Dreary and bleak future view effectively portrayed...

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2007)

1st watched 5/20/2007 - 6 out of 10(Dir-Alfonso Cuaron): Dreary and bleak future view effectively portrayed by director Alfonso Cuaron, although it doesn't make for a fun time at the the movies, it does what it's supposed to do. The story is about a world in the year 2027 that hasn't seen a human birth in 18 years and doesn't have any answers as to why. Clive Owen is a government worker who is mourning with the rest of the world when the youngest person alive dies giving a world with little hope already, less. He is then kidnapped by a group of rebels, led briefly by Julianne Moore's character, who needs help transferring an illegal alien safely out of the country. Illegal aliens are normally captured by the U.K. government and put into refugee camps, but this one needs special treatment because she's carrying a child that could, of course, save the world as they know it. Owen & Moore just happen to be former mates who tried to have a baby 20 years ago unsuccessfully and therefore they are connected personally as well as professionally, and she knows he will be sympathetic to the cause of protecting this woman. The rest of the movie is a qwest to get this important woman to a secret organization known as the Human Project. The tone and the set design for the entire movie is very grey and war-like with very little clues that we're dealing with a future society. This is obviously by design as the director is trying to make a parallel to today's society and what might happen if we continue the direction we're going. This glum look on life is hard to make into an enjoyable movie experience but it does shed some light on reality and opens our eyes to how we can try and make this a better world -- with this Cuoran, accomplishes what he wanted.