Children of Men

Children of Men was a film with Clive Owen that takes place in the future. It deals with society that in the future does not have children, and women cannot give birth. There is also a strong central governmental entity that monitors the society, as well as fight rebels from outside of the society. Clive Owen, along with Julianne Moore, later in the movie must sneak a young woman to the rebels, yet he does not know why. He later finds out that this woman is actually pregnant, which shocks him and others because it was thought all women cannot give birth. He fights through many intense situations and though he dies, he is able to get her to escape with her newly born baby on a boat. 

The director does many things well in this movie. It is well known that this movie has one-shot camera styles where the entire scene is all done in one take without having to reshoot. This was prominent throughout the film and created very intense action scenes and it made the viewer feel as if he or she was in the scene. The acting was very strong from Clive Owen, and the writing seemed to be done well also. One area that could have been different was the somewhat confusing plot. The film seemed to get either confusing at times to keep up, making the viewer try and remember each scene from before in order to follow the rest of the movie.

Overall, the director made a good movie with the use of one-take scenes and good message throughout the film.