Blade Runner Black Out 2022

Blade Runner Black Out 2022
Director	Shinichirō Watanabe
Screenplay	Shinichirō Watanabe
Based on	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Starring	Jovan Jackson Luci Christian Bryson Bauguss Edward James Olmos
Music	Flying Lotus
Production companies	Alcon Entertainment Cygames
Release date	27 September 2017
Runtime	15 minutes
Language	English
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Blade Runner Black Out 2022 is a neo-noir cyberpunk anime short film prequel directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, debuting on 27 September 2017, serving as a prequel to Blade Runner 2049.

Plot

Human Supremacy Movment

Set three years after the events of Blade Runner, the Tyrell Corporation has developed the new Nexus-8 line of replicants, who now possess lifespans equivalent to that of a regular human. This causes a massive backlash among the human populace, establishing Human Supremacy Movment, who begin hunting down and killing replicants.

Iggy saves Trixie from a group of thugs

One of these replicants, Trixie, is attacked by a group of thugs but is rescued by Iggy. Iggy reveals to her that he used to be a soldier but deserted when he realized the enemy soldiers he had been fighting and killing were also replicants.

Gaff and another police officer

In LAPD, Gaff with another police officer are watching the file of this replicants who escaped Kalanthia and reluctantly accept the job to hunt them down.

Ren is launching the nuclear missile

Iggy hatches a plan with Trixie to destroy the Tyrell Corporation's database of registered replicants, so that replicants can no longer be hunted. Trixie befriends Ren, a human who is a technician at the Tyrell Corporation in charge of launching nuclear missiles. Ren agrees to redirect a test missile to detonate over Los Angeles, blacking out the city and wiping out all electronic data. At the same time, Ren and Iggy hijack a fuel truck to physically destroy the Tyrell Corporation's servers. The operation is a success, with the servers destroyed and power to Los Angeles disabled. However, Trixie is killed by security forces in the process. Iggy manages to escape and removes his right eye, the only thing that can identify him as a replicant.

The ending narration states that in the aftermath of the Black Out, all replicant production was banned and the Tyrell Corporation went bankrupt, only for the Wallace Corporation to restart production of a new model a decade later.

Cast

• Jovan Jackson as Iggy Cygnus
• Luci Christian as Trixie
• Bryson Bauguss as Ren Dus
• Edward James Olmos as Gaff
  • Dave Bautista has a facial cameo as Sapper Morton

Trivia

• Whem Iggy and Trixie are attacking the Tyrell Corporation, the security officers had a hement similar from the Star Wars Original Trilogy.
• When the nuclear missile explode over the Los Angeles you can see the logo of Pan Am.

Video

BLADE RUNNER 2049 - "Black Out 2022" Anime Short