Blade Runner 2049

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Synopsis

Science Fiction/Drama. Based on characters from the novel ‘Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?’ by Phillip K. Dick. After uncovering a well-kept secret, a Blade Runner (Ryan Gosling) finds himself at the centre of a dangerous clash involving the authorities and the corporation that manufactures replicants.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence – blood and some detail
• Portrayal of sexual activity – no nudity, little detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Identity and meaning
• Memory and truth
• The value of life

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and nudity

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