THE FOLLOWING REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS OF THE DISCUSSED FILM READERS DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
The limits we go to prove the success of what we identify as improvement are bound to surprise others.
PLOT
2036: Nexus Dawn follows Niander Wallace of Wallace Corporation who has been called to a hearing led by four lawmakers (all played by Benedict Wong, Ned Dennehy, Ade Sapara & Ania Marson). The hearing results from his desire to make new replicants, which has been banned since 2022. Due to acquiring Tyrell Corporation, he has designed a new generation of replicants that will act as slaves to rebuild Earth's environment, as it's ecosystem is on the brink of collapsing. Wallace would also demonstrate his recently developed Nexus-9 replicant and proves its obedience by ordering it to cut its face before cutting its throat. As this puts all lawmakers to shock, the short film would end with the manufacturer requesting again for authorization to continue producing more replicants.
THOUGHTS
When Blade Runner 2049 was on the horizon in 2017, I thought it was great to know there would be three short films for us to catch up on the fictional lore that has passed us by. And in under 6 minutes, this one didn't disappoint. Director Luke Scott steps up and crafts a very intense experience. We sense all the grit this world has come to and know it will get worse before it can ever be better. The production design is arguably outstanding within the one set piece we get to see from the lawmakers' office and only brings excitement to everything 2049 was gonna bring. When I look back at this short, I have been able to catch on to this theme of dominance. Dominance can create multiple directions, as in a leader or a dictator and it all depends on how firm you intend to be. This was all brilliantly captured in the presence of Jared Leto's Niander Wallace. Taking notice of his blindness and has the tech to have vision (as shown in 2049), he is someone who sees what he wants to see and he only sees himself at the top for what sounds like the greater good. The only problem is that he is choosing to take a sadistic path with the use of replicants. Making a new generation of them that will be slave-like is indeed unsettling because it'll be feeling like having a gigantic restart in evolution. And seeing Set Sjöstrand be blindly loyal as the shown replicant shocked me as much as the lawmakers were. In conclusion, 2036: Nexus Dawn was a smart prelude to say there is an invisible form of terror lurking in this sci fi dystopia. If you loved Blade Runner and are about to watch 2049, get a refresher course with this short on Youtube.
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