Genre: Action-Adventure, Sci-fi
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Producer: Alain Goldman, Mathieu Kassovitz
Screenwriter: Éric Besnard, Mathieu Kassovitz, Joseph Simas
Stars: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry, Charlotte Rampling, Gerard Depardieu
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Critic SCORE =
1.0 out of 5 Stars
In the movie critic handbook (yep, we all get one), there are certain assured signs that a movie is going to tank and tank hard. Sometimes, all it takes is a name over a marquee (Rob Schneider!). In other instances, the format (mindless Movie lampoon) foreshadows the flop sweat. Perhaps the surest indication of some certified crap comes from the studio itself. When they fail to screen a film before it opens, even canceling pre-planned previews to avoid that deadliest of PR pariahs (bad word of mouth), you know you’re in trouble. After the 90 soulless minutes that make up Mathieu Kassovitz’s Babylon A.D., you’ll never doubt that tome again. Toorop (Vin Diesel) is a mercenary hired by an old ally, Gorsky (Gerard Depardieu) to transport a young girl named Aurora (Mélanie Thierry) from Eastern Europe to New York City. In the violent, dystopic world which is the future, she needs someone with Toorop’s skills as a smuggler. Along with Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh), the trio must traverse crowded train depots, perilous border checkpoints, a trip aboard an old Soviet sub, and a snowmobile ride across a security drone-policed arctic tundra. Once they arrive in America, Toorop finally discovers the purpose of his mission. Aurora is either carrying a deadly disease… or the new messiah. In either case, the evil High Priestess (Charlotte Rampling) will stop at nothing to get her hands on them.
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Thanks for jumping on the grenade on this one.
bad, bad, stooopid. worst movie ever! terrible.
popcorn wasn’t bad.
Tim
it was pretty bad.
jenny
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
darcy
I felt as though that the studio removed all the “story” & “substance” from the film and left only the action bits. If anyone here has ever watched “Mad TV” they did a version of “The Sopranos” that was to air on Pax TV. So the basic premis was that an hour long episode was only about 10 minutes and the only thing was cut to pieces due to the curseing. At least thats what this movie reminded me but I am hopeful that there will be a directors cut on DVD in the next few months that will redeem. Its still not a terrible movie but not as good as it should have been.
“…there are certain assured signs that a movie is going to tank and tank hard.”
For me? It’s seeing the name VIN DIESEL in the cast list.
I think people these days seal a movies fate before it even shows. Everyone said it was supposed to be bad and so it becomes a giant bandwagon of hate. It wasn’t the greatest, most epic sci fi movie. But it wasn’t that bad either. If you gave it a chance it made you think and at the same time provided an interesting futuristic vision of the world.
That was the worst ending I have seen in a very long time! What the hell!!