Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Darryl A — 19 Feb 2018

A worthy successor to the original. Well acted and incredible cinematography. Still a lot of unanswered questions, which is a good thing.

This review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) was written by Darryl A on 19 Feb 2018.

Blade Runner 2049 has generally received very positive reviews.

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