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'Babylon A.D.' Panned By Its Own Director

by: Steve Palopoli

  French director Mathieu Kassovitz let loose in an interview with AMCtv.com, describing his new movie Babylon A.D. as "pure violence and stupidity." While some directors may strive for that, Kassovitz is "ready to go to war" with Fox because "They made everything difficult from A to Z." Instead of portraying "geopolitics and how the world is going to evolve" he found in the source novel, "Babylon Babies" by Maurice Georges Dantec, Kassovitz blames studio interference for the film's resemblance to "a bad episode of 24." For what it's worth, critics agree with Kassovitz—the few who have actually seen the thing. Fox isn't doing critic screenings of Babylon A.D., a common practice when studios know they have a stinker on their hands.—Movietimes.com Movie News Bureau