Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by 43In2014 — 10 Oct 2017

The short review: This sci-fi, action thriller is a great film, visually, sound-wise, story-wise and acting-wise. Think Dunkirk (2017) but with a great story.

> Related media: It is a sequel to 1982's Blade Runner, which was itself based on the novel 'Do androids dream of electric sheep?'. That original film has a novel based on it and three other sequel novels. I have not seen nor read any of them, but I have heard a lot about the film and I know its story, generally.

> What's it like?: It borrows the dystopian style of the original film and tells the story of a new LAPD blade runner (officer tasked with killing rogue replicants) named K, who is himself, a replicant (artificially-built humans). His job and investigation leads him to discover more about himself and about a major secret about the replicants.

> Pros: > 1) It has great visual- and audio-styles and great visual- and audio-effects. I look forward to it winning many major awards. > 2) The story, script and acting are also great and there are some awards possible there too. This film is directed by Denis Villeneuve not Ridley Scott, and considering the latter's recent films, that's a good thing. > 3) The film presents many interesting futuristic things. > Cons: > 1. It may be able to lose some 15 minutes by speeding up some parts slowed down unnecessarily for artistic reasons. > How would the the different age groups rate it?

Children: (not rated for children).

Teens: Average (It's probably a bit too complex and slow for the general teen.).

Young adults: Excellent.

Medium age adults: Excellent.

Old adults: Good > Rating: 5/5 (no half scores). Pay to watch it in the cinema and then buy the DVD.