For some reason I didn't watch this movie before. For what I heard about it, I was expecting more dialogue, focusing in the high concept of the movie. But I was surprised with the amount of action, thrilling moments, and persecutions that serve the concept. Normally I would be let down by that focus on action, but this was expertly done from start to finish and we had enough plot and emotion to go with it. Amazing movie. Clive Owen is the boss.

This movie, really was a blast to watch. Visually, this is everything you want out of a quick paced movie. A lot is made of the many extended single take scenes, for good reason, but they don't ever get too distracting and just serves to make the world so much more dynamic. Even the color grading of this movie is absolutely perfect. This movie just looks so damn good. Everything else though, is very debatable. The world building, is very haphazardly done. Which is a shame because this could be a very interesting world to explore. But exposition pours out of everyone's face like water. The dialogue is surprisingly corny and shmaltzy. Like I felt like I was watching a Spielberg movie at times with how forceful this movie was with these melodramatic sentiments. Which, juxtaposed, with this dark and gritty world makes it all feel so awkward. Finally, the acting was honestly atrocious. Partially because of the sub par script, but also because of straight up bad casting. Clive Owens and Julianne Moore were decent, with Clive Owen showing glimpses of brilliance. Michael Caine was good beside having some of the worst dialogue. Everyone else though was just so stiff and boring in their performance. It is a real shame. Because the visuals are amazing, and is really the only reason to watch this movie. The story itself could've been interesting, but the script and the actors just ruined it. Please watch it though. It's worth it.

After watching the movie, if this deserve to be called a movie, I came here to read the reviews. This cannot even be called weird, because than it would be overrated. Total waste of time. Pointless to watch, except if you want to see how deep our society has mentally fallen, and I'm not talking about the story, but about the fact that this movie has even reached the theaters. Not to mention viewers vote mark 7.9/10. This doesn't deserve any penny to be spent on it, nor call it a movie or even spend time to watch. For me, mark this high only shows how sick and perverted viewers have become nowadays. What kind of a sick pervert you need to be to use a baby and immigrants to collect points from even sicker audience? Man kind has fallen, so is theater. With this audience, extremely brain washed, I wouldn't be surprised to see this in Britain or USA even before 2027.Good luck to us all. Before using your brains, feel free to shake your heads a bit. You'd be surprised how helpful can it be and how clear can you see.

Some movies just take my breath away. Some movies just leave me behind in awe. "Children of Men" does all that to me. And mind you, I have seen it now over 5 times, and honestly it does get more impressive every time I see it..."Children of Men" has got a heart. A warm endearing heart that pulsates louder than the exploding bombs in this movie. A lust for life runs through this picture that is like an adrenaline shot.Superlatives dont suffice to describe this gritty, violent,bleak and depressive story about a world in which a virus has caused an epidemic of child deaths at birth. No children have been born in years. One girl only, an illegal immigrant girl, has gotten pregnant and she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders because the existence of humanity is at stake here. If her new born dies, humans will cease to excist. If she can manage to keep her newborn alive, mankind has got a chance for survival. Clive Owen plays the man who accompanies this young pregnant girl through literally a battlefield, towards a safe haven. I think it is one of his best performances. Michael Caine and Julliane Moore play supporting roles that are to die for. The acting in this picture is sublime.Alfonso Quaron directed, wrote and edited this picture. He has also made "Gravity" (with Sandra Bullock in space), which has won numerous oscars. This director is a movie genius. He only makes 1 movie in every 4-5 years, but he creates classics EVERY time."Children of Men" has got a natural beauty and rythm to it, that is astonishingly impressive. How many times have I seen movies that flow so seemingly effortlessly? Not that I want to get technical, but this movie is as real as it gets in front and behind the camera. The photography of this picture is oscar worthy. Just follow closely how long the scenes last without ANY cut in it at all. While bombs explode, buildings are tore down, when people storm the streets, minutes and minutes go by without any cut in the scenes. That takes an effort similar to an orchestration of a classical symphony. It must have taken enormous efforts and time to make this picture as ravishing as it has become. "Children of Men" has that quality of real life imagery, so real that you just forget you are watching a movie. It is enticing, worrysome, suspenseful, heartwarming and thrilling. And still I feel I havent giving it enough praise. A classic can have that effect on me. I wanna conclude with a statement of the director himself:Alfonso Cuarón has stated that he "didn't want to make a film that ends when the credits roll. He wanted to make a film that, when the final credits roll...that's really the beginning of the film".This movie left me behind with a feeling of bewilderment about the future and the world we live in now...