runner 2049 to have a sequel since there were some questions still remains after watching this movie. Blade Runner is distributed and released by Columbia Pictures. For more movie reviews, follow this blog and like L.E.N.S. blogs on Facebook.