The story takes place in the not-too-distant future. Vincent, a child born under the love of nature in the era of gene breeding, was determined to have a 99% chance of dying before the age of 30 due to over-advanced technology. In order to avoid some kind of regret, through genetic optimization, his parents added a younger brother-the elite Anton.
Vincent, has loved astronomy since he was a child, and aspires to be an astronaut. However, in those days, this was completely impossible. In swimming competitions with his brother in the ocean, he often loses as a general; until one time in high school, Vincent finally won and saved his brother who was almost drowning. After that day, in order to get close to the blue sky of his dreams, he quietly left home and entered Gattaca to work as a cleaner.
Achievements and efforts are of little importance in the face of genetic testing. Until one day, he met Jerome, a swimming Olympic silver medalist with perfect physique and superhuman IQ.
Vincent reached an exchange agreement with Jerome, who was crippled in the car accident. The former borrowed the latter's elite status to realize the dream of traveling in the universe, and the latter provided the former with his own blood and urine samples, so that the former passed the genetic test smoothly, and the former Get a lot of money from the place to spend the rest of your life in peace.
Everything is going very smoothly, and Vincent is about to take off in a week. Unexpectedly, an accident occurred at the Space Center and the leader was murdered. This person had tried his best to oppose the relevant lift-off plan, and the worst thing is that Vincent accidentally dropped an eyelash when he was in the scene of the incident, and the investigation department has searched it.
Before the plastic surgery, Vincent was regarded as a suspected murderer, and his photos spread on public networks. Anton, who has become a policeman, discovered that Jerome of Gattaca is actually his brother Vincent. They had another swimming competition and Vincent won again. The strength of the elder brother's personality made the younger brother stop the pace of exposing.
Vincent finally walked to the launch site. At this time, he knew that Gattaca's doctor had already realized that Vincent was Jerome's replacement, but he had always chosen to be silent.
On the spaceship, he opened the paper bag given by Jerome, which contained a strand of the latter's hair. He knew that Jerome was saying: "I am with you during the journey." At this time, on the earth, Jerome prepared the blood, urine, and dander that Vincent could use for many years, and climbed into the clean cabin used by Vincent on a daily basis. The burning button. The flame, enveloping Jerome, the flame, lifting Vincent to the sky...
At the end of the film, there is a long narration-"In just a few years, scientists will complete the human genetic engineering, that is, to map all human genes. We have developed to the point where we can control our own progress. If we With these technologies available earlier, the following people may never appear: Abraham Lincoln (Martens Syndrome), Emily Dickinson (manic depression, a famous American poet in the nineteenth century), Vincent Van Gogh (Epilepsy), Albert Einstein (Dyslexia), John F. Kennedy (Addison's Disease), Rita Hayworth (Alzmer's Disease), Ray Charles (formerly Glaucoma), Stephen Hawking (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Jackie Joyner Kersey (asthma), of course, the other person who may not be born may be yourself."
Or, soon, we will enter the age of distinguishing good from bad by gene. Want technology? Still want humanity? this is a problem. When a natural person becomes a sign of "shame", what is Hitler? This world of survival is already absurd itself.
