Children of Men (2006)
Taking place in the near future, the plot of this film revolves around a mysterious outbreak of infertility that wipes everyone on the planet sterile by the year 2009. Almost twenty years later in 2027, Clive Owens is living in a dystopian fascist England, and we are shown that the rest of the world is in turmoil, with refugees attempting at great risk to their lives to get to England.
A woman comes into Owen's character's life, young and pregnant, with allusions throughout that her child is the second coming. Religion was subtle but ever present in this film, and as society decays as the last humans to ever be born die off, people turn to extremism and violence. It is Theo's (Clive Owens) task due to a series of events to escort the only pregnant woman on earth to a safe group who can shield her from the U.K. government and other terrorist entities.
This was one of the most beautifully, fluidly shot films I've ever seen. The editing was so seamless, and the long shots were so impressively done. You get a real sense of the world in which these people exist, without any overt divulsion or shoving of lore down your throat. Suffice to say, the lack of children being born has driven everyone mad, one way or another.
It was a very depressing film. It felt too close to home, like so many other 'post-apocalyptic' films do lately. But it was damn good. Well worth a watch.
8.5/10
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