We should have flying cars by now

Rating: 6/10 (17 October 2017)

Spoiler alert, but I think my review will enhance your experience.
I enjoyed much of the film due to little easter eggs such as the actress who plays Cameron in the 80's retro series "Halt and Catch Fire" is a prostitute in a sequel to a film based upon an alternate reality from the 1980's. Irony wrapped in an onion
And note: This is an ALTERNATE universe from the original film that had expected the USSR to still be around and for us to have flying cars by 2010 or so. The director wants us to note this by showing Pan Am advertisements and other retired 1980's brands (Braniff perhaps? Keep a lookout!) The style is similar to that of the original film so if you liked the original film, you'll feel comfortable and in a way, I liked that. Look for appearances from (aged) original cast members from the original film aside from Harrison Ford. The plot rolls along almost exactly like it's predecessor. It's almost as if it was written and conceived a year or so afterwards and put on hold for 34 more
The original film's notion of replicants was not entirely believable but in the introduction text for this one, the story is preposterous: The Nexus series replicants were so dangerous that it caused a civil war resulting in a ban but later lifted when they were made "safe" (similar to Asimov's three laws) and the human bigotry towards "skin jobs" continues even as many humans still live in absolute poverty (including an orphanage utilizing humans as slave labor) and a replicant working as a police officer. Now think about it: If replicants are now operating on Earth because they're so safe, what need is there for human slaves or poverty? And the replicants are apparently not safe since they require continual imprecise oral "base checks" where the replicants now often exercise free will and kill and attack living people.
Asimov is spinning in his grave. "This is not how ANY of this works!!!" he would be saying.
And all of this robotic technology that is just a hair's span away from killing all of humanity overnight is in the hands of a weird Tyrell replacement whose blind, insane and evil and sends out robot minions to beat up people to get what he wants. He apparently thinks that his manufacturing process isn't efficient enough and needs a way to get robots made the, er, old fashioned way.
This does spur a philosophical insight on my part in that even as our society becomes more efficient at manufacturing and information retrieval, the world's elite cries out for more labor even as they engage in massive layoffs at their companies to have a lean workforce. So while the raw message of the film is a bit silly, it can spur insights (at least with me).
Finally, while bladerunner original had many fun, technological devices such as a scanner that could take a photo print and examine it in HD, this film has nothing new that would surprise us. That' s OK because it's a continuation of a film conceived in the mid-80's and helps to keep the style consistent. I wish this had been done with Star Wars. I'm reminded of a sequel to the Fifth Element, one of my favorite films, that was just awful (I wrote a review on that) and this is better at least. These sequels and remarks only serve to remind us of how GOOD the 80's films were (and still are).