Babylon A.D. Release Date: August 29, 2008 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Mathieu Kassovitz Screenwriter: Eric Besnard Starring: Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling,
Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action,
language and some sexuality) Official Website: BabylonADmovie.com
Plot Summary: It is the not-too-distant future. Thousands of satellites
scan, observe and monitor our every move. Much of the planet is a war zone; the
rest, a collection of wretched way stations, teeming megalopolises, and vast
wastelands punctuated by areas left radioactive from nuclear meltdowns.
It is a world made for hardened warriors, one of whom, a mercenary known only as
Toorop (Vin Diesel), lives by a simple survivor's code: kill... or be killed.
His latest assignment has him smuggling a young woman named Aurora from a
convent in Kazakhstan to New York City.
Toorop, his new young charge Aurora (Melanie Thierry) and Aurora's guardian
Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh) embark on a 6,000 mile journey that takes them
from Eastern Europe, through a refugee camp in "New Russia," across the Bering
Straight in a pilfered submarine, then through the frozen tundra of Alaska and
Canada, and finally to New York. Facing obstacles at every turn, Toorop, the
killer for hire, is tested like never before, in ways he could never have
imagined - as he comes to understand that he is the custodian of the only hope
for the future of mankind.
For the first time in his life, Toorop has to make a choice: to make a
difference or walk away and save himself.
EN 5 Second Review:
Critics are going to hate this film, we aren't quite as
tough, but wouldn't call it a great film either. A throwaway Saturday
night video is more like it.
A
noisier, costlier version of Children of Men, yet lacking
that film's social-political significance and jaw-dropping
direction Jordan Mintzer: Variety
Looking less like he's trying to save the planet than like
he's fighting off a really bad hangover, Vin Diesel punches,
shoots but ultimately dozes his way through the sloppy
sci-fi actioner "Babylon A.D."...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Critics are going to hate this film, we aren't quite as
tough, but wouldn't call it a great film either. A throwaway Saturday
night video is more like it.
