Babylon A.D. story
Babylon A.D. is a 2008 science fiction action film based on the 1999 novel Babylon Babies by Maurice Georges Dantec. The film was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and stars Vin Diesel in the title role, Mélanie Thierry, Michelle Yeoh, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong, Jérôme Le Banner, Charlotte Rampling, and Gérard Depardieu. Synopsis: A hard-boiled mercenary get more than he bargains for when he takes on a job to escort a young woman from Russia to New York City.
12 total · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| dystopia | major | Much of the film is set in Russia in a dystopian future where war and terrorist activity have transformed Russia's cities into dangerous, overpopulated slums. |
| precognition | major | Aurora manifested an uncanny ability to intuit the future since she was a child. In the end her power was revealed to come from a supercomputer that was secretly implanted into her brain. |
| religious hypocrisy | major | The Noelite church CEO didn't give a crap about her religion, being only interested in using the church to increase her own standing. |
| religious occupation | major | The main character Sister Rebeka was an ascetic nun of the Noelite order. |
| virgin birth | major | Toorop and Sister Rebeka were floored when Aurora revealed that she was pregnant with twins despite being a virgin. Her virgin pregnancy was subsequently key to the plot. |
| body implant | minor | Toorop had a subdermally implanted UN passport. |
| endangered species | minor | The viewer learns that the Siberian tiger went extinct in 2017. There was a cloned one in a cage, but that didn't count according to some. |
| mind reading technology | minor | Darquandier used a special machine to produce video log of Toorop's memories. |
| nuclear weapons | minor | Gorsky was killed in a nuclear missile strike. |
| speculative technology | minor | Toorop examined a foldable, digital paper map. |