The TV Addict 

The last time there was a BABYLON A.D. teaser trailer, I was perhaps a little bit hard. This official trailer saves face. Big time. You firstly can’t go wrong with a trailer that features its main character suggesting he actually dies. I mean it’s ballsy when narrators in actual films reveal they are dead (AMERICAN BEAUTY, SUNSET BOULEVARD), but to allude to that possibility in a trailer? Well done. Even the rest of the trailer does a good job of erasing any trepidations I have that this is just an action man’s CHILDREN OF MEN, and actually has me excited that it’s well, an action man’s CHILDREN OF MEN. It also just looks like a great little futuristic science fiction film, something I can never get enough of. It’s also got some neat special effects (that slow-motion explosion at the end), and of course Vin Diesel playing a grumpy mercenary with a heart of gold. Not an original role, sure, but exactly the kind of role that’s perfect for Mr. Diesel.