Release Date
August 29, 2008
DVD Release Date
January 6, 2009 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Mathieu Kassovitz
Writer
Eric Besnard
Cast
Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson
Studio
Running Time
90 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality
What is Babylon A.D. about?
A veteran-turned-mercenary (Vin Diesel) agrees to escort a woman from Russia to Germany, not realizing that she's the host for an organism that a cult wants to harvest into a genetically-modified Messiah. Based on the novel by Maurice G. Dantec.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
One of the big flops of the summer, Babylon A.D. is an action-oriented Blade Runner/The Fifth Element rip-off
that has the distinguished honor of having its own director publicly bashing the film before its release. Think of a father going to class to insult his child on the first day of school. It's just sad, especially when the kid doesn't deserve it.
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