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Babylon A.D.

  • 2008
  • 14A
  • 1h 30m
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5.5/10
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Vin Diesel and Mélanie Thierry in Babylon A.D. (2008)
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Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order... Read allVeteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

  • Director
    • Mathieu Kassovitz
  • Writers
    • Maurice G. Dantec
    • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Éric Besnard
  • Stars
    • Vin Diesel
    • Michelle Yeoh
    • Mélanie Thierry
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    98K
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    • Director
      • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Writers
      • Maurice G. Dantec
      • Mathieu Kassovitz
      • Éric Besnard
    • Stars
      • Vin Diesel
      • Michelle Yeoh
      • Mélanie Thierry
    • 240User reviews
    • 166Critic reviews
    • 26Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Vin Diesel
    Vin Diesel
    • Toorop
    Michelle Yeoh
    Michelle Yeoh
    • Sister Rebeka
    Mélanie Thierry
    Mélanie Thierry
    • Aurora
    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Gorsky
    Charlotte Rampling
    Charlotte Rampling
    • The High Priestess
    Mark Strong
    Mark Strong
    • Finn
    Lambert Wilson
    Lambert Wilson
    • Darquandier
    Jérôme Le Banner
    • Killa
    Joel Kirby
    Joel Kirby
    • Dr. Newton
    Souleymane Dicko
    • Jamal
    David Belle
    David Belle
    • Kid with Tattoos
    Radek Bruna
    • Karl
    Jan Unger
    Jan Unger
    • Fight Promoter
    Abraham Belaga
    • Assistant to High Priestess
    Gary Cowan
    • Neolite Executive
    David Gasman
    David Gasman
    • Neolite Researcher
    Lemmy Constantine
    • Neolite Marketing Executive
    Peter Thias
    Peter Thias
    • Neolite MIB
    • (as Pete Thias)
    • Director
      • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Writers
      • Maurice G. Dantec
      • Mathieu Kassovitz
      • Éric Besnard
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      When the film was released, director Mathieu Kassovitz called it a "bad episode of 24 (2001)." In an interview with amctv.com, Kassovitz said that 20th Century Fox interfered throughout production, and he never had a chance to shoot a scene the way it was scripted, or the way he wanted it to be.
    • Goofs
      When we are first introduced to Auroa, you can see she has her tongue pierced with a gold barbell in a couple of close-ups when she is talking. Her character would obviously not have had her tongue pierced for many reasons, not the least being she has never ventured out into the world. In later shots, the piercing is no longer there.
    • Quotes

      Sister Rebeka: Aurora could speak when she was two years old.

      Toorop: Oh, a lot of kids speak at two.

      Sister Rebeka: Not 19 different languages.

    • Alternate versions
      20th Century Fox and Studio Canal released this film in different countries separately (since it is a co-production between the two companies). However, the version released by Fox (released for example in the United States and Great Britain) runs 90 minutes whereas the Studio Canal versions runs 101 minutes (released for example in France and Germany).
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Burn After Reading/Traitor/College/Babylon A.D./Hamlet 2 (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Deuces
      Written by RZA (as Robert Diggs) and Shavo Odadjian

      Performed by Achozen

      Courtesy of UrSession Records, Wu Music Group and Columbia Records

      Published by Universal Music Careers and Allyomusic (BMI)

    User reviews240

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    6/10
    Not That Bad... Not That Great, But Not Bad
    It was decent. The action sequences were definitely a bit choppy, especially the first one. Also, there were a few times when I had to go "Is that even physically possible?" and the ending left a few loose ends still left, so I was sort of disappointed with that.

    If you don't pay attention, you will hate this movie. It moves fairly quickly, so once you miss something, it's gone and you will be lost. So pay attention. The story is actually pretty good and actually feels down to earth, which is more than I can say about quite a few sci-fi movies.

    For the record, I went into this movie not expecting much more than average, and I was slightly surprised. If you go in expecting the next academy award winner, you will completely despise it. It is no Dark Knight, so don't expect it to be. There's not much there artistically, so, if you don't like a movie simply trying to be entertaining for the sake of being entertaining, then you won't like this one. All in all, it was a good watch, not entirely worth the price for a new movie, so I suggest waiting until it comes to the cheaper theaters (if you have one near by).

    As another note (and I'll probably get some heat for this) I actually enjoy Vin Diesel as an actor. This is not his best performance, but it's certainly not his worst (even though I still moderately enjoyed Chronicles of Riddick, I admit it was pretty bad and to this day I still don't know why I like it.) I think Diesel is good at what he does, although he really hasn't been in anything that really blows me away, even my favorite Diesel film (Pitch Black) wasn't completely stunning, but it was really good. With that in mind, this is a Vin Diesel movie, so, if you're not like me and you don't like Diesel, you will not like this movie and should just steer clear of it.
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    • Aug 30, 2008

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    • Is "Babylon A.D." based on a novel?
    • What does the "A.D." stand for in the title?
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 29, 2008 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Babylone A.D.
    • Filming locations
      • Kiruna, Norrbottens län, Sweden
    • Production companies
      • Babylon
      • MNP Entreprise
      • StudioCanal
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    • Budget
      • $70,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,532,572
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,484,627
      • Aug 31, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $72,109,200
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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