Contains both the hope & destruction of man

Rating: 9/10 (5 January 2007)

I thought this film was wonderful. I won a free pre-screen pass to it & thought it was going to be the typical sci-fi flick. Barron waste land of black (or red Mars-like) dirt & half burnt buildings ***or*** flying cars, cyborgs, robot servants, etc.
This film was surprisingly believable. The story was told as if evolution COULD prevent fertility of humans in the very near future due to our experiments, corruptions and short-cuts to solution. Some may see the movie as political - any war/end-of-the-world movie would be. It was almost like a movie outlining the consequences of our actions due to those who trying to prolong life, create life that isn't intended to be, and alter life from its natural state. Like God's punishment to our evil. That's the basic point of many movies made but it's been a long time since I've seen one delivered quite as well as this one. It ended up being more of a war movie than a sci-fi flick. Very dramatic and even spiritual in more than one scene.
I wasn't fully satisfied with the ending but it still was better than I anticipated. As my husband said, it almost made it seem as if there was going to be a sequel (I hope not though because it would probably ruin the philosophical flow of it all. Almost like what the Matrix 2nd & 3rd movies did for the first). We were left to wonder whether or not mom & baby were really going to be protected as they tried so hard to get to a safe place. BUT if it ended up happy & "la-dee-da" then that could have made the ending corny, which then would have ruined it all.