Great Pictures but not the Original

Rating: 7/10 (14 October 2017)

"Blade Runner 2049" is a follow-up to the famous "Blade Runner" movie and takes over its characteristics. It tells the story of a modern-day Blade Runner that one day stumbles over a long hidden secret and has to question his whole identity, leading to many unforeseen encounters and danger.
The film is a visual masterpiece. Especially when you get to enjoy it on a larger screen you will almost instantly be drawn into the world and the futuristic surroundings. The general tempo of the movie is rather slow, so at no point events seem to be rushing, which keeps the film from being just another action adaption. On the other hand I have to say that the plot is not very surprising, it pretty much delivers what was expected from the film before, including a bit of fan service. Unfortunately, it seems that producers will try to establish a franchise out of this and air more parts of this series and this is where for me it is hard to believe that it is really for the benefit of the story any more, but rather for the dollars coming in, even though I don't doubt that there's enough story left for another decent part.
All in all this is a very visual movie that isn't shaming its prominent ancestor, but it is also not a milestone or something that I would have need a third part of.