A worthy, albeit unnecessary, successor to Blade Runner.

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2018)

Where Ridley Scott's original film was visionary, Denis Villeneuve's re-imagining lives up to its predecessor in terms of film as art, as well as remaining faithful to the cyberpunk film noir style Scott first pioneered with regards to its deliberate, patient narrative and visual presentation. For certain we could have asked for more, but the film makes the grade, unlike other reboots in Hollywood with detrimental results to the foundations laid out by their predecessors. Upon first viewing it was difficult not to draw unfavorable comparisons to Scott's film, however, when viewed a second time, particularly with a more open mind and willingness to accept that not every wish you could imagine of a sequel over a span of thirty years could possibly come true, the film's texture and narrative find more appeal. Speaking as a matter of fact, this film, had it not been overshadowed by the presence of Scott's original masterpiece, would surely have been classed a masterpiece of its own, but alas, such is not the fate of any work or thing which finds its place under such a massive shadow as is cast by one of the greatest works of possibly the very greatest director to ever walk this Earth.