BABYLON A.D. trailer
Will it be serious sci-fi like Children of Men - or an action vehicle for Vin Diesel like Riddick?
Babylon A.D, the upcoming dystopian sci-fi thriller is a project that Vin Diesel is said to have much faith in and despite the warning signs to us after it was delayed from February to August... it's still very much a movie on my radar. Particularly because it's based on an absolutely classic French novel from Maurice G. Dantec. With a similar kind of imagery as Children of Men - Vin Diesel plays mercenary Thoorop who escorts a woman (Melanie Thierry) from Russia to China but it's not going to be as easy as it sounds because said woman is an organism that a cult wants to harvest and produce a genetically modified Messiah..
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Sadly the trailer starts off promising but then jumps into a quick fire cross cutting making it out to be another Vin Diesel action movie. Shame really because much like The Rock - unless they actually give the guy a chance of doing this type of thing as an actor first - then an action star - he will never be quite as interesting in your movie as he could be. Could you imagine True Lies if Arnie didn't get the opportunity for some dramatic scenes? Michelle Yeoh and Gerard Depardieu co-star. Talented visual helmer Mathieu Kassovitz (Gothika, La Haine) directs and it's due out August 29th. source- /film