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

This movie is everything a good film should be, regardless of if it's a sequel or not. Everything is top notch, from Dennis Villeneuve's direction, to the fantastic production design, to Roger Deakins' breathtaking cinematography, to stellar performances from Gosling, Ford, Leto, Wright, and especially Sylvia Hoeks who so deserves an Oscar nom for her performance, to the amazing visual effects, to the excellent score by Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch that stands on it's own and tributes Vangelis's iconic original score, to the sound design. It is all here!

As a sequel, it continues what made the first film good and expands upon it's universe, as well as tribute the original film but can stand on it's own, as an a stand-alone film it is great, where viewers not familiar with the cult classic can understand what is going on without getting lost.