BABYLON A.D. - Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure (2008) ***REVIEW***

Babylon A.D. is the tale of of hired mercenary who takes the dangerous job of transporting and protecting a woman from Russia to America. Although a simple task on the surface, he does not know the importance of the mission and indeed the importance of the woman to all of man-kind, until its too late.

This movie was great at the start, went ok through the middle then completely flipped and took a nose dive. There were some great action scenes, fans of Vin Diesel will be absolutely satisfied with some 'OMG did that just happen' moments from him and some fairly good character development for him and the other main cast members. The annoying thing is this movie could have been so much better, i just wanted it to end differently when the movie finished. Plenty of loose ends left untied as the end credits role which is the main reason why i didn't particularly like this movie. Don't get me wrong, it was enjoyable throughout the majority of the film, but the ending leaves you feeling robbed of 90 minutes and robbed of what could have been a much better film.

Pros - Much of the film was completely fine, good acting, good cast and some kick ass action scenes and bad guy beatings. The CGI was also awesome for a film with a budget of $60 M. Awesome film for about an hour, then be prepared to be disappointed. Michelle Yeoh and Melanie Thierry provide the audience with something else if you get sick of Vin Diesel and pull of a great performance, particularaly from Melanie who plays the other lead role of Aurora.

Cons - The ending, i wont tell you what happens but it seems to finish extremely fast, somewhat like they were trying to just get it finished for the sake of it. Unfortunately the ending does let the rest of the movie down and will leave you slightly annoyed that they didn't clear things up a bit better towards the end. Good movie for some actions scenes and a bit of a unique story but the ending leaves it, for me, a movie not worth the cinema ticket or indeed the price of a rental.

2/5 Jandals = Good if you like films with little or no plot

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