History Film / ChildrenOfMen

* ColdBloodedTorture: It is heavily implied that Janice's catatonic state was caused by torture at the hands of MI5.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Julian is played by Julianne Moore, and Theo still has interest in her.

*** Prince Charles ascending to the throne and receiving criticism ('Charles Should Be Throne Out')

** Queen Elizabeth II is implied to have passed, with Charles taking over as ruling monarch (implied via the royal cypher on police helmets and various newspaper headlines referring to Charles). This ended up being a correct prediction, as Queen Elizabeth passed away in 2022.

* ChairReveal: Subverted. When Theo arrives at Jasper's house, he sees Jasper from behind sitting in his chair. The scene is [[BaitAndSwitch set up for us to assume]] that he committed suicide but instead he was just taking a nap.

* AssholeVictim: "Baby" Diego Ricardo, the youngest person on the planet at the time. He is killed at the start of the film when he gets stabbed by someone that asked for an autograph, which he not only refused to give but also responded to by spitting in the guy's face.

* EvilIsPetty: The news broadcast at the beginning of the film that mentions the world's youngest person was killed explains that the man who shanked "Baby" Diego to death did it because Diego didn't want to give him an autograph.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: As the film is set in 2027, only 20 years after it was made, it is done deliberately subtly.
** Cars, for example, may look ordinary at first glance, but are more unfamiliar upon closer inspection. They are also equipped with hi-tech heads-up displays (e.g. projecting the speedometer or warning notices onto the windscreen).
** London buses carry scrolling holographic adverts on the side, contrasting with the rickshaws now present on London's streets.
** Adverts in the street reveal human organs can now be legally purchased on 'The British Organ Market'.
** Various stalls throughout London (such as that of the 'Digital Evening Standard') use alternating digital screens to advertise.
** Radio Avalon, a former short-lived festival radio station, is now a major broadcaster in the United Kingdom.
** Queen Elizabeth II is implied to have passed, with Charles taking over as ruling monarch (implied via the royal cypher on police helmets and various newspaper headlines referring to Charles). This ended up being a correct prediction, as Queen Elizabeth passed away in 2022.
** Newspaper headlines reporting on 'Test Tube Daisy' dying suggests that {{Uterine Replicator}}s have been prototyped, even if they aren't successful.
** Miniaturization and versatility of mobile communication devices and portable computers has also advanced considerably since the 2000s.
** The British Army has upgraded to darker digital camouflage fatigues and body armour, and some soldiers are seen with what appears to be compact targeting devices built into their helmets.
** Both British soldiers and police officers are seen carrying the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM8_rifle Heckler & Koch XM8 rifle]], which was only in its prototype stage during filming.
** Some of the in-universe advertising and tech can be glimpsed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VnIrXmdYhY in this featurette]].

* NonActionProtagonist: Theo is a cynical bureaucrat tasked with protecting the world's first pregnant woman in 18 years, no easy task when crossing dystopian England with trained soldiers shooting at them from one side and armed militants shooting back on the other. Theo himself never even picks up a gun and survives mostly by guile and a good running start (although once he smashes someone's face with a car battery).

''Children of Men'' is a 2006 {{childless dystopia}}n apocalyptic {{science fiction}} film co-written and directed by Creator/AlfonsoCuaron, starring Creator/CliveOwen, Creator/JulianneMoore and Creator/MichaelCaine. It is [[PragmaticAdaptation loosely]] [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] ''TheChildren of Men'' by P. D. James.

''Children of Men'' is a 2006 {{childless dystopia}}n apocalyptic {{science fiction}} film co-written and directed by Creator/AlfonsoCuaron, starring Creator/CliveOwen, Creator/JulianneMoore and Creator/MichaelCaine. It is [[PragmaticAdaptation loosely]] [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] ''Literature/TheChildrenOfMen'' by P. D. James.

''Children of Men'' is a 2006 {{childless dystopia}}n apocalyptic {{science fiction}} film co-written and directed by Creator/AlfonsoCuaron, starring Creator/CliveOwen, Creator/JulianneMoore and Creator/MichaelCaine. It is [[PragmaticAdaptation loosely]] [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] ''The Children of Men'' by P. D. James.

* ObsoleteOccupation: One of Theo's companions, Miriam, used to be a maternity nurse before people stopped having children. Naturally, she had plenty of time on her hands afterwards, and with her past experience, became a natural candidate to help shepherd Kee, the world's last known fertile girl, to the Human Project.

''Children of Men'' is a 2006 {{childless dystopia}}n apocalyptic {{science fiction}} film co-written and directed by Creator/AlfonsoCuaron (''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', ''Film/{{Gravity}}'') starring Creator/CliveOwen, Creator/JulianneMoore and Creator/MichaelCaine. It is [[PragmaticAdaptation loosely]] [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] ''The Children of Men'' by P. D. James.

It's 2027, and no child has been born for nearly two decades. It appears that the United Kingdom has one of the only functional governments left in the world, albeit barely, and British society teeters on the verge of collapse due to the problems thrown up by a long economic decline, totalitarianism, refugee ('fujee) crisis, and terrorism.

** Queen Elizabeth II is implied to have passed, with Charles taking over as ruling monarch (implied via the royal cypher on police helmets and various newspaper headlines referring to Charles).

-->'''Miriam:''' We need to find a safe house.\\

* SeperatedByACommonLanguage: Dylan as a GenderBlenderName is an Americanism and virtually unheard of in the UK, where it's exclusively a male name. It's very unlikely

* CoolOldGuy: Jasper is a cheerful, intelligent, old school hippie who spends his time listening to heavy metal and growing and smoking copious amounts of weed. He shelters Theo and Kee, uses his contacts to arrange for them to escape to Bexhill, and rather fearlessly [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to keep them safe when the Fishes come calling.]]

* MacGuffinEscortMission: The plot follows Theo escorting Kee to a meeting point with the [[SafeZoneHopeSpot Human Project]].