Good visuals yet boring story.

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2017)

I saw the original long ago while on honeymoon in Europe. I've probably only seen it once since then and maybe I'm missing parts of the story, but this film didn't really make any sense. Here comes the plot.
Ryan Gosling plays K a replicant blade runner whose job is to hunt down older generation replicants (nexus 6). I think the movie said he was a nexus 8, a version safer and more compliant. For most of the movie K robotically carries out his orders in a passionless unemotional way. This makes sense since he is a robot, but its really boring to watch.
He tracks a nexus 6 replicant down on some out of the way place, "retires him". While on site K finds remains that are discovered to be that of a Female replicant. The body has bone damage consistent with a rudimentary attempt at a C Section. It's assumed the attempt killed her. Its also assumed that since she was buried, it was probably friends that did it. Enemies wouldn't bother being so respectful.
Central computer records show that she had twins. How they could figure that out just from bones is anyone's guess. Since such a birth happened in a black market part of town you would think such information would be hidden by the surviving nexus 6 that were harboring the deceased Woman. The records show the twin girl died, but the twin boy survived.
K then presumes he is that boy. Turns out he is wrong. He suddenly gets emotional about it, which doesn't make sense. I understand this film explores the difference between human and robot, but is just out of place and feels forced. Speaking of feeling forced, the visuals and music also seems similarly contrived. I don't like it when movies try to trick me into feeling a certain way.
Eventually K finds Dekkard (Harrison Ford) who confirms that the pregnant Woman was actually a replicant called Rachel. This of course means a miracle happen. A replicant actually gave birth, something hitherto thought impossible. Suddenly for the first time ever in the movie an action scene happens when the bad guys want to capture Dekkard. K suddenly decides to disobey his own programming and saves Dekkard. He introduces Dekkard to a young woman, who he believes is the missing twin girl. She happens to be Dekkard and Rachel's daughter. The End.
This movie was quite boring. I think it went for almost three hours. You could probably cut out an hour and the simple slightly confusing plot would still work. Something would be gained though, the film would flow better and be more entertaining. The plot dances around things that happened earlier; hunting down Nexus 6, some sort of rebellion, etc etc but none of that is in this movie. It should have been, it would have made this a better film. Maybe they'll do a reboot later and clear up all the confusion. I voted this movie a 5 out of 10.