Babylon A.D.

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Babylon A.D.

PG-13

2008

1h 30m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a battle-hardened mercenary, Toorop (Vin Diesel), lives by his own code and the credo kill or be killed. His latest assignment is to escort a young woman named Aurora (Mélanie Thierry) and her guardian, Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh), from Kazakhstan to New York. Facing danger at each turn, Toorop begins to realize that Aurora represents the last hope for mankind's survival.

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Critics Consensus

A poorly constructed, derivative sci-fi stinker with a weak script and poor action sequences.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Oct 18, 2008

1.5/5

I call it (sneeringly, natch) the 'New Nihilism,' but, to be fair, it's really just the old, Franco-Prussian existential angst hole ratcheted up and dumbed down for our not so brave new world.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Oct 10, 2008

2.5/5

Strap yourself in for some pure violence and stupidity.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

Oct 10, 2008

0.5/5

Whatever happened to Mathieu Kassovitz, the French actor director whose amazing film La Haine made such an impact 13 years ago?

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Sep 11, 2021

3/5

...as futuristic visions go, Babylon A.D. actually gets a lot right...

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Apr 13, 2020

1.5/5

Defenders contest that Matthieu Kassovitz's director's cut is preferable. It certainly couldn't have a more incomprehensible ending. Silver lining? Vin Diesel remembered that movie where a sub cracks the ice and did it better a decade later.

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Ellie Lucas

The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

Jun 5, 2019

1.5/4

There are some high ideas to be found buried beneath all the rubble, but they're so obscured by the banal, hyperactive action scenes that they don't really register.

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Tony M

@tonymedleyjuniorjr 2 days ago

This movie is a Phobe with Snacks. It's a Blade Runner/Children of Men Clone that falls somewhere in between the Transporter and XXX. I don't know why it was necessary to start in the middle of the movie then rewind back. Everybody's performances felt really wooden and unconvincing especially Aurora Borealis. The movie takes too long to get going while some how explaining nothing about the world they're in. The third act was really plot lift off. But then after the big act last Action scene the movie crawls to the end. Then when the movie ends it ends so nihilistically it just makes me wonder what was the point of watching all of that. AOff: VD by default 5HM: What is this movie about? GD: Memory Surfing OOOOOOPPPP

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Cork B

@RT87142816 5 days ago

Could have been a lot better. It felt like there was a deep AI Blade Runner story they were going for, and at the last minute said 'cut all the exposition and plot points and just have Vin look tough and hit people'. The movie clearly has a lot of money behind it, but for all that, the stunts look cheesy, and the action scenes are shot in shaky cam in dark raves, so you cannot tell what is going on. Michelle Yeoh is in here for some reason I cannot fathom, and the little bit of martial arts she did were all blurred by the shaky cam. Mark Strong = wasted. Vin is ok, but he is just a bit too unlikeable unlike other actors that can pull off the rogue anti hero. I guess I liked the Necromancer movie he was in better.

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Ian R

@RT23899272 Sep 21, 2026

A stupid mess of a film. I fail to appreciate Vin Diesel.

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Jordan S.

@jswez Feb 8, 2026

Interesting premise poorly delivered. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the director is hiding an ace in the pocket until the ending is revealed.

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Gerald H

@RT00885100 Sep 2, 2025

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Louis S

@RT52054278 Aug 23, 2025

One star, because it had a few interesting ideas and was actually feeling like it could be good for awhile. I thought the acting was also good, but what a lame story and ending! Yeeesh!

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Synopsis

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a battle-hardened mercenary, Toorop (Vin Diesel), lives by his own code and the credo kill or be killed. His latest assignment is to escort a young woman named Aurora (Mélanie Thierry) and her guardian, Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh), from Kazakhstan to New York. Facing danger at each turn, Toorop begins to realize that Aurora represents the last hope for mankind's survival.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Producer: Alain Goldman, Mathieu Kassovitz, Selwyn Roberts
Screenwriter: Mathieu Kassovitz, Éric Besnard
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: MNP Entreprise, Canal+, M6 Films Production, StudioCanal
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language|Some Sexuality)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.5M
Runtime: 1h 30m

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