Thirty years after the original film, Blade Runner 2049 takes us back to Los Angeles, where bioengineered robots are enslaved by powerful corporations. Agent K uncovers evidence suggesting that a replicant child may exist, leading him on a quest to find Rick Deckard and unravel the truth behind replicant reproduction.
The prospect of making a sequel to Blade Runner was thought impossible for many years, and not just because the first film had emerged from being a cult classic to becoming regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made. Blade Runner had such a radical influence on the development of the cyberpunk aesthetic that it would be impossible to replicate, and it ended on an ambiguous note that could have been easily ruined by a disappointing answer.
Blade Runner 2049 rejects the standard “hero’s journey” of many sequels by showing the complexities of both K's and Deckard's motivations. K wants nothing more than to be human, as he is only able to reach a limited level of intimacy with his holographic love interest, Joi .
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