Babylon A.D. (Uncut DVD Review)

What I knew going in:
Vin Diesel in an Action Sci-Fi Flick. Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (5th Element). Chronicles of Riddick + 5th Element? Ok so its going to be WEIRD.

Hype:
Meh+ - I saw this in the theater, which had a drugged out heroin addict for an editor. Scenes were not cut together properly and the ending looked like he fell asleep at the wheel. The resulting Felony EUI looked like a 12 car pile-up at the bottom of Lombard Street that included a gasoline hauler. This version is the EUROPEAN cut of the film with an additional 15 minutes - all of which I was hoping would explain the PLOT that was left out of American Theaters.

Opening Thoughts:
Oh man that rap song int he beginning hasn't gotten any better. I could do better pushing rappers down the stairs at Chichen Itza and editing what's left. OK Vin we get it. You're a badass. Stop punishing the Asian weapons dealer half your size to prove it.

Bottom Line:
Hey guess what? Much like many Director's Cuts before it such as Abyss, Independance Day, and the all time classic of -why the hell did you leave that out scenes- Aliens, Babylon AD all of a sudden makes sense. The first half of the film is basically a long chase scene, setting up the darkly futuristic, almost cyberpunk feeling ending. Love it or Hate it, how you feel about Sci-Fi is going to determine much of your enjoyment of this film. I can like it despite its flaws and now that I understand the story I can recommend it to other future-heads. Lets all hope the Vatican is never able to capitalize on this premise, nor that we fall as a society so far as to allow them to deceive us in this way.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364970/