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Friday, March 23, 2018











     Babylon A.D.
2008  PG-13  SCIENCE FICTION  1h 30min
CAST— Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong
MUSIC— Atli Orvarsson  DIRECTOR— Mathieu Kassovitz  BASED ON— Babylon Babies (novel), by Maurice Georges Dantec

     Here we have a candidate for Big Dumb Action Movie of the Year. Starring Vin Diesel (now we’re talkin’ Oscars), this in-your-face noise-maker exceeds the legal limit of energetic confusion. The plot? Here goes: Diesel plays a former mercenary hired to escort a young girl from Europe to the states come heck or high water. And you’d better believe there’s a whole lotta heck; when the bullets and the fists begin to fly, they barely take a breather. Why is this girl so important? Or dangerous? The answer is as dumb as the rest of the movie. The film is neither compelling nor boring; the loud, over-blown effects are enough to pique your interest, but the pay-off seems more like a rip-off. Unrated version also available.
OUR RATING— **
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