Blade Runner 2049
Ryan Gosling stars in the sequel to the Denis Villeneuve-directed sequel to Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic. Returning are Harrison Ford who reprises his role as Rick Deckard and Scott who co-produces.
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
- Director:
- Denis Villeneuve ('Arrival', 'Sicario', 'Enemy')
- Writer:
- Hampton FancherMichael Green
- Cast:
- Ryan GoslingHarrison FordRobin WrightDave BautistaAna de ArmasSylvia HoeksMackenzie DavisCarla JuriLennie JamesJared LetoBarkhad Abdi
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Tony Stamp
flicksDenis Villeneuve is some kind of cinematic magician. He bounces between genres, masters them all, and has now resurrected a 35-year-old classic and made it his own. It’s like he soaked in the essence of Blade Runner and channelled it into this new story, which continues the original’s themes regarding sentience, expands on them, then adds new shades of grey.
Do Androids get as sentimental as Hollywood?
Trying to breathe enough life into a simple idea to make a sequel is tricky. The new idea is quite clever but the execution seemed to lack thought. If the pacing was faster, we the audience might not notice the plot holes but Blade Runner 2049 takes a slow and measured approach and then puts the brakes on in the third act giving us far too long to think...
Variety
pressA visually breathtaking, long-fuse action movie whose unconventional thrills could be described as many things - from tantalising to tedious - but never "artificially intelligent."
Total Film
pressVilleneuve's film is a direct continuation in every respect; it's difficult to imagine anyone - even Ridley Scott - making a better Blade Runner sequel.
Time Out
pressImmersing you in a complete wow, Blade Runner 2049 is the thinking person's sci-fi event of the year.
The Guardian
pressIt just has to be experienced on the biggest screen possible. Blade Runner 2049 is a narcotic spectacle of eerie and pitiless vastness, by turns satirical, tragic and romantic.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressDespite its blockbuster trappings, this Blade Runner is as much an art movie as the first one: slow, idea-driven, and often emotionally remote.
Stuff
pressVilleneuve has taken the double-edged sword of the update and created a Blade Runner 2049 worthy of honouring its ancestor, while bringing it appropriately into the mid-21st Century.
Newsroom
pressAn artform of suspense and enigma that's as compelling and fascinating as it is emotionally distant.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA voluptuous mood bath that's impressively sustained from beginning to end.
Empire Magazine
pressVisually immaculate, swirling with themes as heart-rending as they are mind-twisting, 2049 is, without doubt, a good year. And one of 2017's best.
Flicks, Tony Stamp
flicksDenis Villeneuve is some kind of cinematic magician. He bounces between genres, masters them all, and has now resurrected a 35-year-old classic and made it his own. It’s like he soaked in the essence of Blade Runner and channelled it into this new story, which continues the original’s themes regarding sentience, expands on them, then adds new shades of grey.
Variety
pressA visually breathtaking, long-fuse action movie whose unconventional thrills could be described as many things - from tantalising to tedious - but never "artificially intelligent."
Total Film
pressVilleneuve's film is a direct continuation in every respect; it's difficult to imagine anyone - even Ridley Scott - making a better Blade Runner sequel.
Time Out
pressImmersing you in a complete wow, Blade Runner 2049 is the thinking person's sci-fi event of the year.
The Guardian
pressIt just has to be experienced on the biggest screen possible. Blade Runner 2049 is a narcotic spectacle of eerie and pitiless vastness, by turns satirical, tragic and romantic.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressDespite its blockbuster trappings, this Blade Runner is as much an art movie as the first one: slow, idea-driven, and often emotionally remote.
Stuff
pressVilleneuve has taken the double-edged sword of the update and created a Blade Runner 2049 worthy of honouring its ancestor, while bringing it appropriately into the mid-21st Century.
Newsroom
pressAn artform of suspense and enigma that's as compelling and fascinating as it is emotionally distant.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA voluptuous mood bath that's impressively sustained from beginning to end.
Empire Magazine
pressVisually immaculate, swirling with themes as heart-rending as they are mind-twisting, 2049 is, without doubt, a good year. And one of 2017's best.
Do Androids get as sentimental as Hollywood?
Trying to breathe enough life into a simple idea to make a sequel is tricky. The new idea is quite clever but the execution seemed to lack thought. If the pacing was faster, we the audience might not notice the plot holes but Blade Runner 2049 takes a slow and measured approach and then puts the brakes on in the third act giving us far too long to think...
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