Movie Info
Genre
Adventure, Sci-Fi, ActionRelease Date
August 29, 2008MPAA Rating
PG-13Duration
90 min.Production Budget
$60 millionsStudio
The 20th Century FoxOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Mathieu KassovitzProducer
Alain Goldman, Mathieu KassovitzScreenwriter
Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric BesnardStarring
- Vin Diesel as Toorop
- Michelle Yeoh as Sister Rebeka
- Melanie Thierry
- Gerard Depardieu
- Charlotte Rampling
- Mark Strong
- Radek Bruna
- Lambert Wilson
Movie Story
It is the not-too-distant future. Thousands of satellites scan, observe and monitor our every move. Much of the planet is a war zone; the rest, a collection of wretched way stations, teeming megalopolises, and vast wastelands punctuated by areas left radioactive from nuclear meltdowns.
It is a world made for hardened warriors, one of whom, a mercenary known only as Toorop (Vin Diesel), lives by a simple survivor's code: kill... or be killed. His latest assignment has him smuggling a young woman named Aurora from a convent in Kazakhstan to New York City.
Toorop, his new young charge Aurora (Melanie Thierry) and Aurora's guardian Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh) embark on a 6,000 mile journey that takes them from Eastern Europe, through a refugee camp in "New Russia," across the Bering Straight in a pilfered submarine, then through the frozen tundra of Alaska and Canada, and finally to New York. Facing obstacles at every turn, Toorop, the killer for hire, is tested like never before, in ways he could never have imagined - as he comes to understand that he is the custodian of the only hope for the future of mankind.
For the first time in his life, Toorop has to make a choice: to make a difference or walk away and save himself.
Too bad it came on the day he died.
Reader's Reviews
Ooops, we ran out of money! THE END
posted by Captain Packrat on Sep 04, 2008
The song is deuces by achozen. its the rap song in the begginging
posted by ambi on Sep 04, 2008
good action, bad story, if you like Vin you'll like the movie, accept for the end....what the !
posted by canadian on Sep 04, 2008Dude--wat up wit da soudtrack?!
posted by Mustyballs on Sep 04, 2008Where can i get the CD soundtrack?
posted by Nick on Sep 04, 2008good action scenes not a classic but watchable...
posted by mk on Sep 02, 2008with Vin Diesel... the movie is GREAT!!!
posted by Johnny on Sep 02, 2008dont expect any oscars here, but a great entertaining film. special effects were good, it was very stylish and the picture flowed from beggining to end. if your gonna whine and bitch about a vin diesel performance, dont go see it. you know how this type of movie will go. all in all, if you want to kill a few hours, go see the movie, its worth a few bucks; just dont expect oscar like performances.
posted by papi on Sep 01, 2008Good movie with a lot of action, not the greatest plot, but hey it's Diesel here what do you expect!
posted by Augie on Sep 01, 2008Poor storyline. Also the incredibly shaky camera shots during action shots to mask poor scene layouts, choreographing and character placement makes the movie very poor. That and there was no closure for the audience due to substandard storyline. The movie was obviously shot on 1 lot with a blue screen and employed 1 CGI team creating no changing dynamic. Character development was slow and incomplete making it impossible to emotionally bond with any of the characters. This was a very poor production banking on star power for a decent rating.
posted by Powerbuilt on Sep 01, 2008Todays type of movies all end the same.. This Movies was as original as its ending.. if you want a disney ending go see Wall-E
posted by John-117 on Sep 01, 2008Well This Movie Was Outstanding... I Dont Know What The Other Viewers Think.. But I Give this Five Amazing Stars. This Movie Had A Intresting Plot And Twist.
posted by Willy on Sep 01, 2008EXCELLENT MOVIE DEFINET GO SEE unimaginable twists and turns loved it! Great for action lovers and fighting phanatics
posted by elijah on Sep 01, 2008why didnt they just do it.. lol
posted by b on Sep 01, 2008If you go in with to high of expectations then you will be disappointed. If you go in and just enjoy that movie for what it is, a fast paced, kick ass, movie, then you will really like it.
posted by Lily on Sep 01, 2008in the begginig of the movie what is the song he is walking to? the rap song?
posted by dd on Sep 01, 2008good action scenes, but the story is non-sense
posted by tobi on Aug 31, 2008Good Vin Diesel movie, but ended terrible
posted by Kankles on Aug 31, 2008Movie was terrible. Unbelievable 1 man army. 1 man vs many and he ends up winning. Vin Diesel's deep voice does not go very far. It's a Triple X copy cat or wanna be. He tries to portray the same type of character. He needs to get new material. Ending is about as horrible as the entire movie. I overheard people leaving the theatre asking themselves, "Was that a movie?" Many people laughed as they left not believing that they actually paid to see this. As did I.
posted by moviegoer on Aug 31, 2008brilliant i thought it could of ended no better i loved it 5/5 for me
posted by savage on Aug 31, 2008wait for it too be shown on television, do not invest any money in this film.
posted by tommy on Aug 31, 2008movie was sick get over it
posted by ok on Aug 31, 2008This movie was shit. I didn't know what it was about until the end.
posted by Hurled on Aug 31, 2008great movie for about an hour and 2o minute. the ending made no sense. and what was up woth the seen with vin and the 17 year old girl in the bathroom?
posted by colton on Aug 31, 2008exellent ..... wow ....
posted by psycho on Aug 29, 2008