Gattaca

Ethan Hawke is startlingly well cast as a natural born who dares pass as one of the elite in a world of genetically engineered citizens. He masks his goofy good looks under a cool, confident bearing, but his cover is in danger when a murder investigation brings the genetic police (Alan Arkin and Loren Dean) to his workplace. Writer/director Andrew Niccol turns a rather obvious cautionary tale into an intelligent celebration of the power of the human spirit. The sleek, handsome look makes the most of a limited budget to create the cold, emotionless surface of a world where everyone lives in dire fear of someone finding out their own private secret. Jude Law is the collaborator who helps Hawke's charade, Uma Thurman is his beautiful co-worker, and Xander Berkeley, Gore Vidal and Ernest Borgnine co-star. The new edition includes the new retrospective featurette "Welcome to Gattaca" (featuring new interviews with the stars and filmmakers, though none with Niccol) and the genetics primer "Do Not Alter?" (narrated by Vidal), as well as the original promotional featurette, deleted scenes and an outtake. Also available in Blu-ray format