Thirty years after the events of Blade Runner (1982), a new Blade Runner, L.A.P.D. Officer "K" (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society ...
Thematically, the two Blade Runner movies are both concerned with exploring similar concepts and ideas. The first movie is based on Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick is up there with Isaac Asimov in terms of incredibly influential science-fiction writing, responsible for the stories behind Blade Runner and Minority Report, to name just a couple.