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I already saw this movie when it was released but I was quite eager to check it out again. I remember very well when it came out though. Indeed, since I kept hearing some really amazing things about this sequel and since I am a huge fan of the 1st movie, I became so excited about the damned thing and I was so eager to finally check it out. Well, eventually, even though it was indeed really good, I don't think it was really so great after all. To be honest, I have a strong feeling that many critics and viewers have overpraised this movie because everybody pretty much dismissed its predecessor when it was released when it was in fact a masterpiece so, this time around, they didn't want to feel like some idiots. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, sure, it was visually really neat and it was quite amazing to come back to this fascinating futuristic world but it was not as groundbreaking as I expected. Same thing about the story, I mean, it was pretty neat to see a sequel coming so long after the previous installment with a decent story but, once again, the story in 'Blade Runner' worked better for me and I didn't help that the damned thing was just so long. On the positive side, I really loved how they developed Ryan Gosling's character who was really complex and constantly interesting and entertaining. However, even though there were many other interesting characters involved, except for K, none of them was really developed. To be honest, this rewatch didn’t really improve my opinion about this movie. The fact that I didn’t remember much about it wasn’t really a good omen and, eventually, the story is only decent at best after all. I have to mention however that, even though this movie did a lot for David Bautista’s and Ana de Armas’s respective careers, Sylvia Hoeks was quite amazing here and it’s a shame she never became a household name after showing up in such a prestigious international production. Anyway, to conclude, don't believe the hype, it is a good movie, no doubt about it, and Denis Villeneuve displayed once again that he is easily one of the best directors at work nowadays, but it is probably not a revolutionary masterpiece like its predecessor was and still is.
7/10
