Great Title! Great Plot! Great Action!

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2006)

'Children of Men' is one of those rare films which seem to pop up ever so infrequently these days, putting your faith back in cinema. With it's fresh approach to cinematographic and superb locations, you get a real sense of how scary and feasible the plot could be. It's good to see a film of this calibre shot on British soil and makes you question why we don't get to see more UK based films, as apposed to the same Hollywood drivel we get time and again! 'Children of Men' has that grittiness about it in a similar way to Danny Boyle's 2002 Sci-fi '28 Days Later', in that you feel very much a part of the story and are taken on a journey with the characters not knowing what could be round the next corner. Clive Owen who plays Theo portrays a guy who is obviously fed up with how the world has become a hell on earth, and we get to see how he battles his own demons with the hope he has found in Kee one of the main characters, both played very convincingly, as with all the cast. One of the best Sci-fi movies of the year for me, action from beginning to end, the time just flew by...a must watch!