Blade Runner 2049 (2017)- VR L.A.

* Blade Runner Part 2 is a work of art, cementing a cult status!  The new rogue replicant (android) hunting detective, "K...," AKA 'Joe,' (Brian Gosling), is well, an android himself.  I thought it would never work, especially since he's searching for the "miracle" child, Dr. Ana Stelline (Carla Juri), born of human and replicant parents...what did I just say?  Such leaps of imagination don't matter as much when you enjoy the experience.
Denis Villeneuve directed and reproduced the peculiar film noir (1940s) flavor of the original Blade Runner (1982).  Remember that cool sci-fi movie that gave precedence to sensory ambience like origami still shots and a final battle in a limelit downtown Bradbury Building--now replaced with whittling and Sin City casinos under an amber radioactive haze?  Villeneuve actually improved on it after all these decades, Ridley Scott, the original's director, aided him in the production dept.
This film is an organic and synthetic cocktail of L.A., across past, present, and future Southern Cali.  K tracks down the detective of the first movie, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who's every gesture spoke volumes--like fine wine.  K thinks he's the child of an android mother.  The cloners that make the replicants are now the Wallace Corporation and they have commercialized to make replicants serve humanity's every pleasure, headed by the ruthless Niander Wallace (Jared Leto), killing you softly, and his murderous administrator Luv (Sylvia Hoeks).  Dr. Stelline lives in a bubble and became famous by reproducing realistic memories in her holographic studio.  VR is already exploding today with people marrying anime and robots and social media influencing culture.
It won Oscars for Cinematography and Best Visual Effects, not to downplay its excellent sound editing, lighting, and musical score that heightens the melancholic search for a raison d'etre: what makes us human.  This unique mood is embellished by a glitching Elvis Presley Las Vegas cabaret, giant interactive naked holo advertisements, a portable Wi-Fi holographic girlfriend (Ana D Armas) superimposing herself onto a live prostitute replicant (Mackenzie Davis, like you never saw her before).
Yet, the crowds were tuned off with such artsiness where they expected to see more laser battles and techiness.  This movie has that too, like Luv getting a manicure while using Google-type sunglasses to direct missile targets.  What it lacked was simple clarification.  I'm still connecting the dots.  Like true art works, this film deserves appreciation, and it grows on you, but that doesn't mean we have to keep guessing at interpretation.  Thus, I leave this at the Goal Line.

*Warner Bros. Pictures.  Movie GIF/quote of K questioning Deckard.  JFC8 - Movies, tumblr, Jan. 
       29, 2018, jfc8movie.tumblr.com/post/170266918978/runner#notes.