Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, Babylon AD is a thriller futurist telling the story of a mercenary charged to cary a young woman from Russia to Canada.
SynopsisAction takes place in a near futur, in a world ravaged by war and plagued by lawlessness. Hugo Cornelius Toorop (
Vin Diesel), a mercenary, is responsible for escorting from Russia to Canada a young women named Marie (or Aurora, played by
Mélanie Thierry). But during their journey, he discovers she carries within her a virus capable to destroy all traces of life on earth.
Distribution des rôlesList of most important actors :
List of parkour practitionners (Traceurs)The movie has many scenes of actions carried out by professional stuntmen including many Tracers (practitioners of
parkour). Parkour team was led by
David Belle. To keep the surprise until the release of the film, I don't want the list of Traceurs announced and so, all messages that will say too much about this will be deleted.
I will publish this list when the movie will be out, plus a brief description about the parkour scenes.
More informationWith a budget of
60 million dollars, the film was produced, written and co-produced by
Mathieu Kassovitz, actor and producer of numerous films such as "
La Haine", "
The Crimson Rivers" or even "
Gothika".
The shooting began in December 2006 until April 2007, mainly in
Canada and
Eastern Europe (Czech Republic). As I write these lines, the film is in post-production. The latest release date was announced on February 27, 2008, but rumors are circulating announcing an exit delayed 6 months.
(article written by Jerome Lebret for parkour.net)
Dec 7 2007, 04:16 PM
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