Children of Men

(Note: This review refers to the Blu-ray version of the DVD.)

Alfonso Cuaron's adaptation of P.D. James' futuristic thriller is a wrenching portrait of a bleak, impoverished world of industrial decay where two decades of infertility have created a mood of hopelessness. Against this backdrop, Cuaron makes the hope of life into a vision of awe as numbed hero Clive Owen is roused from his emotional coma in the face of a miracle. Along with the previously released featurettes are Blu-ray exclusives: a "U-Control" picture-in-picture video track and interactive access to the complete commercials, billboards and ads created for the film.