Blade Runner 2049

Ryan Gosling Director: Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve

Overview

This sequel to Ridley Scott's landmark 1982 science-fiction film picks up the story 30 years later, giving viewers another detailed look at a future in which humanity live in polluted, overcrowded cities and rely on androids known as "replicants" for slave labor. In 2049 Los Angeles, K (Ryan Gosling) works as a "blade runner," a specialized law-enforcement agent dedicated to tracking down and killing rogue replicants. But when he uncovers a shocking conspiracy involving the robot laborers, he searches for the one person who might have answers: a former blade runner named Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who vanished decades earlier. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Sicario). Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto co-star. ~ Jack Rodgers

Product Details

Release Date:	01/16/2018
UPC:	0883929571857
Original Release:	2017
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	10,701

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ryan Gosling	K
Harrison Ford	Rick Deckard
Ana deArmas	Joi
Sylvia Hoeks	Luv
Robin Wright	Lieutenant Joshi
Carla Juri	Dr. Ana Stelline
Lennie James	Mister Cotton
David Bautista	Sapper Morton
Jared Leto	Niander Wallace
Mackenzie Davis	Mariette
Mark Arnold	Interviewer
Vilma Szecsi	Angry Old Lady
Wood Harris	Nandez
David Dastmalchian	Coco
Tomas Lemarquis	File Clerk
Sallie Harmsen	Female Replicant
Hiam Abbass	Freysa
Krista Kosonen	Doxie #2
Elarica Johnson	Doxie #3
Andre Lukacs Molnar	Memory Child
Istvan Goz	Scavenger #1
Pal Nyari	Scavenger #2
Joshua Tersoo Allagh	Scavenger #3
Zoltan Beres	Scavenger #4
Konstantin Pal	Scavenger #5
Ferenc Gyorgyi	Scavenger #6
Samuel Brown	Orphanage Boy
Kincso Santa	Birthday Girl
Barkhad Abdi	Doc Badger
Benjamin Thompson	Elvis Look-A-Like
Suzi Kennedy	Marilyn Look-A-Like
David Benson	Liberace Look-A-Like
Stephen Triffitt	Sinatra Look-A-Like

Technical Credits

Hampton Fancher

Michael Green

Denis Villeneuve	Director
Deva Anderson	Musical Direction/Supervision
Monifa Andrew	Production Manager
Renee April	Costumes/Costume Designer
Atomic Fiction, Inc.	Animator
Yale Badick	Executive Producer
Holly Beals	Production Manager
Dana Belcastro	Co-producer
Szandra Biro	Makeup
Csilla Blake-Horvath	Makeup
Leonardo Bonisolli	Animator
Bill Carraro	Executive Producer
Ana Cassina	Production Manager
Thom Chang	Animator
Albert Cho	Asst. Director
Zsolt Csutak	Casting
Roger Deakins	Cinematographer
Szilvia Dobrovitz	Makeup
David Doran	Art Director
Bence Erdelyi	Art Director
Hampton Fancher	Original Story,Screenwriter
Deak Ferrand	Art Director
Brian Flora	Art Director
Bruce Franklin	Asst. Director
Nick Fulton	Production Manager
Alex Funke	Cinematographer
Gabriel Gagne	Animator
Tim Gamble	Executive Producer
Dennis Gassner	Production Designer
Pierre Gill	Cinematographer
Frank Giustra	Executive Producer
Michael Green	Screenwriter
Theo Green	Sound/Sound Designer
Alexandra Gunter	Production Manager
Bassem Hawili	Animator
Val Hill	Executive Producer
Eric Horton	Special Effects Supervisor
Viktoria Jaross	Choreography
Broderick Johnson	Producer
Patrick Kalyn	Animator
Nora Kapas	Makeup
Nóra Koltai	Makeup
Andrew Kosove	Producer
Aniko Krisko	Makeup
Brandon Lambdin	Asst. Director
Tibor Lazar	Art Director
Francine Maisler	Casting
Gerd Nefzer	Special Effects Supervisor
Jakub Pazera	Animator
Danielle Prestidge	Production Manager
Carl O. Rogers	Co-producer
Tara Jayne Rubin	Casting
Khet Yee Sang	Animator
Ridley Scott	Executive Producer
Adam Slater	Animator
Chris Sokalofsky	Animator
Donald Sparks	Associate Producer,Asst. Director
Stefan Speth	Art Director
Lucinda Syson	Casting
Miklós Tóth	Production Manager
Matyas Vandor	Production Manager
Sharmila Venugop	Production Manager
Joe Walker	Editor
Benjamin Wallfisch	Score Composer
Charlie Watson	Asst. Director
Steven P. Wegner	Co-producer
Robin Wilson	Asst. Director
Bud Yorkin	Producer
Cynthia Sikes Yorkin	Producer
Hans Zimmer	Score Composer

