For some reason I have seen a lot of negativity in the direction of Vin Diesel lately as the August 29 release of Babylon A.D. inches closer. I am not sure where any negative sentiment came from considering Diesel has never proposed to be anything more than an action guy. Sure, he made The Pacifier, but The Rock made The Game Plan and no one seems to speak too negative about him. Diesel has a lot of personality, he just rarely gets a chance to show it. If you need proof give Find Me Guilty a chance, it’s not an Oscar worthy film, but it does show there is more than just an action guy inside of Diesel.
I say all of this only because I think fans should give Babylon A.D. a chance as Vin plays a mercenary hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City. The “package” is a mysterious young woman with a secret. I don’t know what you think, but the last shot in the trailer prior to the title screen is pretty killer.
The image above featuring Vin and director Mathieu Kassovitz is
