Children for Men

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 2006)

I just returned from watching this movie. The acting is great but the film doesn't show why people do not procreate anymore, why the world is in a bad state, and what will happen after the end of the film. This in contrast with the amount of filming time used for some people moving from one place to another. I read a lot of books of WWII and this film had some shocking parts in it to me as what the civilized (British) world is doing to other people in 2027. Like the film Waterworld, in some part you get to know why the world is all water and what will happen when they found the last peace of land. But in this film you miss out that part. The plot is great to make a good story but things don't add up. And it's beautiful when women are pregnant, but it throws the film to ranks at the bottom when it is predictable that the women has to bare child at the least convenient moment. That has worn out so many times, it doesn't work anymore.