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Release date United States: Friday, August 29, 2008

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

Cast:

Vin Diesel as Toorop
Michelle Yeoh as Sister Rebecca
Mélanie Thierry as Aurora
Gérard Depardieu as Gorsky
Charlotte Rampling as Neolite Priestess
Lambert Wilson as Dr. Arthur Darquandier
Mark Strong as Finn
Jérôme Le Banner
Chris Astoyan as Joseph
Radek Bruna as Karl
Abraham Belaga

About:

Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop (Diesel) takes a high-risk assignment where he must escort a woman out of Russia. His client, however, is carrying a synthetic virus -- one that could bring about the end of humankind. Making his mission extra-difficult is the cult that has designs on what rests inside the young woman's body.

Dudes, random casting abounds for Vin Diesel's return to the sci-fi genre. But if it wasn't for this Michelle Yeoh fansite, we'd know next to nothing about the project -- except that it sounds like a low-brow companion piece to Children of Men. And we mean that as a compliment. The best buzz we've heard about the project? District B13 star David Belle has choreographed parkour fight scenes for both Diesel and Yeoh! And the worst? Uncooperative weather and powerplays between Diesel and director Mathieu Kassovitz have caused a production delay, sending producer Ilan Goldman (the man behind the two Crimson Rivers movies) on the hunt for snowy locales and replacements for several vital crew slots. Diesel's manager, meanwhile, apparently had to go coax Kassovitz back from a reported nervous breakdown.

Genres:
Action

Producers: Eric Cadrieu, Alain Goldman

Writers: Eric Besnard, Maurice G. Dantec

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