If you've seen the episode of Black Mirror titled 'Fourteen Million Merits', then you've seen this movie already. If you haven't, and are considering watching this movie, watch Black Mirror instead to save yourself the time difference.
The themes are simply not to put work before family and warning against giving your all for a company that sees you as disposable. There is a very ham fisted theme of consumerism, as the main character has to suffer through advertisements playing in his cell, despite him possessing no buying power in that position. So why are there ads? Very little logic there.
The themes are simply not to put work before family and warning against giving your all for a company that sees you as disposable. There is a very ham fisted theme of consumerism, as the main character has to suffer through advertisements playing in his cell, despite him possessing no buying power in that position. So why are there ads? Very little logic there.