Young Vincent and Anton play "chicken" in the ocean. Vincent wins, saving Anton from drowning. It is the first hint that the Invalid is stronger.
In the pantheon of science fiction cinema, there are movies about lasers and spaceships, and then there are movies about ideas. Andrew Niccol’s 1997 masterpiece, , falls squarely into the latter category. Despite being released to modest box office returns and mixed initial reviews, this haunting, noir-tinged vision of a future governed by genetics has aged less like a retro sci-fi flick and more like a fine wine—or perhaps, a terrifying prophecy. gattaca