A spectator, having watched Sapper earlier, calls the LAPD to inform them that he thinks he has found a rogue " skin-job". Seeing Ella and her mother terrified at the violence, a remorseful Sapper leaves the scene, having dropped his identification papers. Angered, Sapper proceeds to savagely beat the group and kills most of them, demonstrating superhuman strength and endurance in the process.
After leaving the market, Sapper sees Ella and her mother about to be sexually assaulted by the group of thugs he had earlier ignored. Leaving, Sapper goes to a market to sell leeches he has farmed, being paid $3,000, which is $1,000 less than Sapper needs. Greeted by Ella, he gives her the book The Power and the Glory to read, a book that he enjoyed. Walking through a crowded street, he is briefly accosted by a group of thugs, whom he ignores. He washes his face in a sink and puts on his glasses. In Los Angeles, in 2048, Sapper Morton is shown weeping hysterically into a mirror. The film takes place in Los Angeles in 2048, one year before the events of Blade Runner 2049, and tells the story of Morton's protecting of a mother and daughter from thugs, ultimately leading to his status as a replicant being reported. The film was written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, who also wrote the feature film, and directed by Luke Scott, whose father Ridley Scott directed the original Blade Runner and is executive producer on the sequel Blade Runner 2049. The short was released on September 16, 2017, approximately three weeks before the release of the feature film, and features Dave Bautista as Blade Runner 2049 character Sapper Morton, alongside Orion Ben. It is one of three such prequels, alongside Blade Runner Black Out 20: Nexus Dawn. The short film also stars Benedict Wong as one of the lawmakers.2048: Nowhere to Run (known in China and Taiwan as 2048: No Escape or 2048: Nowhere to Escape alternatively known as Blade Runner 2048 ) is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction short film acting as a prequel to the feature film Blade Runner 2049 and the sequel to the short film 2036: Nexus Dawn. The first, 2036: Nexus Dawn, is directed by Luke Scott and follows Niander Wallace as he presents a new Nexus-9 replicant to lawmakers in an attempt to have a prohibition on replicants lifted. On August 29, 2017, it was announced that Denis Villeneuve had selected three filmmakers to direct short films exploring incidents that occurred between the events of Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049. Jared Leto as Niander Wallace, a manipulative replicant manufacturer.This prologue also appears before the Blade Runner short film 2048: Nowhere To Run. Niander Wallace, the blind CEO of the Wallace Corporation, is explained to have acquired the Tyrell Corporation and have begun to develop a new generation of replicants to serve as a slave force to help rebuild the Earth's environment. The text explains that replicant production was banned after the Blackout in 2022, leading to the bankruptcy of the Tyrell Corporation additionally, the text explains that the Earth's ecosystem has been on the brink of collapse since the mid-2020s. The Chinese version of the film features a prologue consisting of a wall of text before the film begins. Wallace once again asks them if they are willing to authorize the production of new replicants. The replicant then cuts his own throat, shocking the lawmakers. To prove this, he orders his replicant assistant, a newly developed Nexus-9 replicant, to purposely cut himself and then decide between Wallace's life and his own. He also claims the new replicants are not dangerous to humans, but the lawmakers remain unconvinced. Wallace points out that Earth's ecosystem is collapsing and the only thing that will be able to sustain the human race is cheap labor provided by replicants. Wallace is warned that what he is doing is illegal and not open to debate, which Wallace questions saying they are debating it. Niander Wallace, the blind CEO of the Wallace Corporation is called to a hearing about his desire to manufacture a new generation of replicants. Niander Wallace with his Nexus-9 replicant
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