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Long time, Rejects, long time. You’ll find I’m a lazy bastard. But somethings rush me back to the keyboard. Three things have that affect on me. Porn, fighting with horrible directors (You, Eric Forsberg!) and great movies. I come to you bearing the latter. Children of Men is possibly if not probably the best film of the year, if not the best film of the last several years. How many, I dare not count for fear of missing something. But let me tell you this: Children of Men is the type of film that needs to be applauded.

Stand up and clap. It’s that good. It’s not perfect, but it’s damn close enough. Unexpected twists and slight, believable turns guide us through a possible, desolate future. Clive Owen delivers a masterfully underplayed performance. He’s playing a man who, it may seem, hates to be alive. This is a horrid world. He doesn’t want these responsibilities. He wants it to be 20 years ago.

The other performances shine equally bright and the direction and cinematography is virtually flawless. Allow me to also hit you with this note: this has what just may be the most perfect portrayal of urban combat. You want a look into Chechnya or Fallujah or any other urban battle? This is it. That is what’s it like. And it’s gritty and dirty and beautiful.

I’m going to keep this short for one reason – you need to go see this movie right now. Who knows how long it will be in theaters. Go now, quit reading! Wait no! Finish my article and then go see it. You will not regret it. Though do yourself a favor and don’t make it a date movie. Don’t see it as a party pre-game. Give it it’s own time slot and maybe have a light lunch or dinner with friends after to discuss.

As for the film, you probably already know, but here is the basic plot. In the future, men (as in the species) can no longer reproduce. No one knows why. And because the world know has a very finite life expectancy, it falls to shit. But when Clive Owen’s character is pulled out of his “existence” by his ex-wife, a leader in an underground rebellion (Julianne Moore) and thrust into the fight for the human race, things get tense. Different sides seek to control a woman who has somehow become pregnant.

So thats it. Go see it. Now.