Unbearably boring and sleep inducing

Rating: 2/10 (17 March 2020)

I was looking forward to seeing a Blade Runner sequel but with the same director of Arrival I wasn't expecting it to be great. I like SciFi but I did not like Arrival at all. Unfortunately Blade Runner suffers from the same weak story and slow pacing as Arrival. This sequel is a slow burn mystery drama and has almost no action. The nostalgic return of Harrison Ford is welcome but the script doesn't give him much to do. The 80s style musical score is terrible and doesn't seem to complement the movie for some reason. The pacing is too slow and there simply isn't much story to tell. The central mystery is not interesting at all so it's mind boggling why critics and fans praise this film. I could barely get through this film without falling asleep. The visuals are good but not outstanding in any way and certainly not worthy of $180 million production budget. I can enjoy a slow burn SciFi film but my main issue with this movie is a lame story or not much story at all. There's hardly any dialogue and most of the scenes are of the protagonist emoting and staring blankly at nothing. Terrible.
Director Denis Villeneuve does know how to direct good movies as I liked Prisoners and Sicario. Both were excellent. But Arrival and Blade Runner are a miss for me. The problem is the script. A good script can transcend weak directing. But good directing can not transcend a bad script which is the case here.