The year 2027: the last days of the human race. No child has been born for 18 years. He must protect our only hope.
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
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Contemporary, epic, earnest and grave.
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- specimenbon TMDB · Aug 20268/10
*Children of Men* is one of the most gripping dystopian films I’ve seen. Alfonso Cuarón creates a future that feels frighteningly lived-in rather than flashy, and the story’s sense of hopelessness makes its small moments of compassion and hope hit even harder. What impressed me most was Emmanuel Lubezki’s cinematography. The extended takes—especially the car ambush and the chaotic journey through the battle-torn refugee camp—don’t feel like empty technical showpieces; they put you directly inside the danger with Theo. The handheld camera, naturalistic lighting, and near-documentary look make every moment feel immediate and uncomfortably real. Some of the apparent single shots were created through complex choreography and seamless visual-effects joins, but the result is still astonishing.wikipedia+1 Clive Owen gives the film a grounded, weary center, and the production design fills the background with details that make this collapsing world feel disturbingly plausible. *Children of Men* is bleak and intense, but it earns its optimism—and its filmmaking is simply unforgettable.
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Aug 20247/10
With a society almost entirely devoid of children, the worst news descends as the world's youngest person - merely eighteen - is murdered. Mankind is looking extinction in the face unless a group of anti-establishment folks led by "Julian" (Julianne Moore) and "Luke" (Chiwitel Ejiofor) can get the pregnant young "Kee" (Clare-Hope Ashitey) to safety. To that end, they recruit her unwilling ex-husband "Theo" (Clive Owen) to try and get her from a locked-down Britain to the sea and perhaps to safety in Europe. He has a minor job in the administration that might be able to deliver some transit papers, but this isn't going to be an easy task as nobody can find out the condition of his fellow-traveller. With violence surrounding them and just about everyone in pursuit as an uprising looms, their journey becomes more and more perilous - but can they make it? Now Owen is one of my least favourite British actors. He's up there with the equally wooden Sean Bean, but here he does manage to carry off the role of the vigilante-type survivor who thinks on his feet constantly, unsure who is friend or foe, whilst only really able to rely on the charismatic "Jasper" (Sir Michael Caine) who lives a
Read the whole review on TMDB - Shreyance Parakhon TMDB · May 20179/10
**Thought provoking piece of art !!** **CHILDREN OF MEN**....How a baby's cry can make the whole world stop, the bullets stop flying in a war, people forget all their pain, the only thing that matters is how to make that precious gift of god smile again..The movie depicts it beautifully! When the world is falling apart, coming to its end, how a THEO does things that he otherwise would have not done for anything or anybody else...It doesn't seems practical that how at every point of time there is somebody to see them sail through, but that is all LIFE is about...HOPE...There's a THEO in everyone of us...It's in our hands...to choose, THEO or Luke...The world will surely end someday but till then we must all protect the CHILDREN OF MEN, protect the world...Do our bit for the mother earth..!! **P.S. - loved the laughter of the babies in the end!!** Scenes I LOVED - 1. When Julian was shot. 2. When Theo thought Jasper was dead. 3. When Dylan was born. 4. When Theo said to Luke "It's a GIRL" 5. When Marichka expressed she isn't coming. There may be more, but these are all I remembered. Michael Caine was adorable as always, Julianne Moore was pretty, Clive Owen was perfect, Kee was sweet
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Cast
- Clive OwenTheo Faron
- Clare-Hope AshiteyKee
- Chiwetel EjioforLuke
- Julianne MooreJulian
- Michael CaineJasper
- Pam FerrisMiriam
- Charlie HunnamPatric
- Danny HustonNigel
- Peter MullanSyd
- Oana PelleaMarichka
Crew
- Alfonso CuarónDirector
- Timothy J. SextonScreenplay
- David ArataScreenplay
- Alfonso CuarónScreenplay
- P. D. JamesNovel
- Emmanuel LubezkiDirector of Photography
- John TavenerOriginal Music Composer
- Alex RodríguezEditor
- Alfonso CuarónEditor
- Iain SmithProducer
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