Enjoyable, but past its hay day now

Rating: 6/10 (21 February 2020)

This movie was enjoyable enough. With older movies they either remain forever a classic whenever watched or sadly they can expire past their used by date and were only truly excellent to be enjoyed when they were first released. For me Blade Runner felt more like the latter. Not to say I didn't like it. But it's reputation went before it and my expectations were high. The change of fast 21st century pacing compared to 20th wasn't as much a shift for me to change to. For me it was more the main character and story just wasn't that interesting. Why had the AI come back? Where had they been previously? Although I must say the villain truly did embody the crazy antagonist. I feel like he alone made this film as well known as it had been. Popping his head through the bathroom wall was crack up.
Although, I'm a bit confused on why the AI could bleed and not survive bullet wounds, in what way were they robots then? They seemed to be such close copies to humans that it was a bit too far. Looking forward to seeing the sequel though if the story can progress in more interesting ways. Great to see Harrison Ford not playing someone who has cheesy one liners too.