The future looks a lot like the past (or at least like past movies) in this lazily derivative SF action flick.
Comment
08/27/08
Rate This Movie
Babylon A.D. (2008)
00 %
Reviews Counted: 6 Fresh: 0 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 2.8/10
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Theatrical Release: Aug 29, 2008 Wide
Synopsis: Vin Diesel muscles his way from Eastern Europe to New York City in this post-apocalyptic thriller. The actor plays a mercenary who must take a package west in the midst of a crumbling world, but the package is more than it appears. French director Mathieu Kassovitz (LA HAINE, GOTHIKA) helms... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Screenwriter: Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric Besnard
Producer: Ilan Goldman
Composer: Atli Orvarsson
Screenwriter: Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric Besnard
Producer: Ilan Goldman
Composer: Atli Orvarsson
Reviews
1 - 6 (sorted by date)
More murky travelogue and hi-tech apocalyptic tall tale than crystal ball thriller terror ride, Babylon AD and its own destiny appear lurching toward Babylon DVD, prophetically much sooner than later.
08/24/08
Kassovitz second American film is as disappointing as Gothica but for different reasons. The actioner, which opened in France, suffers from weak script, lack of unified vision and problems of productions that blend actors of various countries and styles
08/24/08
Although based on Maurice George Dantec's sci-fi novel "Babylon Babies" "Babylon A.D." comes across as an undercooked retooling of Alfonso Cuaron's much better 2006 film "Children of Men." Even the most forgiving sci-fi fans will have a hard time making s
08/23/08
The sort of thing that would have starred Rutger Hauer in his direct-to-video heyday . . .
08/23/08
A noisier, costlier version of Children of Men, yet lacking that film's social-political significance and jaw-dropping direction.
08/20/08
Top Critic1 - 6 (sorted by date)
Related Forums
Trailer looks like lots of movies
by: bigAO 8/24
by: bigAO 8/24
Pictures
Trailers & Clips
News
Babylon A.D. Director Speaks Out Against...Babylon A.D.
posted by Devin Faraci August 26, 2008
So maybe all those rumors about discord behind the scenes of "Babylon A.D." were true after all: In a new interview,...
posted by Devin Faraci August 26, 2008
So maybe all those rumors about discord behind the scenes of "Babylon A.D." were true after all: In a new interview,...
Trailer Bulletin: Babylon A.D.
posted by June 12, 2008
The trailer for Vin Diesel's post-apocalyptic thriller Babylon A.D. has hit the Web, and IGN's got it!...
posted by June 12, 2008
The trailer for Vin Diesel's post-apocalyptic thriller Babylon A.D. has hit the Web, and IGN's got it!...
Fox Not Chopping Babylon A.D. for U.S.
posted by Sara Schieron April 17, 2008
The Babylon A.D. production blog has officially refuted the rumor that the US will receive a drastically shorter...
posted by Sara Schieron April 17, 2008
The Babylon A.D. production blog has officially refuted the rumor that the US will receive a drastically shorter...
Fox Chops Babylon AD in Half?
posted by Todd Brown April 09, 2008
The version of Mathieu Kassovitz' Babylon AD that reaches theaters may be over an hour shorter than the director's cut...
posted by Todd Brown April 09, 2008
The version of Mathieu Kassovitz' Babylon AD that reaches theaters may be over an hour shorter than the director's cut...
IGN RSS Feeds