flicks
Saturday, May 26, 2007
children of men
clive owen- theo
julianne moore- jules
- kee
michael caine- jasper
world's in chaos in 2027. and london was supposed to be a stronghold of relative calm. but with bombings, deportation of immigrants - by no means civil.
infertility - intentional, unintentional for last 20 years.
theo and jules were activists. had a son Dylan, but he died in 2008 in a flu epidemic. since then they've drifted.
jules emerges as a leader for the "fishes" underground activist group. she gets killed really early on. and theo gets thrust into their plot, trying to stay alive.
finds out that the woman that he's to get transport papers for, kee, - is 8 months pregnant. she's fujian. and trying to get to the human project.
[don't feel like writing much]
eventually she gets there - thru the aid of all sorts of people, intentional/unintentional. and theo dies - hit by one of jules' men, but luckily he carries on until she's safely on the boat. the human project seemed to be a larger nicer boat.
then it ended. rather abruptly.
just don't know what actually caused the infertility. and how kee going on with her baby daughter dylan (vs. frawley or bazooka) with the human project was going to resolve anything.
but well done. violent/bloody - but not too horrible.
jasper was theo's father/good friend. "hippie" character. his wife was a photojournalist who was tortured, and was just a shell - but he took good care of her.
jules was a bit character- wish she had played a larger character. but she was killed as there were people with difft philosophies amongst the fishes.
blockbuster rental (all 4.92 now?) with @.
watched in living room, with no disturbances fr the meat pack.
while eating turkey burgers, corn, broccoli. tasty.
