Movie Rewind Children of Men
April 29th 2007 08:48
It's the year 2027. eighteen years since the last child was born and with the world slipping further into social chaos as enviromental disasters and terrorism, create millions of refugees. Only Britain has survived the descent into total anarchy by a govenment that is creating a new social order based on the persecution of illegal immigrants. Into this heady mix comes Theo (Clive Owen) a cynical, disillusioned character who drinks too much and Julian ( Julianne Moore) leader of the Fishes and his estranged wife. As the only person she can reallly trust, she asks Theo to escort the last possible hope for mankind to The Human Project.
I had been watching this movie for about 20 mins and had just started thinking 'Oh this is a bit slow' when suddenly one of the main characters gets shot in the neck and then its game on! This is a dark, gritty, graphic thriller of a movie and the issues raised, are thought provoking to say the least. Having lived in the UK for many years, how London is portrayed in 2027 is almost exactly how I imagine it might look. Clive Owen is one of those actors who seems to be underated but having seen him in Sin City, King Arthur, Gosford Park and the Bourne Identity, speaking of which, there is one moment near the end of Children of Men, when Clive almost seems to slip into his character he played in the Bourne Identity. The scene is very similar and his expressions and voice for that brief moment are almost indentical .
Anyway, there is alot of the f-word in this movie, was it needed? Who knows? Also the violence is realistic and graphic. There were a few scenes that I found slightly unnerving, not because of the violence but more the symbolisim they portrayed. Scenes that reminded me of the horror of ethnic cleansing in the Balkins, The Holocaust and other acts that have seemed all to common in the last 100 years. These which always happen in other countries, so to see it happen in the UK in the near future is a bit scary really.
Overall this is a good movie, well actored, good locations and attention to detail, well worth seeing. I would put it up there with V for Vendetta as a semi policital movie that should get you thinking about the bigger picture.
Hal
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