By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 26, 2008 10:54 am EST

Kassovitz—best known for directing 1995’s Hate before shipping off to Hollywood to make Gothika—compares many of Babylon’s scenes to a “bad episode of 24.” He also feels the “stupidity and violence” takes away from the film’s underlying each-one-teach-one message about the future. So, how does Sunny Vin D feel about it?

Death Race, you’re going down.Discuss: Do these comments make you want to see Babylon A.D. or skip it? What does the future hold for Vin Diesel? Should he consider a name change?

“Am I even in the movie any more, or am I on the cutting room floor?” the actor joked.

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