Children of Men - 2006 I'm a Clive Owen fan and a Sci Fi fan so this film was right up my alley. It portrays a nightmarish future where the youngest person on the planet has just died. Since his birth, no woman has been able to conceive. Facing extinction, mankind begins to close in on itself and chaos ensues. Britain alone stands as a last bastion of civilization.
Things are looking pretty grim when we find that one woman who is pregnant. Her protector is Theodore Faron (Owen), an unlikely hero, being an ex-revolutionary turned bureaucrat. He reluctantly teams up with some old terrorist buddies and so we have our adventure. Faron must deliver her to a sanctuary ship for her protection and run a gauntlet of terrorists, thugs, government toadies and miscellaneous malcontents.
The picture that this movie paints of the future is shocking. Britain is ruled by a fascist government that rounds up illegal immigrants and puts them in concentration camps. Stormtroopers beat suspects up indiscriminately. The rebels that are fighting back aren't much better.
One particularly frightening scene puts us in a van running through a rebel dominated territory. The ensuing confrontation is realized by the viewer in the first person and the shocking scene is shot without cut-aways. This filming technique is used again later when we witness a battle scene in a concentration camp. It is very riveting and the style is very effective.
This movie made my Top 100 Movie List.
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I am also a big sci-fi fan and I really thought this movie was a good blend of plot, acting, and action. I love when I movie is made well enough that you can really imagine this scenario happening in the near future. Great Review.
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