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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
In the last thirty years global demand for food has doubled. In a race to feed the planet, scientists have discovered how to manipulate DNA, the blueprint of life, and produce what they claim are stronger, more disease-resistant crops. However, fears that genetically modified food many not be safe for humans or the environment has sparked.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Blu-ray version
Language
English
Description
Experience one of the biggest films in motion picture history with director Steven Spielberg's ultimate thrill ride, Jurassic Park. Featuring Academy Award winning visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking, this epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Did you know that the same chemical companies who are responsible for cancer causing chemicals are also invested in and produce cancer treatments. The most profitable disease on the planet. These chemical companies have now lobbied against long term health studies of their new invention - genetically modified crops. Do genetically modified foods toxic? Could they be a new cause of cancer? No one seems to want to know the answer. Our investigation...
4) Fed up!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically engineered ingredients and the biotech industry is spending {dollar}50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope. Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage and featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, Fed up! presents an entertaining and compelling overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the...
6) Gattaca
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Special ed ; Blu-ray ed.
Language
English
Description
As one of the last natural beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realize his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete. Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a beautiful co-worker. When a flight director...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Simon Masrani accidentally destroys one of the park's main attractions (he should really learn how to fly that helicopter), he calls upon his trusted employee Claire to save the day. Claire comes up with a perfect solution that will delight Masrani and kids everywhere; the Indominus rex. Disaster strikes after the Indominus eats all the hot dogs, and escapes from his pen. The dinsaur trainer Owen Grady saves the day with an epic battle between...
8) UltraViolet
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Unrated extended cut.
Language
English
Description
Human society has been decimated by a holocaust caused by biological warfare research gone wrong. The intent was to create super-soldiers, but a genetically-engineered virus turns infected humans into Hemophages. These human, vampire-like sub-species have enhanced physical abilities. In the infection-paranoid and technologically advanced society that follows, Violet is a singular Hemophage warrior battling the totalitarian dictator who is determined...
9) Hitman
Publisher
Twentieth Century Home Entertainment
Edition
[Widescreen format], Unrated [ed.].
Language
English
Description
Agent 47, a genetically engineered hit man who completed a mission to assassinate the president of Russia, is sent to kill the only witness to his crime, but realizing the woman has never seen him, becomes aware that he is being hunted by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and his own organization wants him dead.
10) Hulk
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Special ed. ; Widescreen version (aspect ratio 1.85:1).
Language
English
Description
A scientist performs regeneration experiments on himself, and passes on the genes to his son, Bruce. Now Bruce is performing experiments that expose him to radiation and nanomeds, which combined with his unique genes, unleashes the Hulk.
11) Sharktopus
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
It is known as S-11, a diabolical hybrid of shark and octopus created by genetic scientist Nathan Sands as the U.S. Navy's next super-weapon. But when its control implants are damaged during a training experiment, the beast escapes to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a taste of sun, sand, bikini babes, jet-skiers, spring breakers and beyond. Now a hotshot mercenary, an investigative reporter, and Sand's biomechanical engineer daughter must stop a creature...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
In a futuristic Los Angeles of 2019, detective Rick Deckard is a highly rated "Blade Runner" assigned to find and kill illegal cybernetic "replicants", genetic creations with superhuman abilities. Pulled unwillingly out of retirement, Deckard is forced into one last case--to find six exceptionally dangerous replicants who have escaped from slave labor and made their way into the city, apparently with plans to gain vengeance on the corporate masters...
13) Maximum ride
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
Max, a teenage superhero with wings, leads her motley crew in a battle against the scientists that created them. In the process, they discover secrets from their past that are darker than they imagined.
14) Hitman: Agent 47
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
[DVD version] ; widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
An elite assassin, 47, teams up with a young woman to discover his past and how he became the perfect killing machine, and why others are after those secrets as well.
15) Splice
Language
English
Description
Two young scientists become superstars by splicing different animal DNA to create fantastical new creatures. Ignoring legal and ethical boundaries, the scientists, who are romantically involved, introduce human DNA into their experiment and risk the dawn of a terrifying new era.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kinds. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
17) Deep blue sea
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Researchers on the undersea laboratory Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a potential cure for Alzheimer's disease. However, there is on noteworthy unexpected side effect. The sharks got smarter. Which could mean trouble for the researchers.
18) Ender's game
Edition
Widescreen version ; [English/Spanish dialogue version].
Language
English
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
19) Maximum ride
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
[DVD version]
Language
English
Description
Max, a teenage superhero with wings, leads her motley crew in a battle against the scientists that created them. In the process, they discover secrets from their past that are darker than they imagined.
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