The last time we saw this very nice, action-packed trailer for Vin Diesel’s “Babylon A.D.” it was in French. This time it’s in English, and I have to admit, now that I know a little bit more about the character and the plot, the movie is sounding a little better. But of course, the action is the thing with a movie like this, which will probably be compared too much to the recent “Children of Men” for the film’s benefit. Let’s hope it can stand on its own.

Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh stars, and Mathieu Kassovitz directs from the novel by Maurice G. Dantec.

According to the end of the trailer, the film opens in August.