Alfonso Cuaron's loose adaptation of P. D. James's 1992 novel is without question one of the greatest sci-fi movies of the last 30 years (beaten, of course, by his own recent masterpiece, Gravity). In 2027, the fall of civilisation is taking place as humanity seemingly loses the ability to reproduce, but Theo Faron (Clive Owen) discovers that a West African refugee named Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) has managed to fall pregnant, and may well be the final hope of the human race. It will be Theo's job to protect her amid all the chaos that the oppressive British government wages against immigrants and its own citizens alike. Children of Men is a superbly acted film from top to bottom, from Owen's reliable lead turn, to great supporting work from Michael Caine, Julianne Moore and Chiwetel Ejiofor, but what really takes this dystopian nightmare to the next level is its style. Cuaron's frequent DP Emmanuel Lubezki achieves some staggering technical feats in this film, namely some mind-boggling long-take sequences which help immerse us in the desperation of this conflict. There is nothing else like it out there.
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