The movie examines humanity ... indicates that it's set 50 years after Blade Runner 2049 which makes returns difficult Though ...

there are many who still regard Blade Runner as his greatest movie. Released in 1982, Blade Runner takes audiences to a dystopian future where hard labor work is done by bioengineered "replicants." ...

Set in November 2019, the original film follows Rick Deckard, whose job as a police "blade runner" is to hunt and ... UK police forces still use them, particularly to investigate sex offences.

"Ford had not been given much of a chance, particularly since Star Wars, to show what he was made of," Deeley is quoted as ...