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I'm no Bush lover (president), but the crux of the film seemed to be some sort of anti-US thrust.

Anti-US? Where on EARTH do you get that? The US was mentioned breifly only a couple of times, and only in the context that anarchy reigns there, like everywhere else in the world. On the news: "The seige of Seattle is in it's 1000th day." etc.

Keep in mind that the 'film' takes place in 2027. Nothing is explained as how the world went to crap.

The movie made it clear that within 60 years, mankind would no longer exist. Civilization had gone to seed with this knowledge. What's the point in moving civilization forward when it won't exist in 60 years, right?

Has the world been post-apocolyptic since 2008? You are left to 'assume' that somehow the US was behind it. And thats it.

You know what they say about assuming something . . .

How did Brition remain untouched? What about Austrailia, New Zealand, Greenland, and any other developed island nation?

Again, it was made quite clear that the UK was the world's last bastion of some semblance of civilization, including all those places you mentioned. Why doesn't matter in the context of the film. It's simply a plot device for the story.

And where are all the 'immigrants' coming from?

Many of the immigrants were already in the UK. The country wanted everyone out that wasn't UK born.

Not to mention that Brition has no natural source of oil, so where are they getting the fuel to run the country?

Were those few cars in the film gasoline powered? That was never explained, and it simply doesn't matter in the context of the movie. The movie wasn't about that.

And why for 20 years have their been no children? And why has there been no research, or at least an explanation as to the cause?

Actually, the film made it pretty clear that much of the small, overworked technocracy was trying to figure it out, to no avail.

The movie also made it pretty clear that pollution was somehow the crux of the problem. That women had probably become sterile because of some toxic reason, tho it is never really explained.

And so what?

It doesn't matter why women can't get pregnant in the film. The movie was not about that, specifically. That was really only a launching point for the film. It's a MOVIE, not a documentary. Some supension of disbelief is required, just like ANY other movie.

So consider yourself warned. Here's the crux of the film. Great Camera Work. Piss-Poor Story!

Well, no. That's only one person's opinion. Fact is, this movie was chosen as the film of the year at The Onion and is one of the highest rated films of 2006 according to the review compilation metacritic site: http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/childrenofmen For me personally, it's the best, most thought provoking film I've seen in 10 years.

I've noticed that this movie tends to piss of people who choose to ignore that humanity is bumbling down the path to self destruction similar to the one depicted metaphorically in this movie. They still think this is a left / right issue, so they think that this movie has a political bias. They can't get their heads around the basic concept of the story because they so polly-anna-ishly choose to think that everything is fine.

Clearly, you came into this film with a political agenda and your mind already made up for you. Too bad.