Fans of Ridley Scott’s landmark 1982 dystopian noir drama “Blade Runner” will be thrilled to find that director Denis Villeneuve has soaked his follow-up, “Blade Runner 2049,” in as much grime-and-neon atmosphere as the original.
But, as Broadway producers like to say, you can’t hum the scenery. Mercifully Villeneuve and his writers — Hampton Fancher, who co-wrote the original, and Michael Green, who co-wrote “Logan” and “Alien: Covenant” — have devised a deeply layered and emotional story that builds on what we know about this world.
As the title tells us, it’s 2049, 30 years after the events of the first movie.