Children of Men Review

At the beginning of Children of Men by Alfonso Curon we see this dystopic future where people are no longer able to conceive children. We are unaware if it either the men or the women who are infertile. The main character Theo lives in England the only area still somewhat functioning after the infertility crisis but they are barely surviving. They aren’t letting anyone else into the country no foreigners are allowed and anyone captured is immediately taken to an immigration camp. Soon after the film starts Theo takes a trip to see his friend Jasper who lives in a secluded and hidden area with his wife. We see Jasper as this funny kind of carefree guy who doesn’t seem to be hindered by the failing country. We also get a little glimpse into Theo’s past he was married and had a child but as of right now he had neither.

A few days after he leaves Jasper’s he gets kidnapped by his ex-wife Julian and a groups of extremists they need hos help transporting this girl by the name of Key. He has no idea why but on the way to the safe house the car is ambushed by people and Julian and a few cops are killed in the battle and everyone in the car is now named a fugitive. When they finally reach the safe house Key finally reveals to Theo why she is so important. She is pregnant. They are trying to get her to the human project. She is the “Key” to humanity because she is the first pregnant woman that they have seen in a really long time.

After a night at the safe house he finds that this group that is trying to get her to The Human Project are behind Julian’s death and they just want to use the baby to their own advantage. He immediately takes key and the midwife away. He takes it upon himself to get her safely there. He takes the both of him to his friend Jasper who agrees to help them. When the house is being ambushed he gives Theo direct instructions on how to get out of the country and gives them a car and helps them leave. Shortly after they leave Jasper is killed.

Theo takes the two to meet a border patrol cop and he gladly takes them to the Sexhill immigration camp, they have to sneak inside but on the bus there Key’s water creaks and the midwife gives her life to protect Key and her baby. Once they get in a nice lady brings them to a room where Key gives birth to a girl. The next day the cop comes back when he sees them on the news with a reward for turning them in and tries to take them but thankfully the lady saves them. Once they get outside the building it is hell on earth, fighting everywhere. The immigrants are rebelling and the military is doing its best to get them to remain calm. When Key is captured by the same group from the beginning of the film Theo runs after to save her at this point the baby is crying and everyone stops when they hear this as many have not heard it in year. Everyone including the soldiers stops to see the baby and they have this aura about them as though this is the change of things. This is the new beginning. Theo successfully get Key out but right before The Human Project boat comes to take her away he bleeds out and dies after he successfully completes his job.

Key was the key to humanity and Theo felt the need to save her, especially if it meant a new beginning for the people of the human race.