“Babylon A.D.” is a confusing twist of pointless scenes and almost unnecessary violence.

The plot revolves around Toorop (Vin Diesel), a mercenary who lives in a future world full of riots and war.

He is a tough guy who lives by his ideal that he must “kill or be killed.”

Toorop is hired by Gorsky (Gerard Depardieu) to smuggle Aurora (Mélanie Thierry) from a convent in Kazakhstan to New York City.

Aurora and Toorop, as well as Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh), a fighting “nun” from Aurora’s convent, travel through war-driven countries ice, snow, frightening train stations and strict customs in order to get Aurora to New York City in six days.

Along the way, Toorop learns that Aurora has an ability to know things she had never seen before, such as a computer.

No one knows if Aurora is carrying a virus or will be the next Virgin Mary.

Toorop becomes attached to the women and must decide whether to make a difference or walk away and save himself.

Mathieu Kassovitz, director of “Babylon A.D.,” could have had a decent movie if he actually explained the reason for the existence of half the characters that were thrown in the movie.

Characters that should have been main characters were only shown in random pieces of the movie.

Yes, the explosions are cool, but when they are the only quality a movie seems to have, it’s a problem.

Random people who did not necessarily need to be killed were shot, blown up or otherwise slaughtered.

In one scene, Toorop, Aurora and Sister Rebeka rode across a frozen tundra on snowmobiles. Suddenly, police drones flew past and started to chase and bomb the three.

No explanation was given as to why the drones were in the frozen desert in the first place. It was just another pointless section of the movie used to add excitement in a bad way.

Most of the scenes were violent, but they were not even done well. During many of the fight scenes, the camera was quickly spun around in a circle, nearly causing dizziness.

With plot holes and unexplained characters, this movie bordered on pointless.