Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is set thirty years after the original film, the story revolves around K, a Nexus-9 replicant working as a "blade runner" for the Los Angeles Police Department. During a mission, K discovers a buried box containing the remains of a female replicant who died during childbirth, revealing that replicants can reproduce biologically. This discovery threatens to destabilize society and challenge the established order between humans and replicants. K's superior, Lt. Joshi, orders him to find and eliminate the replicant child to prevent potential conflict. K's investigation leads him to track down Rick Deckard, a former blade runner who has been missing for thirty years. The core mystery of replicant reproduction and Deckard's disappearance forms the core mystery K seeks to unravel. The film explores themes of identity, humanity, and the blurred lines between human and replicant, set against a dystopian future where replicants are bioengineered slaves controlled by the Wallace Corporation.