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Babylon A.D., 2008

Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh

Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz

Written by: Mathieu Kassovitz

Language: English

Country: USA, France, UK

Runtime: 90 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:5.3

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Babylon A.D. can be described as atmospheric, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around the clergy, a plague, and a one-man army. The main genres are action and sci-fi. In approach, Babylon A.D. is fantastical and serious. The storytelling is fast paced. It is located in Russia, China, and New York. Babylon A.D. takes place in the future. It is based on a book. Note that it involves sexual content, profanity, and violent content.

Summary of Babylon A.D.

In sci-fi thriller BABYLON A.D., Vin Diesel's Toorop is an antihero who quotes the best of cinema's bad boys from films such as THE GODFATHER and SCARFACE. But all the tattooed muscleman really wants to do is leave poverty- and violence-ridden Russia and return to his family's home in upstate New York. However, he has been banned from his native America, so when a Russian mobster (a prosthetic-enhanced Gérard Depardieu) offers him a job and a forged passport that will take him back home, he agrees, even though the mission seems close to suicide. He takes a strangely gifted orphan named Aurora (Melanie Thierry) from a Mongolian convent to Harlem, his only help being a nun--though it is a nun played by action star Michelle Yeoh. Thugs attack them on every leg of their journey, following them as they take car, train, sub, and snowmobile to ensure Aurora's safety.

BABYLON A.D works best when it's revealing facets of its futuristic world, from the refugee-camp look of Russia to the high-tech gloss of a 22-million-people-strong New York City. Production designers Sonja Klaus and Paul Cross, as well as director Mathieu Kassovitz (GOTHIKA), deserve praise for creating settings that evoke memories of dystopian films from BLADE RUNNER to CHILDREN OF MEN. Kassovitz, who is most familiar to audiences as the object of affection in AMELIE, also adapted the script from the Maurice G. Dantec novel BABYLON BABIES with Eric Besnard. The book weighed in at over 500 pages, so there are times when it feels like something is missing in BABYLON A.D. with its brief 90-minute run time. In small roles, Depardieu and French favorite Charlotte Rampling (who plays a mysterious religious leader) provide substance and gravitas.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA, France, UK
Release date:	29 August 2008
Runtime:	90 min

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Vin Diesel

as Toorop

Michelle Yeoh

as Sister Rebeka

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Entertainment Weekly

When martial arts star Michelle Yeoh shows up as a pious, butt-kicking nun, you have to wonder if Kassovitz isn't accidentally cribbing from Mel Brooks, too. Full Review

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by: Adam Markovitz

TV Guide

Rich with atmosphere but too similar to films ranging from "Children of Men" to "Doomsday" to carve out its own distinctive niche. Full Review

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by: Staff (Not credited)

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I have to agree with other reviews I've read here (unfortunately I read them AFTER watching the movie). I usually enjoy Vin Diesel action flicks. This one had a lot of promise, but did not deliver. The characters were never developed, nor was the... Read and rate it

02.August.2009
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by: strange_quark09
strange_quark09 rated this movie0/10

Attempting to rejuvenate Vin Diesel's flailing Hollywood career, this post-apocalyptic actioner does attempt of course to accomplish this but the key word here is attempt. Not saying that he is not capable of being in great movies, it is just that... Read and rate it

16.May.2009
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by: vanagonvw
vanagonvw rated this movie2/10Bad

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