Overly long with weak story

Rating: 4/10 (26 December 2017)

This is a case of a director so in love with his work that he could not cut it down to a reasonable running time, sacrificing good storytelling in the process. Frankly, the movie is a full hour longer than it should have been. The cinematography is great but the story is weak and not well developed. There is no exposition on why certain characters do what they do and most of them, including the villain, are very one-dimensional.
It does not have the feel of the original Blade Runner. There is no compelling mystery, nothing scary, and nothing that really hooks you. The action is minimal and it is so devoid of energy that were it not for the occasional blasts of loud audio one might sleep right through it.
For those who buy movies rather than just watch them, the rationale is that the movies will be watched more than once. For this reviewer, this film does not make the cut. The prospect of enduring such a painfully lengthy film for so little payoff makes a second viewing somewhere down the road very unlikely.