LOTS OF ACTION, BULLETS, EXPLOSIONS - HOLLYWOOD FORMULA. GRADE: D
This film-adaptation of Maurice George Dantec's novel, Babylon Babies, is a jumbled mess. Started out with a potentially promising premise, the script shifted gears to become inundated pregnant-heavy with action - sacrificing whatever message that director Mathieu Kassovitz was trying to tell us - thanks to 20th. Century Fox's INEPT butcher-edit, the U.S. release is 11 minutes SHORTER than the European version.
Maybe those controversial religious deleted scenes will be on the DVD.
Production values are average; special effects are mediocre; set design - NOT futuristic enough; locations - under-exploited; camera-work - erratic shaky jarring close-ups that muddled action/fight scenes.
Michelle Yeoh and Melanie Thierry turned in the best performances. Vin Diesel CANNOT act.
Be prepared to go 'HUH?!' at the end of the movie.
The ending sucked(big time) - the story is not quite over - hinting at a sequel(!!!).
If this were a meal, it was unsatisfying stale bland.