Babylon A.D. (2008)

Note Générale:

5,3/10   

Réalisateur:

Mathieu Kassovitz

Scénaristes:

Maurice G. Dantec (novel)
Mathieu Kassovitz (scenario and dialogue) ...

Date de sortie:

29 août 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Aventure | Science-Fiction | Thriller

Intrigue:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Host | Organism | Cult | Harvest | Russia

Avis des utilisateurs:

Not That Bad... Not That Great, But Not Bad

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 9	2:30 PM	MAX
Sat. Nov. 14	2:00 PM	MAX
Wed. Nov. 18	4:30 PM	MAX

Ensemble

Vin Diesel	...	Toorop
Michelle Yeoh	...	Sister Rebeka
Mélanie Thierry	...	Aurora
Gérard Depardieu	...	Gorsky
Charlotte Rampling	...	High Priestess
Mark Strong	...	Finn
Lambert Wilson	...	Darquandier
Jérôme Le Banner	...	Killa
Joel Kirby	...	Dr. Newton
Souleymane Dicko	...	Jamal
David Belle	...	Kid with Tattoos
Radek Bruna	...	Karl
Jan Unger	...	Fight Promoter
Abraham Belaga	...	Assistant to High Priestess
Gary Cowan	...	Neolite Executive

Autre(s) titre(s):

Babylon Babies (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality.

Durée:

90 min | 101 min (extended version)

Pays:

USA | France | UK

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Classification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44122) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-13 | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 (extended version) | Mexico:B | Brazil:14

Lieux de tournage:

Barrandov Studios, Krizeneckeho namesti, Prague, Czech Republic

Société:

Canal+

Anecdotes:

The film had to be bailed out by the studio's insurance company, after running over-budget and falling significantly behind schedule.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: Despite Toorop's ranch house having been abandoned for years, with trees fallen on top of it and so on, the timbers are all very clean and dry when they should be covered in lichen and mosses and in fairly advanced stages of decomposition.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Toorop: Save the Planet.

Connexions:

Références The Godfather (1972)

Bande son:

Notre Puissance

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.