I just saw it, and I am a huge blade runner fan, getting the remastered edition soon and planning on getting the final cut box next year, and I have read the book it was based on and I have both Future Noire and the Cinefex special issue on my bookshelf, BUT!
while this movie borrows a lot of scenes and part of the storyline I think that this Bladerunner rippoff thing is way out of proportion. For me this movie has actually more in common in sense of style with Ghost in the Shell (I realise that GitS is quite derived from Bladerunner itself I know).
bottom line: I like this film, it's no bladerunner sure. But does it have to?
And noone is flaming bladerunner for "ripping off" fritz lang's Metropolis wich has a giant city, a cyborg girl, a forbidden love, and the policestation that is eerily similar to the New Tower of Babel and all that do they?
Lighten up dude... you want to flame? there are lots of bad films you can smash just pick one for the right reason will you?
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