Theo himself becomes the victim of terrorists to some extent a few days later when he is kidnapped. After an initially alarming experience he is confronted by Julian Taylor, the leader of a sort of resistance; who just happens to be a lost love. Having total trust in Theo, Julian asks him to take you Fijian Kee to Brighton. While reluctantly accepting believing that Kee is just an illegal immigrant, Theo soon discovers this is not the only issue. Kee is the first woman to fall pregnant on the earth in over 18 years.

I initially wondered why some people were so incensed by Children Of Men, as I said in my opening paragraph it seems to have a strong swing in both directions. It seems that American’s hate the movie more than English people, I wondered why? Could it be that wavy camerawork almost like a documentary at times? Could it be a little too artsy? Or could it be that the first place described to fall during all the wars was America? I’m not knocking our American cousins, but a quick flit through of Hollywood movies and it seems America has never lost a war. Even the ones that are told factually where we know the war was lost, American cinema nearly always shows the day being won even if the battle is not; to sort of appease a healing nation. Maybe this is just too much, almost an insult to think that America would fall will England still plods on. In similar American movies England always falls first, and here we reverse that. It’s a typical one up-man-ship situation that occurs when two parties have similar attributes.
Maybe it’s none of those reasons, maybe it’s some of them, maybe it’s all of them.
What about our home based critics? In my opinion it’s another one of those situations where the movie was so promoted, and praised over here that many had false expectations, excepting something better than the reality. I ignored as usual, all the publicity, I caught what the story was about then closed my eyes and ears until the time was right.

The story is pretty well put together, shot in a very much greyscale manner in order to provide a real feeling of bleakness. With a few patchy moments where a little more momentum could have been installed, the movie trundles along at a fairly brisk pace. A nice element of this movie is that its not rocket science, everything is pretty well explained you don’t need to be in the dark about anything that has or is happening, which I believe is an achievement; it seems that everyone that sees the film gets it, and this is often not the case in this sort of movie. Once all the key characters are introduced the story relentlessly picks off cast members to bring in an element of shock. With the exception of Clive Owen’s character Theo, it appears nobody is safe. An attribute I find most commendable in TV or Film.

• "The Possibility Of Hope:" A Documentary by Alfonso Cuarón – A look at the world of Children Of Men which draws comparisons to other world atrocities in particular Iraq. It also focuses on the what ifs should this sort of situation arrive, and the probable effects had the movie continued where the credits took off.

• "Theo and Julian:" Commentary from Clive Owen and Julianne Moore – Now this is a good commentary however Julianne has little to say as for most of the movies production she was out of it. Owen on the other hand says rather a lot, and my respect for the actor has grown slightly. Listening to him laugh hysterically at a scene that might cause someone to cry is amusing to say the least.