Every Frame Is Striking

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2017)

(Flash Review)
If this does not win an Oscar for Best Cinematography I'll be appalled. My eyes were tickled with glee throughout the impressive 2:45 runtime. This film was reminiscent of the original and honored the atmosphere, music score and the clean, minimal and captivating shot framing. It moved the core story points along 30 years in the future of what does it mean to be human, how emotions effect humanity and can beings that are 'made' truly feel human. The main objective of the film is for a more modern blade runner, named K, to track down Deckard, an older model for a crucial reason. Can or how will he achieve his objective? Much like the original the plot was slow to evolve which was OK for me as it left more than enough time to soak up the visuals and ponder the story. There were moments where the future technology reminded me of the film Her and Gosling's acting was right out of Drive. One quibble I had was I wish there was a bit more story detail to chew on or context of the future world we are presented with. A few times I was so swept up in the visual smorgasbord that I had to re-calibrate and think wait, where's the story going? Overall, it was an honorable sequel to a cult classic with meaty visuals and a deep yet sparse story.