Horrible film, a travesty to the book

Rating: 1/10 (6 January 2007)

This film is appalling. I simply cannot believe the reviews I have read in the press and the incredibly inflated polling numbers on this website. Seriously, it makes me wonder about the veracity of the postings. Is it possible that film studios flood these sites. Please note the very very low ratings that have come out most recently since the release in the U.S.
In sequence: No, this is not a good action film.
Worse yet, it completely distorts the wonderful work of P.D.James whose original is profoundly religious, not a violent action thriller. There is little to no dialogue, no acting except everyone walks around looking depressed for ninety brief minutes, a lot of chasing and shooting, and a muddled action and sequence to the film. There is no humor or poignancy or relief to the dreary action of cinematography. What was the director thinking? What are the reviewers thinking who voted this as a good film? The film is relentlessly dark, unimaginative, and depressing, but without a point.
Why did the director change the sterility of men in the book, to women being unable to have children in the film? The title is, after all, Children of Men. There are many other gratuitous changes and distortions of the original that don't bear noting. But even standing on its own, the film is simply unbearable. ANd incomprehensible.
I heard no positive comments in the packed theater where I saw it tonight. And many many complaints, along the lines of "I will never again believe a movie reviewer."
And by the way, since the sequence and plot are rushed and over-edited, why such a short film for the eleven bucks I paid per ticket tonight. If you are gonna take on P.D. James, why not do a two and a half hour movie and do justice to the book or the ideas of the book.