Babylon A.D. is, surely, the movie to reignite Vin Diesel’s career.
Babylon A.D. is, in a nutshell, awesomely awful.
If that sounds like a critical contradiction, then god help you when you see the film.
Babylon A.D.(orB A.D.if you prefer) will, I imagine, be unanimously mauled by the critics.
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Firstly the dialogue.
The lines spouted forth seem to be mostly made up of hackneyed cliches.
This also has the effect of shattering any emotional outpouring by the characters.
In fact, just watch Children of Men instead if you havent).
The more emotional the characters become, the more it shows up the dialogue.
Then to the story.
Mostly because it makes you question the amount of fun and enjoyment youre actually having.
If the film had intentionally containedxXxs over the top, tongue-in-cheek attitude it would have worked far better.
There seem to be so many interesting ideas here with no clear backing.
Then theres a reference to a super virus, but with no context.
But not having these details in the actual film isnt really going to help an audience.
All it did was diminish the impact.
er whys there a shot of a flashing phone on the car floor?
Which just leaves the rating.
Rating:
1 out of 5
