Blade Runner: Black Lotus

A young female who has amnesia and deadly combat skills tries to find out if she is a replicant or not.

Set in 2032, between Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) and Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Blade Runner, Black Lotus is intriguing brought to life with CGI animation and some decent voice acting. The soundtrack and sound design deserves a mention capturing the Blade Runner vibe. For fans a few familiar characters from the Blade Runner universe appear.

Directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama offer some well staged action, stunning visuals and backdrops. The animators capture the futuristic urban, gritty, environments impressively but the characters are less impressive and the computer game-like animation takes you out of the moment (reminiscent of the later CG-animated Resident Evil feature length films).

Overall, it's just a pity it wasn't live action or traditionally animated. Nevertheless, if you can get past the CGI style - you're in for a treat.