Children of Men

2006

Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 85% · 253 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 561464 561.5K

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Plot summary

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Director

Alfonso Cuarón Photo
Alfonso Cuarón

Top cast

Goran Kostic Photo
Goran Kostic as Bexhill Market Hustler
João Costa Menezes Photo
João Costa Menezes as Terrorist
Charlie Hunnam Photo
Charlie Hunnam as Patric
Julianne Moore Photo
Julianne Moore as Julian
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750.82 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 22
1.50 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 100

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by totalrack 9 / 10

Watched 2024 - blown away

I never saw it in 06, Only just watched it. I am not going to go on about it much. But its relevance to todays world is astounding.The action is impeccably done. The battle scenes are mind numbingly realistic. I still can't believe it was made in 05/06. Characters are so real. The atmosphere the attention to detail in scenes are incredible. Things happening in the background out of focus etc is just another layer of a real world that's been created. A huge epic movie with a hero who doesn't ever shoot a gun.I will give it a week or so and watch it again. The director should've one an academy award.
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 8 / 10

Exemplary direction lifts an offbeat futuristic thriller

This futuristic thriller disposes of much of the sci-fi jargon we've come to expect from Hollywood films. There are no outlandish gadgets or chases through CGI-created landscapes; CHILDREN OF MEN, based on a novel by P. D. James, is a realistic thriller through and through. It's set in a recognisable dystopia (full of violence, poverty, disease, segregation and warfare) and the story follows a strict 'journey' template, following a group of characters as they travel through myriad locales, suffering death, defeat and adventure along the way. So far, so predictable. However, this film works because it's literate, it's intelligent and the focus is on storytelling over flashy special effects or action nonsense.Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron (HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN) is a force to watch out for on the strength of his work here: this is the best direction I've seen in a long while and the film is chock-full of great tracking shots which really emphasise the excitement and danger around every corner. The view of a future UK is nightmarish and believable and the backgrounds and locations are as much a character as the protagonists themselves.I also enjoyed the fact that the film remains as unconventional as possible as it moves along. Clive Owen, the heroic protagonist, never fires a gun and is definitely an everyman character rather than a hero: he's utterly believable and this is the best role I've seen the actor in yet. Supporting actors are good, but it's the older heavyweights who give the best turns: Julianne Moore, as likable as she's ever been, as a terrorist leader; Pam Ferris as an ally; Michael Caine as an aged John Lennon-type. Chiwetel Ejiofor is also very strong in a minor role. The film does have action, including a ferocious fire fight at the climax, but it's never an action film per se. It's just a great movie that avoids pigeon-holing and never left me bored or underwhelmed once.
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