Huh?

Rating: 3/10 (6 October 2017)

I agree with Rutger Hauer in his assessment that this movie didn't need to be made. To be this long is a travesty of the mystery that brought on the original. A humanistic question that didn't need to be answered. We have a lifespan...we are going to die.
In the wake of Ridley Scott treading over old and unused imagery and ideas (along with Hampton Fancher's cantankerous insistence of story before David Peoples bend it to Scott's will) this is the shadow of the original punk neon-rock music video film noir. Instead, it's a tiresome Max Fischer play on what was cool about the first one.
Lonely and alone, with wet smoky streets...check. The soul provided by a sad android story...GONE. I assume most critics will not truly criticize for the fact that they don't want to be on that same train that re-assessed 80's "Blade Runner" and had to choke on Scott's self-righteousness. The original derailed as well and was the accidental hit it is now. Fanboy cries of sequel maybe gutted what was once a masterpiece into a cash grab of epic boring pursuits. By the way, long lingering shots isn't meditative or artistic or thought-provoking, it's pretentious and dumb. Even Scott knew that from the beginning. As Denis Villanueva can do no wrong in the eyes of modern day streaming vid. Guess what? "The Arrival" was dull too. He's a dull movie maker. BUT...this society we've crafted today enjoys mistaking slow with drama.
Here we are again, Scott revisiting his past ghosts but having some French-Canadian d-bag do his dirty work. Next up..."Thelma & Louise 2: Breaking Bad Got Nuthin' On them." Work out your own personal issues elsewhere. Dull and uninspired.