2036: Nexus Dawn

(2017)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 424 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller

Year: 2017

Runtime: 7 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Luke Scott

Cast: Джаред Лето, Бенедикт Вонг, Ania Marson, Нед Деннехи, Ade Sapara, Set Sjöstrand

Plot

This in-world short film takes place in the year 2036 and revolves around Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace. In this short, Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed. This no doubt has serious ramifications that will be crucial to the plot of Blade Runner 2049.

Precisely thirteen years before young Blade Runner K's discovery in Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Niander Wallace, the founder of the replicant manufacturing company, Wallace Corporation, expressed his desire to create a new line of synthetics. With Earth's ecosystem rapidly deteriorating, Niander stresses the importance of cheap labour, making sure to illustrate the fact that the superior Nexus-9 replicants pose no threat to society, created only to serve. Will Wallace's ambitious project get the green light?