More relevant than ever

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2016)

Although released in 2006, Children of Men is more relevant today (2016) than ever. The film explores the crisis of an end of the world scenario where fertility had all together become nonexistent. The feeling of depression, terror, and down right chaos prevail all over the fictional world. Fictional as it may be, the world of Children of Men explores the same fear and terror plastered on the news we see today. Dir. Cuaron and his team, most notably cinematographer Lubezki, amazingly depict a future that is no far from ours today. Pictures of caged immigrants; the dismantle of strong and sane leadership; riot police and garbage plaguing the deteriorating world all reflect what may occur in our future. Today, anti-immigration aggression; riots against authority (namely against police brutality); and a dictatorial, racist presidential candidate evoke the same omnipresent fear felt in the world of Children of Men.
In an addition to the gut-reaching pictures of chaos, the film has been stylized in a way that could only be due to the genius minds of, long time collaborators, Cuaron and Lubezki. Filled with loads of cultural references and incredible use of the camera to submerge the audience even further, surpass the vision of the main character but to make the audience its own subject, this film is just a beautiful, chaotic piece of art that deserves to be dissected and analyzed. It's a glimpse of the past, present and future. Maaaan, I sure wish I had a crystal ball... and know how to use it.