BABYLON A.D. - PREVIEW

Babylon A.D. (2008)

Starring: Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Rated: Unrated
U.S. Opening Date: February 29th, 2008

They say

A veteran-turned-mercenary (Vin Diesel) agrees to escort a woman from Russia to Germany, not realizing that she's the host for an organism that a cult wants to harvest into a genetically-modified Messiah. Based on the novel by Maurice G. Dantec.

We say

Vin Diesel returns to his action tough guy persona, but to be honest Babylon A.D. looks cheap — like the sort of production that should have gone to DVD directly instead of getting a theatrical release . . .

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