What sets this sequel apart is how it undertakes an even deeper dive into a society that has elevated perversity into the norm, while taking a hard look at the implications of procreating replicants. “Blade Runner 2049” is as visually stunning as its predecessor and, in homage, mimics much of the style and tone of the original.
Together, they set out to find the child, but, as to what Officer K will do if that day comes, even he is not sure. None of this is known by Officer K, who ‘lives’ a quiet life in his downtime with his holographic companion Joi (Ana de Armas), who he interacts with as though she is a real confidant and girlfriend, the main difference being that they cannot touch. Niander Wallace (Jared Leto), the robotics genius who took over the replicant business after the previous owner was killed, shares a vested interest in finding the child-not destroying it-and so he tasks a female replicant, Luv (Sylvia Hoeks), to keep tabs on Officer K, assist when possible and kill whoever gets in the way.
If a replicant is able to get pregnant should they now consider them human? And whatever happened to the child? This discovery is a threat to society that must remain hidden and so Lieutenant Joshi ( Robin Wright) assigns K the job of finding and destroying the replicant child. The examined remains suggest that a replicant may have actually given birth, although that should be patently impossible. Officer K finds and defeats one at the outset of the film, only to discover a person’s bones hidden on the replicant’s property. Blade Runners still exist to run down older, rogue models that are in hiding, and the force now even employs a replicant, “K” ( Ryan Gosling), to track them down. Now, 30-years later, replicants have been fully integrated into society. In the course of that film, he eventually came to feel something more for one replicant in particular and an otherwise bleak film ended on a somewhat positive note. In the original 1982 film, “ Blade Runner” which was set in 2019, Officer Rick Deckard ( Harrison Ford) was given the job of hunting down 6 rogue replicants that had gone on a killing spree. In the near future, mankind has come to rely on lifelike androids-replicants-to perform the more dangerous and undesirable tasks that humans would rather avoid.
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