Mixed feelings about this very unusual motion picture. 5/10

Rating: 5/10 (28 February 2018)

MAJOR SPOILER AT THE END OF THIS REVIEW!
An important supporting role in this movie is played by Michael Caine, born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, England, to Ellen Frances Marie (Burchell), a charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish-market porter.
Now he's "Sir", but from what a very close friend of mine experienced about 30 years ago, Caine is far from a gentleman.
My friend was waiting for a train on a station platform in Sussex, England, when he spotted Caine walking along by himself. He went up to Caine and addressed him politely simply to say hello. Caine INCORRECTLY assumed my friend was seeking an autograph and said sternly "Ahm not signin' any or...".
My friend quickly assured him he was NOT looking for a signature, Caine replied "Ah, good". A few moments later a young boy approached Caine and DID ask for his autograph; Caine rudely refused, very visibly upsetting the lad who went back to his parents, clearly distressed.
It was, therefore, with some astonishment that I saw this unusual movie "Children of Men" begin with a person of world-wide fame being KILLED because he refused a request for an autograph!
The movie is a one-off, very intense, disturbing, creative, but doesn't quite come off. The storyline premise is fascinating, there are many compelling scenes, but the violence is over-the-top (unrealistic gun battles), and some scenes are too drawn-out. The film cannot be termed "entertainment" in my view; it's not a documentary; perhaps it's just what it seems ~ a harsh concept of a potential future world in which women can no longer become pregnant, for your intellectual pondering. 5/10.