Dark age

Gloomy film has pro-life theme | Priya Abraham

With its slate skies and urban decay, Children of Men (rated R for strong violence, language, some drug use, and brief nudity) etches a picture of human despair. And it asks, what is the point of living?

The reason for the question is a world crisis: It's 2027 in London and infertility has gripped mankind. The youngest man—"Baby Diego"—dies in a brawl at 18 years, 5 months, and 11 days. A celebrity purely for his youth, his death inspires much grief, a reminder that the whole human race will soon follow.

In the midst of this, a young African woman, Kee, (Claire-Hope Ashitey) mysteriously turns up pregnant. Theo Faron (Clive Owen) is the middle-aged bureaucrat who must whisk her to safety from an Orwellian state and baying rebel groups.

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