Science fiction at its very best!

Rating: 10/10 (1 August 2019)

By Hollywood's standards, 35 years is a long wait for a sequal, especially for a film as popular as 1982's Blade Runner. Denis Villeneuve definetely had his work cut out for him, directing a follow up to Ridley Scott's futuristic noir masterpeice would have fans reeling if anything below than amazing was finally delivered. Blade Runner 2049 is more than a sequal. Its a film that stands on its own lofty merit, and as far as intruige goes, this movie has it in spades. We follow K, played by Ryan Gosling, as he hunts down and kills tear away replicants who have managed to escape the system and go into hiding. K is a replicant also, he is by the very nature a slave, employed by the LAPD to perform one duty only. Upon his tracking, K discovers the remains of a female replicant who had perished during childbirth. Seemingly thought impossible K's supervisor tasks him with finding and terminating the apparent surviving child replicant before a war breaks out between humans and their biologically engineered counterparts. Seems pretty straight forward? This is where Blade Runner 2049 outdoes its pre-decessor as Villeneuve fills the film with an unexpected detective like intruige that has the viewer more than hooked, just as you construct and assume a plot, 2049 has other ideas. As K gets closer to the truth, the enemy force in the Wallace Corporation begins their own hunt, hoping to discover the secret to replicant reproduction. The Wallace Corp CEO, Niander Wallace played by a god like Jared Leto sends his enforcer Luv to find the lost child and ultimately retire K. The film is incredibly stunning to watch, hallmark visuals from the original do make they way to the screen but only in small doses as Villeneuve paints a picture using his own neon canvas of colour and tone. True fans of 19'82's classic have long hoped for a sequal, and Blade Runner 2049 is a more than worthy follow up!