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Genre | Mystery & Thrillers, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction |
Format | Dolby, Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Special Edition, Dubbed, Subtitled, NTSC, Widescreen |
Contributor | Grard Depardieu, Mlanie Thierry, Souleymane Dicko, David Belle, Mathieu Kassovitz, Radek Bruna, Jrme Le Banner, Eric Besnard, Charlotte Rampling, Joseph Simas, Michelle Yeoh, Vin Diesel, Maurice G. Dantec, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong, Joel Kirby See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
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Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: UN
Release Date: 6-JAN-2009
Media Type: DVD
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Confusing and chaotic, Babylon A.D. was said by its director, Mathieu Kassovitz, to have been heavily cut in order to obtain a PG-13 rating. Whether or not that explains why the film feels so thin on story details and heavy on obligatory explosions, is hard to say. What is clear is that the film is mildly enjoyable if one just focuses on the non-stop action. Vin Diesel plays Toorop, a futuristic mercenary living in Eastern Europe and eating unappetizing critters. A gangster named Gorsky (Gerard Depardieu) engages him to transport a girl, Aurora (the spooky-looking Melanie Thierry), and her chaperone, a nun named Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh), from Russia to New York, taking a route over the top of the world. With no idea what's so special about Aurora, Toorop soon encounters some inexplicable facts. First, Aurora has a wild passion for helpless people, including the poor, refugees, etc.--so wild, she has to be contained at times. She also has a strange genius for understanding such things as handling the controls of an old submarine, which she has never been done before.
Over the North Pole and down into America, Toorop is drawn into a battle for possession of Aurora fought in Manhattan's streets. The combatants, it turns out, are more or less Aurora's parents, who have very different reasons for wanting something special she's carrying within her. The complicated story is never truly clear, making it hard to sympathize with a downbeat ending or enjoying a sophisticated support cast including Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Depardieu and Lambert Wilson. Diesel is his usual laconic and enjoyable self, and his performance as a hit man who settles somewhat into a makeshift family with Rebeka and Aurora is as touching as his fighting skills are still impressive. --Tom Keogh
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.35 x 0.55 inches; 4.8 ounces
- Item model number : 2256489
- Director : Mathieu Kassovitz
- Media Format : Dolby, Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Special Edition, Dubbed, Subtitled, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Release date : January 6, 2009
- Actors : Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mlanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B001KMB6YG
- Writers : Eric Besnard, Joseph Simas, Mathieu Kassovitz, Maurice G. Dantec
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #112,826 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,521 in Science Fiction DVDs
- #5,891 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #10,736 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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To his credit, Vin Diesel, sans the Riddick get-up, DOES look like he could kill somebody barehanded, it does come across, and it works, even if it's his stock and trade. The thing is, a film like "Children of Men" touched on these themes, and did it with bold excellence as a refugee story and got alot of good press. And the press doesn't like films that come in second with similar material. But in it's defense, Babylon A.D. is not social commentary sci-fi, it's an adventure film. It's not a better movie, and it doesn't try to dig into some deeper social relevance. But it's NOT a dumb action movie, either. The characters have a little more depth that I was expecting, and I found myself feeling happily unsure of what was actually going on during the climactic shootout in NY, only to feel really hooked by the film in it's last 20 minutes, as the political plot subtexts began to play out.. it got interesting. For a wild cameo I applaud Charlotte Rampling for going all out as a corporate church heavy bad guy. What a joy to see her plug somebody with a Desert Eagle and *spoiler alert* NUKE Gerard Depardieu.
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Babylon A.D. is not a groundbreaking science fiction film. It's a genre film. But it's above average. It's just not Children of Men, and that's why it got trashed. Give it a look.
The quality of the bluray image is very handsome, btw, although much of the film features alot of earth tones, especially in the Soviet section of the film.
Overall, I loved it.
I am such a big fan of this guy. I am just drooling for his next Riddick film. Looks like the cost of a third film is the obstacle to this happening. My heart would go out to Vin doing Riddick in his forties. The physical demands of such a role would be tough and I would hate to see him do the film and have it too obvious that physically, it was beyond him. Still, the absence of that third Riddick film, is a heart breaker. Oh, back to Babylon AD, very, very watchable.