One of the better movies of the last fifteen years or so...great cinematography, solidly acted in every role, from minor villains to Michael Caine as a burned out old hippie radical...every part is well played. Solid script tightly directed...action movies have a tendency to get away from directors at times, what with all the explosions and bombs and pyrotechnics...not here...a case of really fine story telling, and that's what making movies is all about...

So spot on -- faced with one last chance, humans squander it with bickering and short-term goals, which is what got them to the movie situation in the first place. From a story-telling-point of view, I really liked how it had all the elements I remember from English 101 - foreshadowing, crisis, conflict of aaa vs bbb, even down to the Shakespearean technique of a character who just happens to be outside a window to overhear a conversation. I'm no expert in this regard, and experts will probably find it too obvious -- but who cares, I enjoyed it. I was able to pick up on the imagery, the suggestions, maybe even some of the hidden messages. I'd love to discuss more but that would spoil the movie. Dower, gloomy, and made me think.

I have seen this movie twice and must say it actually deserves a 10 out of 10, however, the five stars represents it somewhat! I watched it with my wireless skull candy headphones........OMG the sound was so clear i had to duck when the tanks started to shoot (the bass is super loud on the skull candy headphones.and it was on medium) Action packed with a theme and a big surprise of betrayal! Super sad ..........cant tell you what happens in the end................I hope the world NEVER sees this in real life!

Score 10!

Phenomenal movie. Clive Owen at his best. An underrated new classic. I still remember being in the theater and the whole audience was silent and motionless during the final battle in the ghetto scene. I didn't even really love the movie that night because I didn't really understand it fully but upon a second viewing I fell in love.

Opens with a bang - literally. Still keeps me glued to my seat after several viewings. Thoughtful - and unfortunately very topical - Science Fiction. Essential for fans of both movies and of speculative fiction.

Once in awhile Hollywood will put out a sleeper-one that manages to go unnoticed(think Shawshank) til a little later. For whatever reason, the more people watch this on rental, the more popular/critical acclaim it gets. Solid acting, unique plot, and depth of themes make this a definite weekend rental or at least a used copy pick up. I'd go as far as saying it's a solid blind buy, even new. Long story short, it's set in a time when in the (somewhat apocalyptic)future the human race has lost its ability to propagate the species-women can't get pregnant anymore. The addition of being in a martial-law environment, w/ societal breakdown having run amuck, adds a level of excitement/intensity to the otherwise serious and slow tone. I probably could've used a touch more character development, but it sufficed as it was. Enjoy!

A world where women are no longer giving birth. A world in turmoil. A world that will end for mankind in less than 80 years.

A lot of war still going on in the world in this movie and it's sad. You'd think at the end of times, man would come together to figure out a cure for what is wrong. Or maybe just not die mad, but peaceful. That part was kinda sad for me. You can just look at most of the people and just see in their faces that the end is near. Why people were even working anymore was a surprise to me.

Theo (Clive Owen) unexpectedy gets mixed up in a series of events starting off with a lost love that ends up with him meeting a pregnant girl that he will soon have to get out of the place that he lives to a more peaceful area of the world, and hopefully save mankind.

I thought the whole story was pretty well done in the movie. It definitely kept my attention throughout the movie. The pace of the movie seemed very fast once the action starts to pick up.

The camera work in the movie was phenomenal. The action scenes were so well choreographed it seemed real. The best part about the movie in my opion was the action scenes. Alfonso Cuarón (the director) made every action scene without taking one cut which made it all look so damn real. The last big action scene had to be about 15-20 minutes long with no cuts. I was just in awe with how well it was done.

My biggest gripe about the movie was the ending, and it wasnt even that bad, it was just not how I would've ended it. Also some parts of the story seemed to have been thrown in for filler. Other than that though...great movie.

I naturally gravitate towards science fiction dystopian films because they give us all an insight into how our future could look. Do you care about the future of humanity? I know that I definitely do. Anyways, I thought the strong premise and incredible cast anchored this film well though the backstory of how everything came to be prior to the film's events weren't well explained in it. In addition, I would have loved to know how human society was doing ten years after a near apocalypse was avoided. Lastly, I think a sequel or standalone film related to this one should be created in order to continue the storyline or premise.