Children of Men

Man, I have seen one crappy movie after another this week. Children of Men stars the always delicious Clive Owen but even this movie he looked like he was on a three week meth binge. If I remember correctly this is the movie he did instead of Casino Royale. I would have definitely fired my agent after that one.


The movie takes place in England 2027. Apparently the human female becomes infertile starting around 2009. With no human babies being born if we do the math correctly mankind only has less than a century to live. So pretty much people are killing each other and the whole world has gone to crap. The only country to be somewhat manageable is England but there are armed camps, and soldiers patrol the streets, rounding up illegal immigrants into cages.

Theo Faron (Clive Owen) is a former political activist and now a bureaucrat who drinks a lot. He is kidnapped by the Fishes, a terrorist group that supports immigrant rights who are led by his estranged wife Julian Taylor (Julianne Moore). She requests that Theo get the proper papers for an African girl, Kee (Claire-Hope Ashitey) to travel legally. When we meet Kee we find out that she is about 8 months pregnant. She is about to give birth to the first human baby in 18 years.

This movie was one confusing piece of work. I wasn't exactly sure what was going on, they were trying to get the girl to the Human Project but they never really explain what they do...or maybe I was in the bathroom or something and missed it. Also they used that single shot camera work. I thought it was the Dunder Mifflin camera crew following Clive Owen. I give this movie a 4 out of 10.