Upside Down (2012)
Directed by Juan Diego Solanas
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?
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In that sense, Upside Down is a variation on two futurist fantasies written and directed by Andrew Niccol: the 1997 Gattaca, in which a genetically modified race lords it over the unimproved humans; and the 2011 In Time, where the Haves have cornered the lifespan market and everyone else dies at the age of 25.
Adult sci-fi fans who want something more than rockets and rayguns — the sort who adored "Gattaca," and "Inception" and can tell you how every Philip K. Dick adaptation since "Blade Runner" has gotten him wrong — would be this film's natural audience, if it were done well.
In that sense, Upside Down is a variation on two futurist fantasies written and directed by Andrew Niccol: the 1997 Gattaca, in which a genetically modified race lords it over the unimproved humans; and the 2011 In Time, where the Haves have cornered the lifespan market and everyone else dies at the age of 25.
Also turning up in a critical supporting role, Timothy Spall (2012's " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ") plays Bob, a co-worker at Transworld living on the same planet as Eden who allows Adam to use his identity to get closer to her.