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Babylon A.D.

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 30m
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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.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
96K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,702
844
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    • Director
      • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Writers
      • Maurice G. Dantec(novel "Babylon Babies")
      • Mathieu Kassovitz(screenplay)
      • Éric Besnard(scenario and dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Vin Diesel
      • Michelle Yeoh
      • Mélanie Thierry
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    • Director
      • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Writers
      • Maurice G. Dantec(novel "Babylon Babies")
      • Mathieu Kassovitz(screenplay)
      • Éric Besnard(scenario and dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Vin Diesel
      • Michelle Yeoh
      • Mélanie Thierry
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 238User reviews
    • 164Critic reviews
    • 26Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Vin Diesel in Babylon A.D. (2008)
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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
    • Neolite MIB
    • (as Pete Thias)
    • Director
      • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Writers
      • Maurice G. Dantec(novel "Babylon Babies")
      • Mathieu Kassovitz(screenplay)
      • Éric Besnard(scenario and dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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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 WatchMojo: Top 10 Movies Even Their Directors Hate (2016)
    • 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 reviews238

    Review
    Top review
    Sadly average
    I should say first that I don't know the book this movie is adapted from, so I just mean to give an opinion on the movie itself and the way it's handled.

    Director Mathieu Kassovitz has been in the business for a while now and is a well complete actor as well and still something about this project went wrong. The story itself seems solid - and somewhat I can imagine the book being just great - but the movie looks rushed with only the most important and visual parts shown.

    Actually, it's a kind of annoying experience as you can see how really good it could have been if they only did a better job on the background and the storytelling instead of mixing everything from the book in an action packed movie. Now being totally honest, the action isn't great at all thanks to the shaky hand cam effect (The Bourne Legacy I guess ...) and uninspired choreography. Same goes for the acting : Depardieu and Wilson are easily the worst : they would have read the script for the first time it wouldn't have surprise me.

    Considering all the good material it certainly feels like a misproduction, someone said the director and actor Vin Diesel were having different opinions and I do hope the latter won because if Kassovitz did it the way he wanted I'd be really disappointed.

    We've been awarded with such great movies around the same kind of subject (Children of Men to name one) that this one seems pale compared to those.
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    • Aug 25, 2008

    FAQ6

    • 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 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Babylon Babies
    • Filming locations
      • Kiruna, Norrbottens län, Sweden
    • Production companies
      • Babylon
      • MNP Entreprise
      • StudioCanal
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    Box office

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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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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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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