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Children of Men (2006)

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Date: 14 Apr 2011 12:18:41
Children of Men (2006)

Children of Men (2006)
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Language: English DTS 5.1 @ 1510 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama | Nominated for 3 Oscars + 20 wins & 25 nominations | USA, UK

No children. No future. No hope. In the year 2027, eighteen years since the last baby was born, disillusioned Theo (Clive Owen) becomes an unlikely champion of the human race when he is asked by his former lover (Julianne Moore) to escort a young pregnant woman out of the country as quickly as possible. In a thrilling race against time, Theo will risk everything to deliver the miracle the whole world has been waiting for. Co-starring Michael Caine, filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men is the powerful film Pete Hammond of Maxim calls “magnificent … a unique and totally original vision.”

IMDB 8.0/10 (175,612 votes)

The year is 2027, and the world is dying. Famine, plagues, and terrorism rule the land, but something far more dire is occurring: there have been no new human babies born since 2009. Theo (Clive Owen) is a working-class drone thrust into danger when his radical ex-wife (Julianne Moore) needs his help getting an illegal immigrant named Kee (Claire-Hope Ashitey) out of London and to a safe haven. Evil men from various organizations (including Chitwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, and Peter Mullan) are in hot pursuit, and deceptions are everywhere they step. Through it all are Theo and Kee taking a journey through hell to protect the most precious and surprising of cargo: her pregnancy.

Director Alfonso Cuaron's flirtation with sinister places ("Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "Y tu mama tambien") is finally consummated with "Children of Men." This is a grim as it gets, folks, detailing a dystopian world at the end of its rope. Injustice is around every corner, violence is an hourly ritual, and suicide has been packaged by the pharmaceutical companies with all the branding comfort of a daily vitamin dose. Since humanity stopped being able to reproduce, the planet gave up trying to exist peacefully or carry any hope for purpose.

Children of Men (2006)

Like a bully at freshman orientation, Cuaron shoves the audience to the ground right from the start, pushing our faces into the dirty, bloody mess of it all. The once regal London has fallen sharply into pure chaos and disease (apparently, the rest of the world is even worse), with civil liberties stripped away, immigrants caged liked animals, and reminders the end is near cruelly infesting daily ritual. Realized with a chilling production design, "Men" is red carpet tour of the end of days, pocked with a decaying countryside and cities reduced to widespread rubble and unmitigated grief.

Everything in this film is covered in dirt, soot, or blood, yet the story is not an unpleasant trial of moviegoing. Cuaron keeps pushing the movie forward with moments of unbearable tension, shocking and blunt acts of violence, and the suspense of Kee's journey to some small glimpse of freedom. One of the medium's most interesting visual artists, Cuaron pushes "Men" cinematically further than anything he's done before.

Children of Men (2006)

Employing exotic use of one-take camera moves supported by seamless CG tricks, the director maintains the even pace of the brutality, allowing the viewer a full-on view of Theo's interaction with danger without the usual crutches of cutaways and obvious cheating. "Men" moves like a funeral procession; slowly, methodically creeping into the belly of the beast, it's met with equal parts fascination and gut-churning horror as Theo breathes in the desperation of life, and a glint of hope that this future baby could bring to the despondent masses.

"Children of Men" is a blunt instrument of political statement, social responsibility, and governmental upheaval. It's a film created with an extraordinarily apocalyptic atmosphere that is monumentally tricky to pull off, but Cuaron succeeds at telling this difficult story without wallowing in sadness. It's ace direction with material that would've drowned immediately under a different general.
Brian Orndorf, DVDtalk
Children of Men (2006)

"Children of Men," by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron, was one of the more unusual success stories of 2006. While not a blockbuster, by any standards, this unconventional film was all but abandoned by a studio that didn't know how to market it. Positioned for release during prime Oscar season, this is not a film that was backed as a potential nominee. However, as almost universal critical acceptance came rolling in–a smaller, but loyal, fan base discovered and embraced this movie. "Children of Men" ended up, therefore, with much acclaim and admiration, decent box office, a more widespread distribution, and 3 Academy Award nominations (Screenplay, Editing, and Cinematography).

Children of Men (2006)

In an interesting twist on the apocalypse drama genre, "Children of Men" presents a world that is coming to an end with a whimper as opposed to a bang. For there is no cataclysmic explosion forcing humanity to confront it's own mortality. No, in this case, people have simply lost the ability to reproduce–and the youngest person alive is now approaching adulthood. Of course, over the ensuing years (the film is set in 2027) of this ongoing tragedy, there has been an expected societal breakdown. Now, the streets of London are ravaged by terrorism and extremist groups are battling to overturn the complacent, and possibly complicit, government. While this may seem like a broad and epic canvas, "Children of Men" covers many weighty issues within the relatively straightforward story of its protagonist, Clive Owen. Owen, an ex-activist who is now somewhat disconnected, is drawn back into a world that he wants no part of. The unlikeliest and most reluctant of heroes, Owen confronts his own ideology and apathy when an extremist group introduces him to a pregnant teen. Fearing that she will be exploited, used, or otherwise politically manipulated by the warring factions–he decides to deliver her to a utopian (and perhaps mythical) society whose only interest is in saving humanity. Getting her free from the controlling clutches that bind her and crossing a country plagued by insurrection, "Children of Men" becomes a harrowing and brutal action picture with violence that resembles much of what we see on TV news today.

Children of Men (2006)

Owen has long been a favorite of mine. Having taken notice of him in "Croupier" (and if you haven't caught this great noir piece, please do), I have been quite impressed by his rise in mainstream films. He was so electrifying in "Closer" that I even forgave him for "Derailed." Here, he is the perfect antihero–and his evolution from a disinterested party to a rogue patriot is an indelible portrait of a man rediscovering a purpose and meaning in life. Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, and Clare-Hope Ashitey (as the pregnant team) lead an able supporting cast. The documentary feel of the film's action pieces suit the material well, and the conflicts are well staged and all too believable.

Now, there are many political debates to be started from "Children of Men" (none of which will I engage in here), but what I admired about the film's screenplay is how focused it is. Without being preachy or engaging in unnecessary "speechifying," this film plays as straight action. And while there is a "revelatory" moment near the end that almost goes too far (but is understandable within the context of the film), "Children of Men" allows you to draw your own conclusions. It just presents the story and leaves much of its interpretation up to the viewer. That, to me, is always a satisfying choice. Whether you view this film as action, sci-fi, political allegory, or a combination of all three–it's a worthwhile and entertaining film.
K. Harris "Film aficionado", amazon.com
Children of Men (2006)

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