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* CreatorBacklash: The film was hit with this before it even came out. The director, Creator/MathieuKassovitz, [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/aug/27/4 does not remember this movie well]] notably because of Creator/VinDiesel (an awful actor according to him, as Diesel supposedly came late to the shootings and behaved arrogantly towards everybody) and a heavy dose of ExecutiveMeddling from 20th Century Fox: His initial vision of a dark but thoughtful cyberpunk world was turned into "a bad episode of ''Series/TwentyFour''" and "pure violence and stupidity."
* CreatorKiller: The film's failure put a very severe restraint on the career of director Mathieu Kassovitz, who has not had a major presence in Hollywood cinema since and is not fond of the final version of this film.
* DeletedScene: The Hummer chase scene is an extra on the DVD, though it was in the theatre version.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The film was reportedly disowned by its director because of Fox's meddling, as described [[http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2008/08/babylon-ad-mathieu-kassovitz.php here]]. They cut the film down so much that Creator/VinDiesel, who hadn't seen a cut of the film for months, jokingly wondered if he was still in the movie at all.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Taken away from director, and heavily edited from its original concept. [[DumpMonths Release date postponed to just before Labor Day weekend]] and died against ''Film/TropicThunder'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
* TroubledProduction: It took five years to get greenlit. French director Mathieu Kassovitz originally intended the film to be highly intellectual, but Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox interfered with production all the way through, preventing Kassovitz from shooting scenes as he intended, sometimes even going against the script. Fox forced him to hire Vin Diesel into the lead role against Kassovitz' wishes, which limited him even further. Early in the production, uncooperative weather caused a two-week hiatus. A scene which was supposed to be shot in Eastern Europe ended up getting delayed and moved to Sweden due to a lack of snow. Actor Creator/LambertWilson was thrown into the movie late in production. By the time the whole ordeal was over, the film was allegedly over-budget and ruined to the point where it was virtually guaranteed to fail at the box office. Kassovitz ended up releasing a documentary called [[http://www.erenumerique.fr/fucking_kassovitz_-article-1634-1.html Fucking Kassovitz]] in 2011 covering the whole experience.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/VincentCassel, a regular collaborator of Kassovitz, was initially sought to be cast in the lead role.
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