The Jester of Equilibrium
Actually I heard that was a great movie but never actually got a chance to lay my own opinion on it as I have never actually seen it. And by the way about 60% of game idea are 'like something else' so if you want to say it sounds like that be my guest I am just saying that was an Idea I came up with and on the fly even. Just thought I would share that with you.
And even if someone borrows ideas from somewhere else wouldn't it be interesting to see what there take on things are?
Even more so I can almost guarantee that you have had at least one character that is bast off of something else.
Oh I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just saying it sounds almost exactly like Bladerunner. All you need to change is instead of magic being outlawed it is enslaved and magic users are used like cheap servants and given really short life spans.
And if I knew where you lived I would grab a copy of Bladerunner and pry your eyelids open (Clockwork Orange style)and force you to watch it. Brilliant book/movie. I'm not normally one to apreciate artsy/near perfect dupicates of source movies, but damn. Plus it has Harrison Ford before his nuke proof fridge days.