Good thriller, but the Earth NEEDS a major birth dearth

Rating: 6/10 (28 April 2010)

This was a compelling film from an action and drama standpoint. A road/suspense movie with an unusual twist. The gunfire and fighting scenes were some of the most realistic I've seen vs. the usual overstated noises and hits. Never a dull moment in that realm.
However, since the world's population (as of 2010) is growing by upwards of 75 MILLION each year, the planet could use a major birth dearth. We have a technology called contraception that people need to take seriously instead of mindlessly cranking out kids while the world suffocates from human overload. We expect other animals to live in balance (lest we cull them) but the species with the worst population problem keeps encouraging it with self-righteousness, tax policies and general stupidity.
The chaos & violence that ensued in this film after 18 years of female sterility is happening in real life for the OPPOSITE reason. People are in constant strife over a shrinking pool of natural resources on this finite planet. Animal life is being decimated for the same reason. Wars are and will be fought over the growing scarcity of land, water, food and fossil fuels. Peak Oil alone could trigger WW-III.
No amount religious wishful thinking will make this planet capable of supporting more than a few billion people at modern living standards. The human footprint is said to already be 1.3 times the Earth's innate capacity, with oil and coal being the only things maintaining an illusion of plenitude. Global warming shows the finite capacity of Earth's atmosphere to absorb economic growth and human gluttony.
It didn't seem like this film had a particular agenda, pro or anti birth, but I hope it didn't mislead demographically-ignorant people about the root cause of today's problems. We don't need more fools claiming overpopulation is a "myth" despite rampant symptoms.
Projections of 9 BILLION people by 2050, and as many as 500 million in the United States, are depressing if one cares about quality of life over mindless quantity. Environmental problems and species extinctions are hard enough to prevent with 6.8 billion in 2010. The Dick Van Patten fantasy of a yet-to-be-born genius saving the masses is bogus logic. Wise people don't crowd themselves into a corner. They leave slack in the system.
I remain puzzled about the ultimate point of this movie and couldn't root for the pregnant woman as a savior. Was she a sign of a "recovery" (a return to the overpopulation cycle) or just a fluke? They should have made the medical aspect more clear, at least. I originally thought the title might be a serious take on "Junior" (1994) but in the book, men were the infertile ones, which is more plausible since pollution (worsened by overpopulation) has lowered sperm counts.
I gave this a 6 for its production values and acting, minus the premise that I found annoying. Even the 1972 film "Z.P.G." tried to create drama out of child-birthing rebellion (against the common good). Why can't everyone just accept that the planet has limits and live accordingly? If the crisis had been presented as a surplus of people I'd rank it an 8. I'd rather see films like "Soylent Green" that derive their drama from REAL world conditions.