Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Hugh M — 27 Oct 2017

Borrows from the original a lot and Drive, Star Wars, Fury Road, Dredd, and Fifth Element; feels a lot smaller scale than it tries to get across and loses a lot of the love of the original but adopts much of the convoluted plot issues.

Where the original gave the audience questions about perfection and identity the sequel talks down to the audience and questions why you can't keep up. It's about as good as the original, a feat in cinematography and music.

Also chugs out enough product placement that you feel like you're paying for every shot you enjoy. Just a summary of everything wrong with modern cinema, is it 5 stars? will anyone make a low budget sci fi that contends with it? probably not, perhaps it symbolizes the death of originality and the height of cash grabbing sequels.