Children of Men
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Year: 2006
Stars: Clive Owen, Michael Caine, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Julianne Moore
I've seen this before. I enjoyed it so much then that I was willing to watch it again, as it was on TV and Dan had never seen it. Unusually for me, I could even remember the plot - and the ending. It must have been good.
It didn't disappoint on a second viewing either. In a sense, the more I say about the plot the less there is to enjoy when watching the film, so suffice it to say that it is 2018, nobody has been born anywhere in the world since 2009 (already making this out of date, to be fair), and Theo (Owen) gets very involved.
It's a grim, disturbing vision of the future - and not how I would want Britain to look, well, ever. However, it's also believably portrayed and provides some depressing food for thought. So good, it's worth repeated viewings.
Rating: 5 out of 5
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