Orwell revisited

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2012)

Children of men is set in a dystopian Great Britain of 2027 a now fascist state where all the women are infertile with the exception of Kee, an African immigrant who apparently is the only pregnant woman in the world. Children definitely owes much to George Orwell's 1984 which also foresaw a dark and dreary future for the human race.
Kee, the expectant mother, is smuggled underground to avoid the evil doers. The enemy is relentless, as is the violence. Children is similar to and compares favorably with V for vendetta; a sinister mood is shared, and both have excellent ensemble casts. They would make a perfect double feature of doom.