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''Babylon A.D.'' is a [[Cyberpunk]] action film based on the novel ''Babylon Babies'' by French (naturalised Canadian) sci-fi writer Maurice G. Dantec. In a near-future world divided by nationalistic and religious conflict, a mercenary called Toorop (played by [[Vin Diesel]]) is hired by a [[The Mafiya|Russian mobster]] to escort a woman {{spoiler|pregnant with genetically-enhanced twins}} to North America for delivery to the Neolites, a New Age sect. The woman's odd behaviour, and other strange events, cause Toorop to realise {{spoiler|that the babies she is carrying represent the next stage in human evolution.}}▼
'''''Babylon A.D.''''' is a 2008 [[Cyberpunk]] action film based on the novel ''Babylon Babies'' by French (naturalised Canadian) sci-fi writer Maurice G. Dantec.
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As the film's development was hellish from A to Z, the final product bombed hard and was disavowed by its own director, Matthieu Kassovitz. A making-of called [http://www.erenumerique.fr/fucking_kassovitz_-article-1634-1.html Fucking Kassovitz] was released in 2011 to reveal the extent of the disaster behind the scenes.▼
▲As the film's development was hellish from A to Z, the final product bombed hard and was disavowed by its own director, Matthieu Kassovitz. A making-of called [https://web.archive.org/web/20130520001437/http://www.erenumerique.fr/fucking_kassovitz_-article-1634-1.html Fucking Kassovitz] was released in 2011 to reveal the extent of the disaster behind the scenes.
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* [[Adaptation Decay]]: The movie centres around the [[Live Action Escort Mission]] through a [[Crapsack World]], with the [[Viewers are Morons|emphasis on the action]] and the high-concept aspects of the novel [[Gainax Ending|shoehorned in at the end]]. In the novel Toorop simply jumps on the plane to Quebec with his charge, the action is mostly over by the first half and the high-concept aspects are [[Viewers Are Geniuses|not necessarily easier to understand]]. Therefore if you enjoyed either the novel or the movie, you're likely to be disappointed in its counterpart.
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Between Aurora and Toorop just after the latter's [[Shower Scene]] (Sister Rebeka walks in on them).
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Rebecca Waterman (an Israeli mercenary who's part of Toorop's team) becomes Sister Rebeka, Aurora's [[Parental Substitute]] and a [[Warrior Monk|martial arts-trained nun]].
* [[Astronomic Zoom]]: The movie begins with a zoom down to Earth's nightside through orbiting satellites, ending up on the New York street at the moment Toorop gets killed.
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* [[Bait and Switch Gunshot]]: {{spoiler|Toorop is hit by fighter drones while escorting Aurora and Sister Rebeka across the Bering Strait. His 'friend' Finn decides to take Aurora for himself, believing she's a priceless viral weapon. When Sister Rebeka objects he says matter-of-factly: "You, I don't need." A shot then rings out...and Finn falls dead, revealing the [[Not Quite Dead]] Toorop holding a pistol. The scene works well because Rebeka is not a main character, and thus more likely to get shot.}}
* [[Beast and Beauty]]: The bare-knuckle brawler in the refugee camp is instantly smitten with Aurora and tries to protect her from kidnappers.
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: At first Toorop treats Aurora as [[The Load]]; by the time they get to Canada there's noticeable [[UST]] between them.
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* [[Border Crossing]]: The protagonists must cross the Bering Strait via submarine and snowbike, while avoiding [[Attack Drone|Attack Drones]].▼
* [[Car Chase]]: The chase scene between [[Van in Black|Neolite Range Rovers]] and the Hummers, shown in the cinemas and available as a deleted scene on DVD.
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* [[Coincidental Broadcast]]: Used more judiciously than usual. There's an entire wall showing dozens of channels, which makes it easier to accept if at least one of the channels is showing something relevant.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: In slow motion, during the New York shoot out, Aurora and Sister Rebekah have a missile pass ''not more than a foot'' in front of their faces. This should not be pleasant.
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* [[Parental Substitute]]: Aurora has several of these; Rebeka who raised her in the convert, while Darquandier and the High Priestess both refer to Aurora as their daughter and act [[Like an Old Married Couple]] who've undergone a nasty divorce.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Aurora in ''Babylon A.D.'' is believed to be a viral weapon at first. In "Babylon Babies" another woman is used in this fashion -- when she comes into proximity with the pheromones of her target, her body rapidly [[Rapid Aging|creates a virus that kills several hundred people in minutes]], wiping out the upper echelons of the Neolite sect.
▲* [[Post Mortem One Liner]]: In the novel Toorop chants a sura from the Koran after he kills two border guards.
* [[Product Placement]]: An airliner with a Coke Zero ad painted across its entire surface. The [[Big Applesauce]] is also full of advertising, some of it related to the plot, others for products well known to the audience.
* [[Prophecy Twist]]: Aurora predicts they're all going to die in New York. {{spoiler|Rebeka is indeed killed in the shootout. Toorop also dies, but he gets revived. Aurora dies during childbirth in a hospital in the state of New York.}}
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