An excellent sequel

Rating: 9/10 (22 September 2019)

Such a tough act to follow with the original becoming iconic.
Blade runner 2049 has brilliance of its own.
It touches on concepts that really suggest another leap further into the future.
The hologram companion, Joy. She says everything you want to hear and visually presents everything you want to see. Upgrades include making the hologram more portable, an anniversary gift K gives her. The idea of merging the hologram with a human body to be able to have sex too is weird but interesting.
The genius villain, Wallace is played well. Gets the balance of someone with a god complex with all the nefariousness needed to make your skin shiver.
Throughout all of it you know the replicants are reluctantly carrying out their duties. Even Love, Wallace's partner sees the immorality of his approach.
This film and others captures the fear of advanced technology making life more depressing for us. Creating societies where things are increasingly replaceable.