Jim

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 deceased 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...

Critic Quotes:

The Village Voice says 'Jim' is an "impressively ambitious debut feature" and that Morris-Burke's "technical virtuosity and thematic ambition mark him as a filmmaker of promise."

"An independent sci-fi film gem. A scary vision....with surprise twists. Should join the ranks of 'Mad Max.'
- Attila Juhasz, Fangoria.com

"...there's undeniable talent in every frame." - Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York