This sequel to 1982's "Blade Runner," directed by Denis Villeneuve ("Sicario," "Arrival"), is an unqualified visual triumph. Building on the original film's influential vision of 2019 Los Angeles, production designer Dennis Gassner and legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins have extrapolated the urban decay of the first film another 30 years into the speculative future. The results are both suitably familiar and breathtakingly revelatory.
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