Villeneuve: I'm ready to hand all my sci-fi needs to him.

Rating: 8/10 (12 January 2018)

Again I say, as a pessimist, being wrong means good news.
I fully expected to be disappointed. Early.
After an hour, I relaxed.
My first thought as it started was that they had made the clever choice to tie in to the first film through the soundtrack rather than through visual re-creations of settings from the original. But I don't remember the distinctive sounds of the first being so 'heavy handed'. Essentially that's my only complaint.
I have issues with the third act developments but nothing that drags down the overall effect of the film.
Very well made, thought out and controlled. I found the story-line compelling and the 'savor it' pace fitting.
This is seriously one of the best sequels made.
I was well pleased.