My favorite movie to date! An action-loving philosopher's film!

Rating: 10/10 (7 April 2009)

How do you feel about euthanasia? The role of the government in a crumbling civilization? The efforts of depraved religion? Genocide? What about the extinction of the human race and the implications on our behavior if we knew the end was inevitable? In a time when the sound of a child's laughter has become a distant memory we find a society of middle-aged adults surviving in a colorless world. It's a time when the phrase, "Get busy living or get busy dying," bears greater meaning than ever before.
When I try to think of the all the movies I've seen that have made me go, "Wow," I can only name a handful: American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Glory, Schindler's List... and Children of Men. Not only is the cinematography exponentially superior to anything else (keep your eyes open for the two extended scenes without any breaks in the film sequence), but it really, truly opens your mind and your heart to some outstanding questions. This is a movie to watch either by yourself so that you are immersed in the themes present throughout the plot or to sit down with a bunch of your equally philosophical college friends and then debate for hours when it's over. Really, after you've watched it once you'll feel like you have to watch it again just to try and understand the horrors of living in such a depraved time.
It's hard to pinpoint just what kind of movie this is: it is what you interpret it to be. I'd call it an intriguing film with the feel of a documentary and the fast-action pace of other movies featuring Clive Owen.
I beseech you: watch it!