Simply Very very good

Rating: 9/10 (28 September 2006)

The best movie I've seen in a long while and I've seen a few.
It really does tick all the boxes and invents some new ones of its own.
It has the look and feel of some classic films namely Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket.
A Fantastic premise and plot and is entirely unflinching in it's brutal yet responsible portrayal of some of the best screen action scenes of the last ten years (think Saving Private Ryan). I am not a fan of 'pornographic' violence namely the swathe of rubbish like the saw and hostel films which frankly portray images I don't want to see and which is why i haven't. However, real film making like Children of Men make you feel every punch or kick thrown, and certainly every explosion and bullet wound. Someone being horrifically injured or fatally wounded should shock us if we are being confronted with mature thoughtful film-making.
I'm in danger of turning this review into a one-sided debate about screen violence so I'll just stop there.
Personally I think this is the best dystopian future movie to arrive since Blade Runner and I include the Matrix in that.
See this movie while you can on the big screen and buy it on DVD.
See this movie.
I would love it if this was considered for the Oscars, certainly for it's cinematography which was simply breath-taking.