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Overview

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Director:
Mathieu Kassovitz
Writers:
Eric Besnard (writer)
Maurice G. Dantec (novel)
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Release Date:
29 August 2008 (USA) more
Plot:
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. | full synopsis
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Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Babylon Babies (USA) (working title)
Misión Babilonia (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Вавилон н.э. (Russia) [ru]
Babil M.S. (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Babylon A.D. (Japan: English title) [en]
Babylon A.D. (Greece) [el]
Babylone A.D. (Canada: French title) [fr]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality.
Runtime:
USA:90 min
Country:
USA | France | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Company:
Canal+ more

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Trivia:
Mathieu Kassovitz developed the film adaptation for five years. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The location of the monastery is initially given as Mongolia but later, in the news report in the apartment in New York, it is said to be Kyrgyzstan, which would match with the coordinates given early on in the movie. Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan are separated by a 600 mile wide section of China. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Toorop: Save the Planet.
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Movie Connections:
References The Godfather (1972) more
Soundtrack:
Dead Embryonic Cells more

FAQ

In what year is the story set?
Is it true that Babylon A.D.'s own director is on record saying the movie is stupid?
What does the "A.D." stand for in the title?
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147 out of 182 people found the following comment useful:-
A mess, 3 September 2008
Author: seawalker from Birmingham, England

I like Vin Diesel. Even if he is not flavour of the month anymore, if he ever was, I make no apologies for that statement. I have a story I would like to share.

In 2002, after the release of "Pitch Black" and "xXx", and even though I was possibly too old to indulge in such childishness, I wrote Vin a fan letter. I expressed my admiration for his work and politely requested an autograph on a magazine, featuring Vin on the cover, that I had enclosed with a stamped addressed envelope. A month later the magazine arrived back and it had been autographed.

I have no idea if the autograph is genuine. It may well have been signed by Vin Diesel, or maybe it was just signed by somebody in Vin Diesel's office. I will never know. Do you know what? I don't care. Somebody went to the effort to send that autograph to me for that I think that Vin is sound, is cool and I give him much respect.

I just wish that Vin appeared in better movies. This brings us to "Babylon A.D.".

Good things. The presentation of the near future world in "Babylon A.D." is beautifully done. Compare and contrast the difference between the collapsing, grunge-like, shabby Eastern Bloc, with the hi-tech, neon lit New York. Very well put together. "Babylon A.D." also has a really intriguing cast (Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Michelle Yeoh, Gérard Depardieu), some good action sequences and an interesting, if derivative, plot.

Bad things. "Babylon A.D." is a mess. There is evidence of extensive tampering with and shortening of the movie in the editing suite. (I read one rumour that 70 minutes had been cut from the movie, although the Director claims that this was more like 15 minutes.) The ending is absolutely awful and apparently not the one that the Director intended.

Director Mathieu Kassovitz has mostly disowned "Babylon A.D.", calling it a movie of 'pure violence and stupidity'. There is nothing wrong with cinematic 'pure violence and stupidity' as such, but I for one would like to have seen Mathieu Kassovitz's original vision. It could have been great.

Such a shame. I have always felt that Vin Diesel could have been the new Stallone, but bad choices have turned him into new Van Damme.

Still, "Babylon A.D." is currently the #2 film at the US Box Office, so what do I know?

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