The Blade Has Run

Rating: 8/10 (7 October 2017)

I was entertained. I was eager to see this movie since the first one registered so well and ended on a exploratory note. To me, I got closure finally from the Blade runner concept. You can see this alone but for the maximum treat, see the first one then this. Its a decent story-line and they spent more time on time than on making this a quick movie. But the slow pace doesn't detract. It sets you up for what is to come locking you into the moment on the screen. I did have a hard time hearing some dialog as the background sounds were loud at times and coincided with the dialog. The future as depicted here is not good but then, we are only referring to humans aren't we? Another thing I look for is a comeback experience i.e. memorable scenes that make you want to see a movie over and over again. None here for me. Once the story is told, it's told. We are done here. Too bad because it would make for a nice DVD collection piece to go with the first movie if they added some extra-ordinary scenes. The first one has memorable scenes so make your own comparison. I have seen that one several times and the director helped that along by coming out with different cuts of the movie all good. I prefer the first one and the final cut. what could have really helped this movie is more character development, some explanation about the guy who bought Terrel Corp (the guy who made this replicants) out and more details about the mystery which I will not give away. Is this worth seeing? Yes if you have seen the first one. If not, I am not sure this movie can carry itself. I snacked on some soy jerky extra spicy and I noted that everyone in the theater was transfixed to the story telling me that they all saw the first one too. Enjoy P.S. I came back to this write-up to add this: I read what Wikipedia had to say about this movie. It explains very clearly and in specific detail what is going on and cleared up quite a bit of mystery for me and answered questions I had too. Question: Why couldn't the director make all those points clear in the movie? It would have upped the experience. Read it for yourself and see. Thank you