Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Blade Runner 2049 is the sequel to Blade Runner (1982) about a new blade runner and new secrets that start to come unraveled.

Director Denis Villeneuve is becoming one of my favorite directors. I first saw Prisoners and thought it was a decent film, then both Sicario and Arrival happened and I was sold on him. Villeneuve chooses his shots carefully and how he gets the most out of what we all know Gosling is capable of, is short of perfection.

Ryan Gosling can lead a film, he proved it in Drive. One of my favorite films of all time. The audience knows character traits about "K", his name, and watches his character arc as it is thrown up and down the proverbial roller coaster.

Harrison Ford's character isn't a spoiler for the film, seeing how he's on the poster. That being said he doesn't show up for quite some time. It was a good and daring move on Villeneuve's part to really give the audience to come to love the main character, K.

Ana de Armas has done work that I've seen her in, Knock Knock being most notable. She's probably the weakest when it comes to acting but this is the best I've ever seen her. It's a nitpick but I only wish she had more time to develop her craft before shooting this film.

Jared Leto plays Niander Wallace who is basically the richest person on earth and aside from what he does in the film, I felt that he did justice to what his character was supposed to do. Some people will find Wallace a bit...off.

Blade Runner 2049 is a long movie, but no scenes really felt out of place or could have been cut. Sure there are long scenes of Gosling just staring with intensity but they feel good, they feel like you're watching someone fall apart.

Result: A+ (My only A+ and my favorite film of 2017)

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