Blade Runner 2049

Storyline

Directed by visionary auteur Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049 achieved the extraordinary feat of crafting a sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 landmark that matches—and in many aspects surpasses—the atmospheric philosophical depth of the original. Set thirty years later in a freezing, neon-soaked Los Angeles choking in smog and climate collapse, Ryan Gosling stars as K, a Nexus-9 replicant working as an LAPD 'blade runner' who hunts down and 'retires' rogue older android models. During a routine assignment, K unearths a long-buried box containing the skeletal remains of a female replicant who miraculously died giving birth. Realizing that the revelation of replicant reproduction could shatter the fragile order between humans and synthetic slaves, LAPD Lieutenant Joshi (Robin Wright) orders K to destroy all evidence, while eccentric industrialist Niander Wallace (Jared Leto) hunts the child to build an interstellar workforce. Accompanied by his holographic AI companion Joi (Ana de Armas), K's existential quest leads him to former blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who has lived in hiding in irradiated Las Vegas. Winner of two Oscars including Roger Deakins's breathtaking cinematography, 2049 is a sci-fi masterpiece.