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Science-Fiction is at its best when it takes elements of current society and stretches them to unlikely but logical extremes.  The fantastic events that occur don’t always have to be believable, but the metaphor does.  “Babylon A.D.” plays at painting a future in which religion and corporations struggle to control government but this background never seems to impact the story in a compelling way.  Director, Mathieu Kassovitz, does seem to pay a lot of attention to the look and feel of the film, but it is not enough to carry the story.  No doubt, a director’s cut DVD is in the future for this movie, but that doesn’t help theater goers.

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A terrific send up of “White teacher connects with troubled minority high school students” movies. Horrifically offensive in the funniest of ways. Even if you think this movie will leave you unsettled, see it anyway and get over yourself.

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