I don't know..... Children of Men

Just a movie review... coverage of this weekend's spectacular events to follow shortly :)

Children of Men: 2.8/5

Cast: Clive Owen (King Arthur), Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights), Michael Caine (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)

In a Nutshell: Good ideas, but doesn't quite follow through. Enjoyable nevertheless.

Brief Synopsis: In the future the women have become infertile, it has been 18 years since the last child was born, and the world has become a war zone. Theo (Owen) gets drawn into the role of escorting a pregnant woman to safety.

It wasn't a bad movie. The pretense is clever, and sometimes it is transformed to screen quite well. There are quite a few funny through away lines too. However, for a story where there is much scope for some amazing drama and suspense, this movie doesn't quite get there. Perhaps it is that the main character Theo is feeling lost and not sure of where to go next and that is what is conveyed to the audience. Without going too much into it, there is one extremely powerful scene towards the end of the movie, but more like we expect from Cuaron, however it is over quickly the movie is resolved, but not completely satisfactorily.