We have added the first official trailer for Jim, a new science fiction drama that juxtaposes a seemingly inevitable near-future of genetic commercialism against a distant post-human dystopia.
The story focuses on Jim and his rapid decline after the death of his young wife. Being steadily crushed under the weight of debt, unemployment, and increasing isolation, Jim reaches a breaking point. Over a game of solitary Russian roulette he contemplates an unspeakable act of violence as a way of leaving his mark. He is stopped short by a vision of his wife who convinces him that he should instead focus his remaining resources into an act of creation. Armed with his wife’s frozen eggs and a new resolve, Jim secures the services of a large biotech firm to help him create an heir who will be engineered to overcome the obstacles of common men.
Meanwhile in the distant future Niskaa, the leader of a group of genetically modified beings, controls a race of worker clones in a super-industrialized, post-human Earth. As he tries to restore his decrepit empire he comes face to face with a young clone that shows an unprecedented capacity for reason and empathy. Somehow connected to Jim via dreams, the clone manifests secrets of Nature that Niskaa has not accounted for…
The film was written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Jeremy Morris-Burke. Stars Dan Illian, Vanessa Morris-Burke, Abigail Savage, Gavin-Keith Umeh, Jack Wallace, Michael Strelow, Michelle Ries, Atticus Cain, Carolyn Morrison and Amy Heidt among others.
Jim will be released on October 8th. Check out the trailer for the film below and hit us up with your thoughts.
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