Keeping in with the '3D-urban-models-in-games' theme, one to definitely check out is the fictitious City Of Midgar in 2005's Final Fantasy: Advent Children CGI animated movie. The movie was based on the well known Square role-playing game series for consoles and PC, which has been out since 1987 with over 25 related titles released. (There was also another Final Fantasy movie before that, a few years back, but the less said about that one the better, despite the nifty animation the storyline was so dilluted and poor it wasn't worth bothering!)
As far as photorealistic 3D cities with a definite Blade-Runner similarity go, this one is easily the best I have seen so far, incredibly stylised and detailed as can be seen from the pic above. There was obviously no expense spared regarding rendering costs and time, which is always the case with CGI movies but nonetheless the result is striking enough to leave an impression even to people working with a much smaller polygon count. A fan related Midgar movie showcasing the 3D virtual city even more extensively can be found at the following YouTube link (here).
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