He must now avoid being discovered despite intense police scrutiny and his progressing relationship with his Love Interest Irene Cassini ( Uma Thurman), while discovering who the real killer is.Ĭompare and contrast Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. However, a week before Vincent is scheduled to leave Earth on a mission to Saturn's moon Titan, the Mission Director is murdered in his office and one of Vincent's In-Valid eyelashes is found on the scene. Using contact lenses and copious amounts of Eugene's hair and blood while being careful not to lose a trace of his own genetic material, Vincent manages to pass himself off as a Valid and get a job at Gattaca, where he succeeds by hard work and determination despite his inferior genes.

He joins forces with Jerome Eugene Morrow ( Jude Law), who has perfect genes but was crippled after being struck by a car. Vincent has poor eyesight and a heart defect, but wants to work on the space program at the eponymous agency. The story centers on Vincent Freeman ( Ethan Hawke), who was born naturally but has a younger brother who was optimized. Gattaca is a 1997 Science Fiction film by Andrew Niccol which presents a society driven by genetic engineering.

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