I did not see the Replicants as humans, nor did I ever feel the morality struggle Deckard was going through. I sorta felt it when the Replicant woman who did well on the test asked Deckard if he ever killed a human mistaking it for a Replicant and it was also interesting when the CEO guy talked about developing emotions for them but I did not find empathy for their goals to have a longer life, not because of morality but because I did not find a connection to the Replicants. In a movie like Ex Machina though I really cared for the captive humanoid machine, the way they developed her character i think made these questions allot heavier and captivating and most of the movie was set in one big mansion. I don’t think the problem was the story itself, rather the execution of it. If they used the lower tempo scenes to give the viewer time to connect with at least one of them then this movie would have me captivated with these questions.