Rammed full of lunacy.

Rating: 7/10 (28 June 2015)

Well I liked it.
Despite the characters frequently deciding to act in a completely illogical fashion; despite the massive plot holes; despite Guy Pearce's dodgy makeup; despite Logan Marshall- Green's character being an absolute bellend; despite all this, and the fact it'll never even come close to matching up to the 1979 original (one of my favourite films of all time) I liked it.
It's partly the visual aspect - it does look tremendous. I also really rated Marc Streitenfeld's magnificent score.
But most of all, I think I just enjoyed how many batshit crazy ideas Ridley Scott and his writers managed to cram into it. A lot of other films would have had me throwing my hands up in despair, but I just went with this one and I'm glad that I did.
Always good to see Benedict Wong on screen, and a rare instance of Idris Elba not being in The Wire and not being completely rubbish.
Verdict: Treat it like a massive-budget Grindhouse movie and you'll be fine.
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