Blade Runner 2049 breaks out and looks great

Rating: 9/10 (8 November 2017)

Blade Runner 2049 will go down in history as one of the best sequels of all-time. The best part about BR 2049 as a sequel is that it doesn't fall into the same trap as other sequels, that trap meaning bigger means better. Blade Runner 2049 serves as a perfect continuation of its predecessor applying the same themes and ideas along the same scope to create a good story. The story never loses sight of its true purpose: Officer K's identity crisis. Throughout the movie, Ryan Gosling meticulously crafts a subtle performance exhibiting the struggles of a replicant who believes their life may be a lie and later morphs that performance to exhibit the disappointment of a replicant who realizes they are, in fact, still just a replicant. Every little motion he gives feels real and the writing really lends itself to the character by showing that even though physically K is a replicant, emotionally and mentally he is not. He is human. And I think that's beautiful.