cyberpunk

Mariette from Blade Runner 2049

In Blade Runner 2049, Mariette (Mackenzie Davis) is a female Nexus-8 replicant who works as a prostitute. She catches the interest of Officer K one evening, and so his virtual companion Joi hires her to spend the night with K while Joi synchronizes herself to Mariette’s body. Turns out there’s more to Mariette.

Joi

In Blade Runner 2049, Joi (Ana de Armas) is a purchasable hologram companion. One of these is the love interest of Officer K. She is projected into the environment, but able to travel with her user through an upgrade.

Shotaro Kaneda

Shotaro Kaneda is the leader of the Capsules biker gang and the main protagonist of the Akira manga and anime franchise. He is former best friends with Tetsuo Shima, who he must turn against when the latter goes mad with power.

Zhora from Blade Runner

Zhora from Blade Runner

In Blade Runner, Zhora Salome (Joanna Cassidy) is a replicant much like Pris. She works as an exotic dancer, performing with an artificial snake and matching snake tattoo on her neck, but has to make a run for it when Rick Deckard trackers her down.

Motoko Kusanagi

In Ghost in the Shell, Major Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) is field commander of Public Security Section 9. She is highly intelligent, known for her deductive, military, and hacking skills, not to mention physically powerful due to her full-body prosthesis.

Morpheus

In The Matrix, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) is the captain of the Nebuchadnezzar. He leads the crew in keeping the Agents at bay and finding The One.

Neo

In The Matrix, Neo (Keanu Reeves) is a computer programmer by day and a hacker by night. After he encounters another hacker named Trinity, he soon goes down the rabbit hole, with Agent Smith in hot pursuit.

Pris

In Blade Runner, Pris (Daryl Hannah) is one of four escaped replicants that Deckard is sent to “retire”. A “basic pleasure model”, she goes into hiding with a genetic designer who is sympathetic to their plight.

Trinity

In The Matrix, Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) is a crew member of the Nebuchadnezzar. She is Neo’s love interest, and is many times even more bad-ass than he is.

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