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Movie: Children of Men
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Actors: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, who also helmed Y Tu Mamá También and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, delivers a fascinating look into the future. The apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Children of Men is set in 2027, a world in which humans can no longer procreate. Until a pregnant woman shows up, someone who holds the key to save the human race form extinction. She has to be protected from the city's nationalistic violence. A group of activists led by Julian Taylor (Julianne Moore) and Theodore Falon (Clive Owen) starts a dangerous journey to transport her to a save location.
Children of Men is one of the few sci-fi films that brings a totally new and probably more real look of the future. No flying cars or futuristic skyscrapers but a world as we know it, in which technology has made a subtle little boost. The fantastic production design and Emmanuel Lubezki's absolutely breathtaking cinematography deliver a unique experience. Children of Men includes a few scenes that is filmed with one shot, no editing (but smartly manipulated with CG) that pushes the audience right in the middle of the freakin' action. The attack on the car with the main characters, in which the audience experiences the action from the same point of view, is a technical highlight. The movie offers more of these visuals, the climactic shoot-out is simply mindblowing.
But Alfonso Cuarón offers more than the cleverly done visuals. A well-written suspenseful story, great cast with the impressive Clive Owen and wonderful supporting role of Michael Caine, help making Childing of Men a very original and unique science fiction film.
Written by Reggy 05/11/06
© universal 2006
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