Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Pam Ferris, Peter MullanBrand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
Composer: John Tavener
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Romanian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Face the Future
Summary: 5 Stars
CHILDREN OF MEN is the most accurate cinematic view of a world that will soon, but has not yet fully come to pass. Society in advanced decay, massive social upheaval, fanatical xenophobia, extreme class segregation... what today we see just beginning to bud is depicted horrifyingly and in full fruition in CHILDREN OF MEN. There is no real hope for humanity when even those fighting to save civilization do all the wrong things for all the right reasons. The super rich sit in luxury above the fray, hoarding the treasures of humanity's past glory, yet are themselves blighted by the fact that nothing of redemptive value remains in the world, even for those with the money to pay (this is what idiot Republican's and their wealthy overlords should have considered when they began to disslove economic equilibrium twenty years ago). This movie is very realistic, and those back from Iraq with PTSD should probably avoid it... the rest of you should definitely face the future you have helped to create.
Summary of Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
Presenting a bleak, harrowing, and yet ultimately hopeful vision of humankind's not-too-distant future, Children of Men is a riveting cautionary tale of potential things to come. Set in the crisis-ravaged future of 2027, and based on the atypical 1993 novel by British mystery writer P.D. James, the anxiety-inducing, action-packed story is set in a dystopian England where humanity has become infertile (the last baby was born in 2009), immigration is a crime, refugees (or "fugees") are caged like animals, and the world has been torn apart by nuclear fallout, rampant terrorism, and political rebellion. In this seemingly hopeless landscape of hardscrabble survival, a jaded bureaucrat named Theo (Clive Owen) is drawn into a desperate struggle to deliver Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey), the world's only pregnant woman, to a secret group called the Human Project that hopes to discover a cure for global infertility. As they carefully navigate between the battling forces of military police and a pro-immigration insurgency, Theo, Kee, and their secretive allies endure a death-defying ordeal of urban warfare, and director Alfonso Cuaron (with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki) capture the action with you-are-there intensity. There's just enough humor to balance the film's darker content (much of it coming from Michael Caine, as Theo's aging hippie cohort), and although Children of Men glosses over many of the specifics about its sociopolitical worst-case scenario (which includes Julianne Moore in a brief but pivotal role), it's still an immensely satisfying, pulse-pounding vision of a future that represents a frightening extrapolation of early 21st-century history. --Jeff ShannonChildren of Men envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18 and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction.Runtime: 109 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 025193251329 Manufacturer No: 61032513
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