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Release Date:
29 August 2008 (USA) morePlot:
Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah. | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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Fan Rant: Wrong Soundtrack for the Wrong Trailer (From Cinematical. 29 November 2008, 10:03 AM, PST)
The Top Five Turkeys of 2008
(From ReelzChannel. 26 November 2008, 11:11 PM, PST)
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Not That Bad... Not That Great, But Not Bad moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Vin Diesel | ... | Toorop | |
| Michelle Yeoh | ... | Sister Rebeka | |
| Mélanie Thierry | ... | Aurora | |
| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Gorsky | |
| Charlotte Rampling | ... | High Priestess | |
| Mark Strong | ... | Finn | |
| Lambert Wilson | ... | Darquandier | |
| Jérôme Le Banner | ... | Killa | |
| Joel Kirby | ... | Dr. Newton | |
| Souleymane Dicko | ... | Jamal | |
| David Belle | ... | Kid with Tattoos | |
| Radek Bruna | ... | Karl | |
| Jan Unger | ... | Fight Promoter | |
| Abraham Belaga | ... | Assistant to High Priestess | |
| Gary Cowan | ... | Neolite Executive |
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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality.Parents Guide:
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USA:90 min | France:101 min | 161 min (original uncut version) | Argentina:90 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44122) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-13 | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Australia:MMOVIEmeter: 
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The Cyrillic tattoo on Vin Diesel's left hand reads "SLON" which stands for "Solovetsky Lager' Osobogo Naznacheniya" (Solovki Special Purpose Camp), one of the earliest GULAG's encampments (1923-1933). Later, this tattoo was popular among criminals, with a new interpretation: "Smert' Legavym Ot Nozha!" (Death for Cops From a Knife!). moreGoofs:
Errors in geography: The Noelite Convent appears for the first time with the location 41°10'N and 74°46'E (Mongolia). Checking Google Earth, this location matches a mountain in Kyrgyzstan, more than 1000 km far from the closest Mongolian border. moreFAQ
What does the "A.D." stand for in the title?A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
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It was decent. The action sequences were definitely a bit choppy, especially the first one. Also, there were a few times when I had to go "Is that even physically possible?" and the ending left a few loose ends still left, so I was sort of disappointed with that.
If you don't pay attention, you will hate this movie. It moves fairly quickly, so once you miss something, it's gone and you will be lost. So pay attention. The story is actually pretty good and actually feels down to earth, which is more than I can say about quite a few sci-fi movies.
For the record, I went into this movie not expecting much more than average, and I was slightly surprised. If you go in expecting the next academy award winner, you will completely despise it. It is no Dark Knight, so don't expect it to be. There's not much there artistically, so, if you don't like a movie simply trying to be entertaining for the sake of being entertaining, then you won't like this one. All in all, it was a good watch, not entirely worth the price for a new movie, so I suggest waiting until it comes to the cheaper theaters (if you have one near by).
As another note (and I'll probably get some heat for this) I actually enjoy Vin Diesel as an actor. This is not his best performance, but it's certainly not his worst (even though I still moderately enjoyed Chronicles of Riddick, I admit it was pretty bad and to this day I still don't know why I like it.) I think Diesel is good at what he does, although he really hasn't been in anything that really blows me away, even my favorite Diesel film (Pitch Black) wasn't completely stunning, but it was really good. With that in mind, this is a Vin Diesel movie, so, if you're not like me and you don't like Diesel, you will not like this movie and should just steer clear of it.