Powerful Distressing Inspirational Depressing Joyful Provocative Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2007)

Go see it! The less you know of the details the better.
Suffice it to say that this positively shocking movie plays on all the current concerns about war without end/terrorism, creeping fascism, illegal immigration and the bigotry, fear, hatred and violence of jingoism "inspired" by corrupt elites who play on fear and terror to retain/expand their own power/control. It even deals with the prospects for human extinction in a way that works on a gut/heart/mind level.
Yes, the performances are all "spot on"; but the real bottom line is the story itself, and how well the movie works at bringing the viewer deeply into the character's lives on (again) all levels...to the point that there's a scene that is so devastatingly emotional and beautiful (in the midst of the nastiest kind of ugliness/violence) that it will blow you away.
I've already said too much.
I would love to live in a world where a film of this quality/nature could outdraw Borat. Let's "Make It So"!
"Children of Men" works as an action/adventure movie, a cautionary tale, an emotional roller coaster ride, and as a "think piece" with all manner of global "policy implications".
Go see this movie; more than once...I shall.