Blade Runner 2049 is a sequel worthy of its predecessor, Blade Runner who now holds the status of a legendary cult film. Director Denis Villeneuve has just given an achievement that is almost impossible. He respects his predecessor's films, expands his mythology, and makes a good movie that stands alone. Blade Runner 2049 deserves to be coupled with Aliens, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back , and Terminator 2: Judgment Day as the best sequel.
The existence of Blade Runner 2049 itself is actually a miracle. It's rare for a studio to bet on this seriskan, reviving a brand that is not a commercially promising classical property. Indeed Blade Runner is one of the most influential scifi movie, but he failed to record the box office revelation that is not profitable, turning over the capital alone is not. Even Warner Bros.'s own warriors are afraid the audience will not understand the movie until it has to add a disturbing narrative in its original version released in 1982. So we have to give credit to any Warner Bros. executives who are now desperate to overcome this project and then give the jor-rod budget Villeneuve, a director who is notoriously unknown because of his blockbuster skills.
When I watch Arrival , I find the cinematic style of Villeneuve slightly alienating me from the human element of the movie. Blade Runner 2049 is a very fitting container for the cool, rigid, and selective Villeneuve style, because the world of Blade Runner is a cold world. It is filled with non-human characters, and even if there are humans, they are not humane. Just a moment. Or maybe they're not human? .
One aspect that makes the film fresh is that it is built on a smart foundation. He knows what we already know. Blade Runner 2049 no longer plays with perceptions in Blade Runner where Replika (the official translation of the term "Replicant") generally does not know they are Replicas. The Replika are smart enough to realize their identity. They know that their memories are planted. But in this movie there is something that I do not dare to express here, which makes them feel closer to humans. Conflict is always about Replication who wants to be human, and Blade Runner 2049 takes a perspective that deepens the theme. The scope of the plot is relatively smaller than Blade Runner but the theme is growing.
In America, Villeneuve and Warner Bros. ask critics not to reveal most of the plot points and certain characters in their review. It's not that I'm criticizing my blog-but I'll do the same, because the best way to enjoy this movie is to know about it as little as possible. Some parts of the story and some of its disclosures are better left untouched before watching it live. I will follow up with Villeneuve's wangsit, and will only expose the context and what we know from the promo material, such as the appearance of Rick Deckard ( Harrison Ford ) or the blackout event in 2020 that erases all data on Replication.
Our main character is K ( Ryan Gosling ), a Blade Runner-a policeman assigned to hunt and "neutralize" Replica-who knows that he is a Replica. Gosling is a perfect choice to portray K. He is a charismatic actor who can hide expressions on the surface-he never smiles-but keeps a lot of emotion inside. Blade Runner 2049 is a spiritual journey for K.
Each completed the mission, he was required by his boss, Lieutenant Joshi ( Robin Wright ) to perform a simple psychological test to ensure his sanity as a replica. He realized that he had no childhood, that his childhood playing with miniature wooden horses was a planted memory. Or maybe not? K is a loner but he lives with a hologram boyfriend named Joi ( Ana de Armas ) who can change clothes from one sexy outfit to another sexy outfit in a flash, make it a fictitious dish, and give him the attention and warmth that he can not get from humans.
After the blackout in 2020, the Tyrell company collapsed. The replica production business is now taken over by the crazy genius of Niander Wallace ( Jared Leto ) who has horrible eyes and speaks volumes about philosophical nonsense. Wallace's company created a new, more sophisticated and more compliant Replica model. He has an aide of a woman replica firmly named Luv ( Sylvia Hoeks ).
This movie plot is similar to Blade Runner which begins with a simple detective-style mission before our main character is forced to plunge into a more complex mystery. At the beginning of the film, K was ordered to eliminate an old Replica named Sapper ( Dave Bautista ) who lived peacefully as a farmer in a village. But what K finds there brings him into intrigue that involves his own identity and the nature of Replica itself. Something that threatens the "laws of nature" that distinguishes humans by Replication and can destroy everything.
Even so, this movie does not repeat the old song of its predecessor or simply distract us through nostalgia. He raised a new idea that is the result of an expansion of the old idea that became the iconic theme of Blade Runner . We are not even looking forward to the appearance of Deckard because it is so late with the story, although Deckard itself has a very crucial role later. Philosophical questions from the novel Philip K. Dick who became the source material of Blade Runner , it can still be made to feel new. What makes human beings human? What distinguishes humans with Replication when they have a similar physique? When the memory can be planted, is it no longer relevant when Replicas realize it when they feel it personally? If Replika can think and feel, can they be called human?
With a duration of 163 minutes, Blade Runner 2049 feels a bit long. But Villeneuve keeps the film's atmosphere in check. This film is not an action-oriented opera space but a neo-noir mystery that relies on mood . Thirty years after Deckard disappeared, Los Angeles was still seen as a futuristic city with giant fluorescent billboards and towering dark buildings. It's just worse. Together with the legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins , Villeneuve presents a gloomy but beautiful universe. The set is amazing, and the color scheme - whether it's in the ruins of an orange sky, a snowflake, or a climax on an artificial dam - pampers the eye. Accompanied by screaming and blaring screams from Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Walfisch , the film is a remarkable cinematic experience.
Too early to call Blade Runner 2049 will be a classic movie like its predecessor that has a big impact on the scifi genre. But this is indeed a powerful movie. The movie does not repeat, annul, or change the theme of the original movie, instead of making it richer. He answers several things from Blade Runner and raises new questions. The story is brand-new, but strongly related to the past, as well as opening up new possibilities for the future.
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