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 | Subject: Babylon A.D. Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:05 am | |
|  | Quote: | Babylon A.D. Reviewed by: Edward Douglas Rating: 2 out of 10 Movie Details: View here
Cast: Vin Diesel as Toorop Michelle Yeoh as Sister Rebeka Mélanie Thierry as Aurora Gérard Depardieu as Gorsky Charlotte Rampling as High Priestess Mark Strong as Finn Lambert Wilson as Darquandier Jérôme Le Banner as Killa Joel Kirby as Dr. Newton Souleymane Dicko as Jamal David Belle as Kid with Tattoos Radek Bruna as Karl Jan Unger as Fight Promoter Abraham Belaga as Assistant to High Priestess Gary Cowan as Neolite Executive
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Summary: Like a futuristic remake of "XXX" that no one ever asked for, this atrociously lame and redundant sci-fi flick also holds the honor of being the dullest action movie of the year.
Story: In the not-too-distant future, the ruthless mercenary Toorop (Vin Diesel) has been hired to protect Aurora (Mélanie Thierry), a mysterious young woman with mental powers who has been holed up in a Kazakhstan convent her entire life, smuggling her and her guardian Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh) to New York City, putting them against all sorts of obstacles along the way.
The Bottom Line: Who knows where this sci-fi action movie went wrong but sitting through it without laughing, either from discomfort or from its silliness, is difficult. Supposedly, this was a dream project for Kassovitz, and he certainly has a knack for visuals, even if not a lot of them are original. Trying to defend your work by blaming the studio (as Kassovitz has done) doesn't excuse the fact that this is the worst in a long line of movies attempting to mix intelligent sci-fi fare with mindless action to predictably horrendous results.
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