Synopsis
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Toorop (VinDiesel) is a mercenary with a mission to transport a beautiful virgin Aurora (Melanie Thierry) and her guardian Rebecca (Michelle Yeoh) from a post apocalyptic Russian to New York City, where she'll be met by her mother a high priestess of some weird Scientology like religion. Along the way they are pursued by an army of goons that seem to be in the employ of Aurora's father, a scientist who for some reason thought it would be a good idea to implant artificial intelligence in human babies.
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With out putting to fine a point on it, this movie is a complete waste of F**kin time. Not that it started out that way, the first half an hour is quite decent, it captured my short attention span almost immediately. The special effects were decent, it properly sets up what appeared to be an interesting story, and introduces the main characters effectively, I thought I was in for a decent ride...I was was wrong. The movie falls apart quickly, it turns into pretty much one big chase sequence, with some dumb half ass explanation as to the origin and significance of Aurora. The end is so abrupt I caught myself reaching for the DVD case looking for that second half, of course there was none, and of course I don't care. If I had to guess I'd say the studio either ran out of money or just plain gave up, either way this movie has absolutely no ending to speak of...stay away from this one, unless you get it for free...
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Toorop (VinDiesel) is a mercenary with a mission to transport a beautiful virgin Aurora (Melanie Thierry) and her guardian Rebecca (Michelle Yeoh) from a post apocalyptic Russian to New York City, where she'll be met by her mother a high priestess of some weird Scientology like religion. Along the way they are pursued by an army of goons that seem to be in the employ of Aurora's father, a scientist who for some reason thought it would be a good idea to implant artificial intelligence in human babies.
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With out putting to fine a point on it, this movie is a complete waste of F**kin time. Not that it started out that way, the first half an hour is quite decent, it captured my short attention span almost immediately. The special effects were decent, it properly sets up what appeared to be an interesting story, and introduces the main characters effectively, I thought I was in for a decent ride...I was was wrong. The movie falls apart quickly, it turns into pretty much one big chase sequence, with some dumb half ass explanation as to the origin and significance of Aurora. The end is so abrupt I caught myself reaching for the DVD case looking for that second half, of course there was none, and of course I don't care. If I had to guess I'd say the studio either ran out of money or just plain gave up, either way this movie has absolutely no ending to speak of...stay away from this one, unless you get it for free...
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