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DVDfever.co.uk – Press release: Babylon A.D. on DVD and Blu-ray
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Posted: December 12th, 2008.
Hi-Octane Diesel Action-packed futuristic adventure epic. – Mark Adams, Sunday Mirror
SPECIAL EXTENDED EDITION ONLY ON DVD & BLU-RAY
Get ready for full-on explosive sci-fi action, high stakes and out-of-this-world special FX as Vin Diesel (The Chronicles of Riddick, xXx) is back at his best on a mission to save the future of mankind in Babylon A.D., released as a single DVD and as specially extended DVD and Blu-ray editions on Monday 29 December courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
The Babylon A.D. extended DVD and Blu-ray both include a pulse-pounding extended main feature with even more blasts for your buck, plus a stack of exclusive extras, including filmmaking featurettes, a prequel to Babylon, galleries and much more. Both releases also include a digital copy of the film allowing you to transfer the entire movie onto a portable device such as your iPod or laptop.
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (Gothika, Assassins) and starring Vin Diesel as Hugo Cornelius, a mercenary, Melanie Thierry as a genetically altered woman called Aurora and Michelle Yeaoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sunshine) as Sister Rebecca, Babylon A.D features a fast-paced, futuristic storyline thats guaranteed to get your adrenalin pumping.
Set in the post-apocalyptic future, Toorop (Vin Diesel) is 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 secret package is a mysterious young woman carrying an organism with potential to become the next Messiah and everybody wants to get their hands on it.
The movie, which is based on the critically acclaimed French novel Babylon Babies by Maurice G. Dantec, will leave you gripping the side of your sofa as the action unfolds on screen and is a must-have addition to any sci-fi/action DVD collection.
Extended DVD & Blu-ray Features
- Babylon Babies (10 mins)
- Artic Escape (5 mins)
- Weapons Gallery (5 mins)
- Prequel to Babylon (5 mins)
- Digital Copy: Extended version
Additional Blu-ray Special Features
- Fit for Screen (7 mins)
- Flight of the Hummer (7.5 mins)
- Deleted Scenes gallery
- BD-LIVE: Bootstrap application
- Picture-in-picture
The DVD is released on December 29th 2008, it runs for 97 mins and retails for £24.99 on extended DVD and Blu-ray,but is currently on Amazon at the link above for £15.98 and £17.59, respectively.
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