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WETWARE is set in a near future where there are tough and tedious jobs no one wants to do -- and people down on their luck who volunteer for genetic modifications to make them right for this work -- in slaughterhouses, infectious disease wards, landfill and other hard jobs. With business booming, programmers at Galapagos Wetware up the stakes by producing high-end prototypes, Jack (Bret Lada) and Kay, for more sensitive jobs like space travel, deep cover espionage or boots on the ground for climate or resource conflicts.Galapagos genetic programmer Hal Briggs (Cameron Scoggins) improvises as he goes on what qualities to include or delete in his gene splicing for Jack and, especially, Kay, to whom he develops a dangerous attachment. Then word gets out that Jack and Kay have escaped, before Briggs has completed his work. As Briggs scrambles to track his fugitive prototypes, he makes a provocative discovery that changes everything.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media 12/18/2020
2/5
This cold, inert, misguided sci-fi story starts with a peculiar idea that never takes hold and then never really moves; it's mostly dull talk about the supposed meaning of it all. Go to Full Review Wendy Shreve Featuring Film 08/06/2019
Jay Craven's Wetware proves he has the bona fides to be recognized as a commercially-viable filmmaker with gravitas. Go to Full Review Margot Harrison Seven Days (VT) 06/21/2019
3/5
Ultimately, the many compelling plot strands in Wetware don't quite cohere. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/11/2021 Cool indie scifi noir project with an original vision - surreal, full of ideas. Can be a little clunky in places but worth watching and mulling over what it all means. See more 01/03/2021 Wetware was a dystopic thrill ride, a twisted tale with clear inspiration from Philip Roth and George Orwell. The film masterfully grapples with issues of income inequality, political corruption, and corporate power. A perfect tale for the age. See more 01/03/2021 For a small independent film this movie delivers! Beautifully shot, the direction is great--music is stunning and the look of the film moody and gorgeous. This science fiction, near future film is an important story especially during the days of Covid 19. Lots to discuss after watchin "Wetware". See more 12/14/2020 It was painful to watch, I have no words to describe terrible it was. The concept is great but the acting is bad and See more Read all reviews
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Jay Craven

Director

Jerry O'Connell

Wendell Blaine

Cameron Scoggins

Hal Briggs

Bret Lada

Jack Portman

Aurélia Thierrée

Clock

Matthew Salinger

Mashita
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Synopsis WETWARE is set in a near future where there are tough and tedious jobs no one wants to do -- and people down on their luck who volunteer for genetic modifications to make them right for this work -- in slaughterhouses, infectious disease wards, landfill and other hard jobs. With business booming, programmers at Galapagos Wetware up the stakes by producing high-end prototypes, Jack (Bret Lada) and Kay, for more sensitive jobs like space travel, deep cover espionage or boots on the ground for climate or resource conflicts.Galapagos genetic programmer Hal Briggs (Cameron Scoggins) improvises as he goes on what qualities to include or delete in his gene splicing for Jack and, especially, Kay, to whom he develops a dangerous attachment. Then word gets out that Jack and Kay have escaped, before Briggs has completed his work. As Briggs scrambles to track his fugitive prototypes, he makes a provocative discovery that changes everything.
Director
Jay Craven
Producer
India Blake, Jay Craven
Screenwriter
Jay Craven
Distributor
Gravitas Ventures
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 21, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 11, 2021
Runtime
1h 44m
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