davidbrake

Almost from the very beginning you know these three dislikeable characters are riding for a fall but this engrossing drama keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering just what is going to go wrong next and how. Only an intrusive and overly-dramatic soundtrack get in the way of this being an utterly wonderful work. Ewan McGregor in particular does an excellent job of playing a deliciously awful yet inescapably charismatic anti-hero.

I saw it when it first came out and was on the edge of my seat for the whole film, all the while trying to unravel what had happened and what was to come (because the whole premise of the movie as you presumably know is that it runs backwards). 18 years later I finally got around to watching it again and it was just as entertaining knowing the ending as I watched, engrossed, to see how everything came to pass. Not just a film that rewards two watchings but one that demands them. A tour de force and for my money still Nolan's best work.

I thought it was visually impressive and thought provoking in parts (especially the relationship between replicant Joe and 'Joi' his holographic AI 'lover'). I did think it was over-long though and a little too addicted to its own spectacle. I found some of the violence excessive too - and my cinema turned up the soundtrack to ear-pummelling levels. I don't think the whole story makes sense even within the world's logic, though it makes a poetic kind of sense. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen if you are a fan of the original. I suspect non-fans might be a bit bemused...