Review: Children of Men

Watched the futuristic nightmare thriller 'Children of Men' last night. Definitely a visual feast for the eyes, set in a dystopian future Britain which appears to be on the brink of social and economic implosion. It is a society devoid of collective moral values, exacerbated by the fact that the human race is on it's last legs as no child has been born anywhere in the last 18 years. Women have become mysteriously infertile across the world, and whether it is due to pollution, chemical contaminants in food, genetic experimentation etc, no one is quite sure. Into this world comes a woman who has inexplicably become pregnant and the rest of the film focuses on various attempts to protect her from harm.

More than the actual storyline, are the apocalyptic scenes which I found most compelling. London in the year 2027 has become another grimy Beirut with terrorist attacks almost daily, and the government has set up a series of Guantanamo style camps for illegal refugee immigrants. The general populace looks haggard and fear is everywhere, and various violent cults have sprouted in spritual response to the awaited end of the human world.

Great film. 8/10.

Brown politicians make me sick.....

The recent news that Wajid Khan, MP for Streetsville-Mississauga has decided to switch from Liberal to Conservative does not surprise me in the least.

Brown politicians make me sick....most of them are only in it for themselves, and create a bad name for the south asian community. On my drive home today, CBC radio had an interview with the President of the Liberal Riding Association in Streetsville, another Pak Muslim, who said in his broken English that he fully supported Khan's decision since he is a close friend of his.....I mean like WTF ???? Does your 'effing sharia wife-beating, honour killing tribal loyalty take precedent over the Canadian citizens who voted that idiot into power ?

Other notable examples in recent times include Ujjal Dosanjh who switched from NDP to Liberal after leading the NDP to their biggest defeat in the BC provincial elections in 2001. And then we have that buffoon Gurmant Grewal and his pathetic attempts to secretly negotiate his switch from Conservatives to Liberals a couple of years back. And don't think it's just an Indo-Canadian thing......British Asian MPs have been known for accepting stuffed brown envelopes too.....