And so, pursued by the ruthless Luv, Agent K must track down Deckard and the identity of the miracle child. This leads K to visit the headquarters of replicant manufacturer Niander Wallace (Jared Leto), whose steely servant Luv (Sylvia Hoeks) reveals that the remains belong to Rachael. While unsettling, Lieutenant Joshi (Robin Wright) orders Agent K to retire the child and remove all evidence as the knowledge that replicants can reproduce is far too dangerous. Set 30 years after Deckard escapes with Rachael, an obedient replicant Blade Runner, Agent K (Ryan Gosling), discovers the remains of another that died in child birth. To retain one’s directorial style in a franchise such as Blade Runner is no easy task. With questions of identity and humanity as central concerns, Blade Runner 2049 is no different. In Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a man seeking out an exact lookalike he spotted in a film. Prisoners is a “whodunnit” with Jack Gylleenhaal and Hugh Jackman, playing a detective and father respectively, desperately trying to find abducted children. In Arrival, we piece together Louise’s (Amy Adams) backstory as she learns to communicate with aliens. Many of Villeneuve’s films work as puzzles for the viewer. While this subservience of women may well be a critique of the dystopian politics of the Blade Runner universe, no female character is granted any significant agency.
In one particularly disturbing scene, Deckard restrains Rachael and forcibly kisses her.