Babylon A.D. (Blu-ray Disc, 2009, 2-Disc Set; Checkpoint; Sensormatic; Widescreen)

The question that always seems to pop into my head first is this. Does Vin Diesel pick these roles because he better relates to the people he plays, or, do the people making the movie want to type cast him as a real ruthless mercenary with a tiny soft spot who will save the day? I don't know. The character he plays is very tough and we seldom really understand how he became this rough and rowdy.

Babylon A.D. takes place in the crappy version of the future where everyone who is living in Russia is barely scraping by and New York is still prospering. I'm not sure what kind of message this sends to us yet, Blade Runner's Ridley Scott had a similar vision of a heavily populated Chinese base in the San-Francisco future.

The story line was pretty engrossing at times yet kept us wandering whether we where really just wasting our time trying to care for the Girl and Guy trying to get to New York City. A lot's of action but would have been alot better to start the movie in New York City a bit sooner instead of wasting our time wondering whether they were ever going to get out of the God-Forsaken area they started within the script.

There is definitely a reason to see this movie at least once or twice, but nothing like other thrillers like "Event Horizon" or "Blade Runner" where you want to watch it at least 1 a year. I would say very interesting and intriguing enough to keep you guess but borders on making you wish you were on the set of the movie to give more advice to editing and direction.

I'll give this a 4 out of 5 though.

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My first reaction to Babylon A.D. was that it's not nearly as bad as its own director, Matthieu Kassovitz, has been claiming it is, although that reaction came to me before I got to the end of the movie. The movie has a cool set-up and a few good action sequences, although they suffer from that all too modern symptom of having been put together by editors who must have been on some kind of amphetamines. Like so many other recent action films (Death Race, for example), the fight scenes and chase scenes and whatnot are cut together so fast that they fly by with dizzying speed, and you move on with the rest of the movie with only a vague impression of what just happened.

I have to say that Babylon A.D. left me with the feeling that it could have and should have been so much better than it was, and I'm guessing that was the money-hungry hand of the studio that swept away all of the good parts of the movie. I'm hoping that when Babylon DVD comes along it will include the uncut, 160-minute version that the Europeans saw, along with an explanation of why it was so badly butchered before released to American audiences. At any rate, any Director's Cut is sure to be a different movie entirely.

Good movie.lots of action.I would recommend to have in blu ray collection. Futuristic and very much real like.

I enjoyed the movie overall. The action scenes weren't bad and the visions of the near future were interesting at least. The story was not very good though, it started off well enough with Diesel kicking some ass and being sent off on some crazy mission, but it kind've started to become less interesting when Aurora started having visions and going crazy. The scene in the refugee camp where Toorop ends up killing the fighter guy seemed long and unnecessary. When it was revealed that Aurora was some kind of genetically engineered superhuman being used by the Noelites I was disappointed, and I was also disappointed when it was revealed that she was having superhuman twins. I think so much more could've been done with this movie then useless action and a weak ending. It would've been much better if they cut out the whole part in America and made it into something that made a little more sense and that was more interesting. Then the ending with Aurora dying was just stupid. The movie seemed like it had a message with its talk of why save the planet in the beginning and end, but I think the makers of the movie couldn't really figure out what point they were trying to make. But I like Vin Diesel, so I still enjoyed it.

Hong Kong's Michelle Yeoh stars alongside American muscle man Vin Diesel in this science fiction thriller concerning a nun who is charged with the task of caring for a young girl who may be the carrier of a deadly virus. Based on author Maurice Dantec's Babylon Babies.

Movie was good, really liked the special effects, storyline was a little boring. I would still recommend watching movie again.

This movie is pretty much a war-torn world escort mission, set in the not too distant future. A bit bleak. A bit dirty. Vin is the driver/protector man on a job and most of this movie is his journey to New York escorting a super human chick. Not a lot of flash for a future movie, but as long as you know that goin in and you like Vin Diesel to begin with, you may just like this movie. I liked it, don't get me wrong. But didn't have much of a wow factor. And the ending was a little anti-climactic. The bad guy doesnt even get it in the end. If you can really call her a bad guy. Anyway. Whatever.

i love the movie it came it in very fast. im a very big vin diesel fan. he makes good action movies. granted they are not like the average arnold, or bruce willis action but thats what makes it interesting. the movie was great especially on blu ray. amazing clarity and quality. and at that price you cant go wrong in owing a blu ray dvd for that price. !!

great buy great seller i definetly recommend to everyone got the movie on time in fantastic condition in and ut real simple real fast!

This is a well made movie, and Ven Diesel delivers a respectable performance. The fate of the characters depicted is not truely known until the very end. I will look at this film again somewhere down the line.

I BOUGHT THIS DVD MOSTLY BECAUSE WATCHING MOVIES IS MY FAVORITE HOBBIE. I LIKE MOVIES A LOT, AND THIS MOVIE WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT I REALLY LIKE I MEAN I KNOW I CAN WATCH IT LIKE 100 TIMES IM STILL GONNA LIKE IT. THE CHARACTERS AND EVERY SINGLE SCENE OF IT. THIS PRODUCERS KNEW WHAT THEY DID AND AS I SAID I REALLY LIKE IT.