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Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2019)

I've been a huge fan of the original blade runner, I think it's one of those cult classics which not many people talk about, however after few years people started appreciating the beauty of that film. The original blade runner is a movie which is known as a movie ahead of its time, a movie which not many people found intriguing, even today many of the audience will not prefer such type of world building story arc with breathtaking visuals, but even then, it was a masterpiece
Now after 35 years we have a sequel to that movie, at first I thought it's probably one of the worst ideas to make a sequel of blade runner, cuz we all know how sequels of classic movies turn out to be, they make it so bad that they even ridicule the original, but I still had some optimism in me, because the director of the sequel is Denis Villeneuve, who has directed movies such as Prisoners, Sicario and Arrival movies which I have clearly enjoyed, and writers who did the writing of the original blade runner such as Philip K. Dick, Hampton Francher and David Webb Peoples.
So I thought maybe there is a chance that this movie will not disappoint or at best will be good but nowhere near close to the OG blade runner, and oh my god how terribly wrong I was.
Blade Runner 2049 is a cinematic feat at a high level, this movie is brilliant it's all those good heavy words you can come up with and still not appreciate enough the efforts director of this movie has put and his team. Blade Runner 2049 is not only an excellent sequel but it's a sequel which is even better than the original, if the IMDB had a higher rating than 10, then I would give that rating too.
Blade Runner 2049 is a perfectly paced sci-fi drama you can watch right now, in terms of its visuals, the plot, the characters this movie is a seamless experience of what a great film supposed to be. In this movie we get introduced to the characters such as K who is a replicant his job is to hunt down the older models replicant, after hunting down one of the older models he finds a box which was dugged deeper in the old replicant's property. His mission is to find out the true mystery of that box, and what more the mystery folds into.
This movie has focused about this character, he wants to know about his purpose, he know that he is a replicant, but why he is in this world, what is his purpose, what is the distinction between Humans and replicants. What I absolutely like about this movie is that Denis focused very well on the main character, you feel for him as the movie progresses, when he finds out something new about the case, you are witnessing that too. Character building is one of the strongest part of this movie, but in terms of its visual this movie is refreshment for the eyes, the set designs, the CGI, the cinematography of this movie is unlike anything I've ever seen, I've never seen the practical effects and the CGI effects go hand in hand with each other so perfectly and the end results are just Marvellous, I've never seen such a beautiful movie in my life since Avatar, the movie is dripping with colours. Denis Villeneuve didn't change much of the environment as the futuristic technology driven world looks similar to that of the original blade runner, but 2049 has more location and overall is much more grander in scale, the soundtrack of this movie is also a excellent, Hans Zimmer yet again has done a great job with sound composing, well I would expect nothing less from such a talented person like him.
Blade Runner 2049 isn't your average movie it's not like those summer block buster action pack film which will keep you at the edge of your seat for its thrill or this isn't a sci-fi movie which is based on good Vs evil generic concept. It's something different we've never witnessed before, even with a runtime of 2 hrs and 43 mins which is almost 3 hrs this movie feels long but not too long, that was the only problem I had with the OG blade runner is that the movie felt lot longer than its runtime and even at certain scenes the movie dragged a bit, but that isn't the case with 2049 it is perfectly paced from the beginning till the end. Denis Villeneuve has a created a masterpiece and years from now this movie will be remembered as classic to the sci-fi genre.