Under promoted... Over Delivered!

Rating: 9/10 (9 January 2007)

I had first heard about the show in a very, very short preview on TV only 4-5 days before it showed up at the theaters in our large city. I was IMMEDIATELY impressed with the power and impact that this movie had even with the very limited amount of media coverage on it. Let me tell you, I was NOT disappointed by the incredible surge of energy that "Children of Men" delivered. It was both powerful and intelligent as well as disturbing and yet moving with both humor and dread finding a way on to the screen. Our Earth is heading to h*ll in a hand basket and this show brings it all to a very vivid, amazing and tumultuous conclusion. The realism in every frame of the film was exceptional and I found myself with a racing heart, adrenalin pumping through my veins and knuckles clenched in excitement near the end of the film. It was like I could hear my own heart beat in my ears and nothing else. There were many times in the film where I found myself so immersed in the action and emotion that I almost forgot that I was actually WATCHING a film and not simply in the middle of a situation that was going horribly wrong. This really was one of the most interesting films I can remember watching. It made my heart THUMP but not because of fear... it was shear adrenalin that was making it pound and the emotional roller-coaster was part of that adrenalin rush. I truly think that this will be THE film to watch in 2007 and will go on to become one of greater, yet less hyped films of recent times.