Mesmerizing is
how I would term Director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049.
The film starts with a written overlay detailing what is known by
those who have seen the original Blade Runners story that happened
around 2020, regarding the creation of replicant human beings.
This story asks whether it’s possible a
replicant, at that time, was able to produce a child and whether it might therefore be possible to enable
current replicants to produce their own children. But, can that original creation be found?
Writers Hampton Fancher and Michael Dick have fashioned a
screenplay that makes the viewer feel like one caught in a maze. You don’t necessarily know where you are
being led, but, with the help of Production Designer Dennis Gassner’s bleak and
ghastly sets and Composers Benjamin Wallfisch’s and Hans Zimmer’s pounding
score, you feel entranced and compelled to go with it, searching for answers
just like Blade Runner “K” (Ryan Gosling).
In the end, things make sense, but it’s going to take a
second viewing for me to piece together the logic. That’s something I’m really looking forward
to do.
Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Jared Leto and newcomers Ana de
Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Mackenzie Davis and Carla Juri are all excellent in
their roles.
I give Blade Runner 2049 a 4.9 out of 5.
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