You better watch the first Blade Runner before seeing this, and even then...

Rating: 7/10 (9 October 2017)

If you did not see the first Blade Runner, this movie just will not make sense to you.
Like the first one, it is a very simple storyline with a lot of fat wrapped around it. Fat as in a lot of time, slow-pace, scenes without dialogue, moody scenes and far-reaching horizons, and on and on. It worked so much better in the the first, something was off in this sequel.
The mood of the movie was about right. The visuals were decent.
You weren't as engaged as in the first, and the actors weren't convincing. Like they were all just reading their lines. You had no connections, not even to Gosling, who I like very much normally.
The music was mostly okay, but then every once in a while the loud odd grunge-like noise would hit and it didn't seem to fit. When you are interrupted and actually stop to think "hey, weird music there", it's not working.
You can easily fall asleep during this movie. I NEVER fall asleep in any movie but amazingly nodded for a few seconds in this one. At an early showing. Make sure you are wide awake and caffeinated. The movie is way too long.
The other oddity is the number of breasts throughout. From naked avatars to prostitutes to newborn replicants to statues from an old "Vegas", what was the point? Replace all the breasts with just the male package and think what the movie would be like. Odd. Gratuitous and dumb. (and not good timing given the Hollywood news headlines these days)
The evil guy didn't work either. I don't know why I'm giving this a 7. But I couldn't give it a 6.5, which may be too generous.
We can be happy there was a real story here and the overall mood was set, otherwise I would have given the movie a zero. The ideas and concepts and themes are worth thinking about and discussing with friends or family.
The 3D doesn't matter and hardly contributes. It's just a bit of fun here and there.