It's just too bad...

Rating: 5/10 (15 January 2007)

A wonderful cast, breathtaking cinematography and the end of the world as we know it are unfortunately not enough to make a great or even good film in the case of "The children of man", and it is too bad... The work of such solid-good actors as Owen and Moore and the brilliance of Caine can do little for the script that is simply bad and shallow. Surprisingly so, since Apocalypse is a bottomless resource as far as storytelling goes. The plot is pointless and lacks any kind of imagination. The film touches many painful, important issues but seems to pass them all by not giving any of the subjects enough depth to make them worth even being mentioned. The development of characters is nonexistent and lame, no motivation, no focus, no nothing Cinematography and direction is undoubtedly beautiful, almost perfect, but it too is wasted on a badly written script! A waste, all and all.