I was bored last night so we decided to catch a movie. Unfortunately, due to poor planning, most seats were already taken which left us with no choice but to watch Babylon A.D., starring Vin Diesel. Now, I really dislike Vin Diesel as whatever few shows I have watched with him in it is always just lots of fighting and nothing much else. Plus I don’t really like his face :p But this was the best choice out of whatever movies were available!

I was surpised to see our home-grown Datuk Michelle Yeoh’s names in the opening credits and even more surprised to see that she had a relatively big role in the film, as a nun. 

Set in the far future, Babylon A.D. is about a veteran mecenary who agrees to deliver a woman from the depths of Inner Mongolia to New York. She is wanted by a religious group who originally bred her for the purpose of producing a genetically modified Messiah and to have a second virgin birth.

If I had one word to describe this loosely woven movie, it would be utter chaos. From the start, there was nothing buy chaos as it featured crowds of people constantly jostling, shouting and violence everywhere. The plot of the story was almost nil as there wasn’t much explanation provided at all and there was just generally quite a lot of violence involved. The ending was really silly and I walked out of the cinema feeling like I had wasted my money on the ticket!

Nevertheless, some scenes did make me think a bit about the way our world is going. In one scene, refugees running away from Russia waited for a submarine which was their vessel to freedom. As the submarine had to avoid being detected by the radars, the people were only given 2 minutes to board the submarine after which they were shot or mercilessly pushed into the freezing waters. It didn’t seem very different from the illegal immigrants today who risk their lives on makeshift rafts and vessels to get to freedom and I really did wonder if our world will one day be like this. If we will one day have to buy our way to freedom or a better life with gold and money.

Personally, I thought it was a really crappy show and one I wouldn’t recommend at all. However, if you are a fan of Vin Diesel, you might want to catch it simply to watch him fight his way through!