When most ecological disaster based dystopian book or movies see a rampant population as one of the main contributors to an environmental apocalypse, Children of Men goes in the opposite direction and envisions a world where an unknown virus has sterilized everyone on Earth.
The main source of anxiety and suspense in most apocalyptic media is the struggle for the characters to preserve their own lives and the lives of their loved ones. Children of Men is such a radical departure from that because the main character starts of in a relative position of comfort and safety compared to most of the world. The main focus of fear is not for the lives of the characters, but for the survival of the human race itself.
Unlike Life As We Knew It I can actually understand why someone might question the point of continuing to live in the face of total extinction.But this movie isn't depressing at all. The characters are likeable and their is a lot of pleasant and even light hearted interaction between them.Nobody in this movie ever has any lack of passion to live. On the contrary they fight for survival of the species.
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