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A recruitment company appears to have embraced the controversial subject of eugenics, rebranding itself as Gattaca – taking the name of the dystopian Hollywood movie about genetic modification.
Aim-listed Matchtech Group said its name change was to eliminate confusion about its different brands after the acquisition of an international recruitment company.
However, the name the engineering and technology recruiter has picked is the same as that of 1997 film Gattaca, which depicts a not too distant future where people’s jobs are dependent on their genetic make-up, creating a divided society. Those without perfect DNA form an underclass and are only able to obtain menial jobs, with plum roles going to "perfect" specimens.
Ethan Hawke takes the role of Vincent Freeman, a member of the “inferior” section of society, but who dreams of being an astronaut flying on one of aerospace company Gattaca Corporation’s space missions.
To fulfil his ambition Freeman takes on the identity of Jude Law’s character Jerome Morrow, a perfect specimen who has been crippled in an accident, and with his help cheats DNA tests to live...