A spoiler-free discussion on what you need to know before you go to see Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Blade Runner’ sequel.
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And we both loved it.
In both films, humans and replicants look exactly the same, undetectable except to highly trained police detectives called blade runners (that’s Ford as Rick Deckard in the original).
Replicant IDs are imprinted on their eyeballs, but otherwise, there are no wires or telltale signs that you’re dealing with a ‘bot. Replicants are derided by humans as «skin jobs,» a common slur.
In the sequel, we meet Officer K (Ryan Gosling), who picks up blade runner duties decades after Deckard’s time.
Halfway through #BladeRunner2049 I realized I was watching 1 of my favorite films. I smiled, knowing I’d remember this exact moment forever.
Here’s mine: The movie is a whopping 2 hours and 44 minutes. But for a gal that prefers a tight 90-minute runtime, I didn’t check my watch once.
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