Editorial Reviews

Blade Runner 2049 is a stunning cinematic experience that's easy to admire, if not exactly love. Director Denis Villeneuve, who helmed last year's Oscar-nominated mindbender Arrival, ably takes the reins from Ridley Scott (an executive producer here) and expands on the ideas and questions raised in Scott's 1982 original: What does it mean to be human? And is being human any better than being a human-like robot who is productive and thoughtful, and has feelings, desires, and ambitions just like anyone else? At the end of Blade Runner, viewers were left wondering if LAPD cop Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), whose job as a blade runner was to "retire" rogue replicants, was a replicant himself, especially after he fell in love with one. Now, 30 years later, Deckard is missing, and there's a new blade runner in smog-shrouded and snowy Los Angeles. He goes by K (Ryan Gosling), and as the movie opens he lands his flying Peugeot on a small California protein farm. He's there to retire replicant Sapper Morton (Dave Bautista), but just before he's able to do so, Morton utters, "You've never seen a miracle." It seems like a throwaway line at the time, but it's one that will echo throughout the story. In fact, the miracle Morton refers to could break the world, according to K's boss, Lt. Joshi (Robin Wright, tough and terrific), and start an unprecedented war. K's job? Find out what or who this so-called miracle is and destroy it. K's investigation, which takes him from the seedy streets of L.A. to a massive and massively populated garbage dump that once was San Diego to an eerily desolate Las Vegas, unfolds at a slow, deliberate pace, much like the original film. But at 163 minutes, 2049 is a bit overlong and would have benefited from more judicious editing. While Villeneuve and cinematographer Roger Deakins continually fill the screen with one jaw-dropping image after another, after a while one wishes the pair had embraced a more minimalistic, less-is-more artistic approach. The movie is never boring, but the story's rather slight central mystery doesn't warrant such an excessive running time. 2049 does delve deeper into the humanist questions it poses than its predecessor, but one wishes it had explored these themes even further. The filmmakers are more content to razzle-dazzle us with the astonishing dystopian world they have created, rather than plunge headlong into serious issues regarding artificial intelligence, slavery, sex, personal identity, and the nature of God. Steven Spielberg's A.I., Spike Jonze's Her, and Scott's recent Alien: Covenant all take a deeper, more thorough dive into these issues than Blade Runner 2049. That said, 2049 is pure cinema and a must-see for serious moviegoers. It's also a treat to see Ford reprise his Blade Runner role after 35 years. Unfortunately, he doesn't show up until very late in the film, but his appearance is worth the wait; when Deckard emerges, the story really ignites and shifts into a higher gear. Gosling is also good in a reined-in, subdued performance, as is Jared Leto, as A.I. pioneer Niander Wallace, who serves as the movie's resident bad guy. Wallace wants the "miracle" for himself and will kill to get it. Sylvia Hoeks is genuinely frightening as Wallace's deadly replicant assistant; and Ana de Armas, as K's live-in companion Joi, is heartbreaking. She turns out to be the most human of anyone, even though she's a hologram. At one point, Lt. Joshi tells K that "we're all just looking out for something real." And that's ultimately what Blade Runner 2049 is about: Human connection in a world where technology, instead of bringing us closer together, has only isolated us further. The movie sets itself up nicely for a sequel, and here's hoping the next film, if there is one, burrows deeper into the thorny "A.I. vs. humanity" issues only touched upon here. And that we don't have to wait another 35 years to see it.

All Movie Guide - Tim Holland