“I can't really remember when I last had any hope, and I certainly can't remember when anyone else did either. Because really, since women stopped being able to have babies, what's left to hope for?”
That quote from the lead character in the trailer of Children of Men explains the essence of what the film is about the loss of hope for the future of life on earth, and the ultimate price one pays to preserve that hope. Theo Faron is that man, a man who is living with the pain of that loss in the horror of a world without (though some would argue that it would be a horror) children, it is this collimation of the loss of life renewed that leads to a world filled with destruction, terror and death. I found myself emotionally and visually evolved in each scene and continuously shocked as the world gets more and more violent and scared at how it so closely resembles a world not that far from our own today. Yet I was taken on an incredible journey with Theo for the chance that hope in the form of Kee, the fist pregnant woman in 19 years, could once again exist for mankind. Theo realizes that Kee and her baby are the promise of hope for the future; he carries on with stalwart determination that Kee’s baby will be the chance that was lost to him and the world. The result is a cinematic wonder with artistry that has not yet been seen in any film. A wonderfully acted film that will break your heart and yet give you hope.
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