The year is 2027 and our future is a thing of the past

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2007)

Humanity can no longer conceive, and the world has fallen into dirt, disorder and chaos. Only Britain holds a semblance of civility, and thus, hope for the endless tide of immigrant refugees or "fugees". One fugee is Kee, who happens to be eight months pregnant, and must be delivered to the possibly mythical Human Project by the jaded Theo (Clive Owen).
Children of Men is quite simply breathtakingly stunning. Alfonso Cuaron handles the gritty action like a war correspondent's report - with *12 minute* takes and seamlessly realistic violence. With the startling attention to detail - visible in newspaper clippings, sides of buses, propaganda, adverts, television broadcasts, packaging... - it does not feel as if you are watching a film, it feels as if you should be running for you life along with the cast.
This film does not preach. It does not tell you why suddenly, no one can have children, it simply drags you along on a post-apocalyptic, but surprisingly funny, journey with perhaps a glimmer of hope at the end. Utterly compelling in every way.