Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Somedude14 — 31 Oct 2017

Has some pacing issues, especially near the end, but this was pretty good. Nailed the atmosphere of the original, even though the story isn't a retelling but an entirely new direction. Harrison Ford also put more effort into his performance as Rick Deckard here than he did as Han Solo in "The Force Awakens". Still the "old guy" showing up to pass the torch of the brand he helped build to the next generation by being recast in the same role to give it more credibility (not that this movie needed him, but it certainly doesn't hurt), but he definitely put more juice into this role. Maybe Han is a money thing to him and Deckard is more important - after all, Ford *did* want Han to be dead for good after the events in Star Wars: Episode 5.

Jared Leto puts in an uncharacteristically calm performance here. I would've liked to see his character get more development so he could have more screen time.