Revelation? Not by a long shot.

Rating: 5/10 (25 February 2007)

Set in a slightly futuristic world filled with racial hatred and terrorism, a former activist (Clive Owen) takes up the task to escort to safety the first pregnant woman in 18 years. He has to battle through extreme situations with danger lurking around every corner of a war-weary England.
Clive Owen attempts a rather melodramatic role in this war drama, not without success. However, his otherwise interesting performance is shadowed by the actual storyline. The film attempts to show a world in turmoil, filled with death and with no hope of new life. However, it fails to instill any hope and even fails to instill despair. It begins without any premonition of greatness, unfolds into something of interest but falters somewhere half-way, leaving the viewer with a sense of apathy.
Not that it is a bad film. The direction is rather good, the acting overall inspiring, the battle scenes giving the feeling of a BBC documentary of conflict in Iraq or Saudi Arabia. The storyline unfolds rather predictably, however, and the twists of the plot are more or less common and outdated. In the end, it's the atmosphere of the film that lets the viewer down. Where this could have been a glorious epic of hope amidst the ruins, it ends up being an indifferent film about some guy and a woman running around among people with guns.