Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
87%RT Audience Score: 81%
Awards & Nominations: Won 2 Oscars
101 wins & 165 nominations total
Visually stunning and narratively satisfying, Blade Runner 2049 deepens and expands its predecessor’s story while standing as an impressive filmmaking achievement in its own right
Blade Runner 2049 is like the cool older sibling who not only lives up to the hype but surpasses it. The film manages to be both a love letter to the original and a standalone masterpiece. The visuals are stunning, the performances are top-notch, and the story is thought-provoking. Plus, who doesn’t love a good sci-fi detective mystery? It’s a cinematic miracle that will leave you under its spell long after the credits roll.
Production Company(ies)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Stock Exchange Palace, Szabadság Square, Budapest, Hungary
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for violence, some sexuality, nudity and language
Year of Release
2017
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1 IMAX 6-Track Dolby Surround 7.1 Sonics-DDP SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 44m
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Language(s):English, Finnish, Japanese, Hungarian, Russian, Somali, Spanish
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 2017 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 16, 2018
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller/Sci-fi
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $259,352,064
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $312,839,815
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 482
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 34,115,574
US/Canada gross: $92,071,675
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $111,060,176
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 679
US/Canada opening weekend: $32,753,122
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $39,507,997
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 316
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $150,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $180,935,411
Production budget ranking: 146
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $97,433,719
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $34,470,685
ROI to date (est.): 12%
ROI ranking: 1,334
Harrison Ford – Rick Deckard
Ana de Armas – Joi
Sylvia Hoeks – Luv
Robin Wright – Lieutenant Joshi
Jared Leto – Niander Wallace
Director(s)
Denis Villeneuve
Writer(s)
Hampton Fancher, Michael Green
Producer(s)
Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Bud Yorkin, Cynthia Sikes Yorkin
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
101 wins & 165 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Visual Effects Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (444) | Top Critics (78) | Fresh (390) | Rotten (54)
If every new film made today is to a greater or lesser degree an echo box of past possibilities, what’s notable is how much Villeneuve gives those echoes room to breathe and to be new.
March 8, 2018
Jonathan Romney
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
In the end, for all its pleasures, it’s difficult to view Blade Runner 2049 as anything but an elaborate echo of the original, neither true sequel nor reboot, unclear of its own identity.
October 30, 2017
Melissa Anderson
4Columns
TOP CRITIC
The film dares to be ambiguous, but ambiguity is a bad fit with the current critical mood that art must be prescriptive rather than reflective.
October 17, 2017
Tim Hayes
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
On its own merits, Blade Runner 2049 is a very strong film; as a sequel, it’s nothing short of brilliant.
October 12, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4
Max Weiss
Baltimore Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Watching Ford and Gosling onscreen together suggests an evolution of masculinity within the films, one that exists along a continuum of noir leading men, from those failing to hide their tenderhearted nature to the solemn figures who make stoicism an art.
October 11, 2017
Angelica Jade Bastién
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
This is a rare sequel that enhances, arguably even surpasses, the mastery of its original. Harrison Ford dubbed it ‘a cathedral’ of a movie and he’s right – this is one to worship.
October 11, 2017 | Rating: 5/5
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Metro Newspaper (UK)
TOP CRITIC
That Villeneuve achieves such a cerebral and even touching picture, while also accomplishing an uncommonly sublime production, marks Blade Runner 2049 as a landmark in the science-fiction genre.
March 17, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
It’s immaculately constructed, full of true wonder, and keeps you under its spell all the way to the very end. In some ways, Blade Runner 2049 even surpasses the original.
December 29, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Drew Dietsch
FANDOM
Heady science-fiction fans, this episode is for you.
October 2, 2021
Don Shanahan
Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast
A new chapter. A triumph. A cinematic miracle.
May 6, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Olly Richards
NME
Unlike the original film, where the “romance” feels like a product of Deckard’s dehumanized relationship with Replicants, the romance between Ryan Gosling’s K and Ana de Armas’ Joi, both machines, feels real and keeps the film intriguing.
April 13, 2021
Ian Brill
Battleship Pretension
A skilfully made movie that works as a companion piece to Scott’s film and as a detective mystery.
March 1, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse…
Plot
Thirty years after the events of Blade Runner (1982), a new Blade Runner, L.A.P.D. Officer “K” (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former L.A.P.D. Blade Runner, who has been missing for thirty years.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Ryan Gosling delivers a strong performance as the replicant blade runner in Blade Runner 2049.
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