Moody and narratively thin but a visual triumph nonetheless.

Rating: 6/10 (24 June 2018)

'Blade Runner 2049' was a movie that really did not beg to be made. I felt that the themes of 'Blade Runner' and it's gloomy sense of slim hope ended perfectly with the original film. 'Blade Runner 2049' is a film that cosmetically appears more clever than it is. As a story it is verily predictable and it's secrets aren't really all that impressive. However It's visually one of the best recent Science Fiction films of this generation. On the strength of how the movie looks and builds its worlds I strongly recommend the film.
There just isn't much of a story or character development. It hammers the philosophical questions into the faces of the viewer rather than have them unfurl as I felt that the original did. Jared Leto is waaaayyy too much. I also feel like this one takes away a lot of the ambiguity and mystery that was a strength of the original 'Blade Runner'. I mean part of the appeal of the cult following of that film is that you never quite understood how everything fell into place at its great ending. It wasn't a film screaming for a sequel. I gotta be honest it was kind of a let down seeing old Edward James Olmos folding his orgami in the retirement home.