I'll admit it, I like Vin Diesel. There's just something about him. I recently watched the Two-Disc Special Edition DVD of his movie Babylon A.D., and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Set in a sort of apocalyptic future, Diesel plays Toorop, a veteran-turned-mercenary who is hired by a gangster named Gorksy (Gerard Depardieu) to escort Aurora (Mélanie Thierry), a girl from a convent in Russia to the United States. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon star Michelle Yeoh plays Sister Rebeka, the nun who chaperones the journey that takes them on a long trek across literally the top of the world. It doesn't take long for Toorop to realize that Aurora is not a typical girl. She is deeply sympathetic to others to the point of becoming wildly frantic if anyone is being hurt, and knows how to do things (like start up an old submarine) that she should have no knowledge of from her sheltered convent life. He also learns that Sister Rebekah can do more than just chaperone, the film takes … [Read more...]