Visually Stunning

Rating: 7/10 (6 October 2017)

I saw "Blade Runner 2049", Ryan Gosling-La La Land, Young Hercules_tv; Robin Wright-House of Cards_tv, Wonder Woman; Jared Leto-Suicide Squad, Fight Club and Harrison Ford-The Star Wars movies, The Expendables 3. This is a sequel to the 1982 Blade Runner and it takes place 30 years later. Ryan is a Blade Runner-he is a cop that hunts down and usually terminates replicants, human looking robots that have gone rogue. Robin is his boss. When Ryan finishes his latest job, he discovers a buried dead body that leads him to go looking for Harrison, a former Blade Runner that disappeared about 30 years earlier. The corporation that makes replicants is run by Jared, and he acts kind of weird, like a futuristic blind hippie. There are questions about who is or is not a replicant and Sylvia Hoeks-an actress from the Netherlands-does a good job as the female counterpart to Rutger Hauer-also from the Netherlands. The visuals are stunning in the way the future is portrayed. There are several scenes of people playing music and a holographic image of the performer is shown, as if they were performing live. I remember seeing Elvis, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe-I know, she is not a singer but they still showed her. There are 3 of the original cast members that pop up too, and yes, Harrison is one of them. Harrison does not make his appearance until about an hour and forty five minutes into the film, but it's almost 3 hours long so that is just a little over half way through. It's rated "R" for violence, language and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 44 minutes. If you liked the original movie, then you will probably like this one, too. I know I did and I would buy it on Blu-Ray.