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Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

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Reviews Counted:107

Fresh:0

Rotten:107

Average Rating:2.6/10

Consensus: A startlingly inept film, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever offers overblown, wall-to-wall action without a hint of wit, coherence, style, or originality.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Sep 20, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $14,235,059

Synopsis: In the mystifying opening sequence of BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER, a double kidnapping takes place on a rainy night in Vancouver with a minimal amount of wasted time and a maximum amount of violence.... In the mystifying opening sequence of BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER, a double kidnapping takes place on a rainy night in Vancouver with a minimal amount of wasted time and a maximum amount of violence. A little boy is picked up at the airport by his mother (Talisa Soto), whose car is stopped minutes later by thugs who steal the boy and say they're taking him to his father. Rounding the corner, the thugs see a car explode in front of them, and a dump truck smashes into a wall of other cars, spraying fire. A hooded martial arts expert takes out the thugs with some impressive kicks and swirls, then grabs the boy and leaves. Secret agent Sever (Lucy Liu) is the kidnapper here, an angry, heavily armed nut who literally goes ballistic for unknown reasons. Using automatic weapons and other highly explosive artillery, she annihilates at least a hundred policeman in the next scene, outside a shopping mall. A retired secret agent, Ecks (Antonio Banderas), is the only man who can stop her, and when he does--temporarily--the two join forces against the real culprit, Robert Gant (Gregg Henry). Gant has crafted a dangerous assassination weapon that triggers death at the push of a button once it is injected into its victim's bloodstream. And that weapon is living inside the little boy. To save him, and stop the weapon from being used again, Ecks and Sever must get Gant. BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER is a super-violent nonstop action extravaganza with a high-octane musical score by Don Davis. It is directed by Kaos. [More]

Starring: Lucy Liu, Antonio Banderas, Gregg Henry, Ray Park

Starring: Lucy Liu, Antonio Banderas, Gregg Henry, Ray Park, Talisa Soto, Miguel Sandoval

Director: Kaos

Director: Kaos
Screenwriter: Alan McElroy
Producer: Elie Samaha, Chris Lee, Andrew Stevens, Kaos
Composer: Don Davis
Studio: Warner Bros.

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This movie is bad enough to make you want to go ballistic on Hollywood.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
09/26/02
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

The title - insipid as it is - is more interesting than anything that actually appears on screen.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
09/23/02
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Mindless and boring martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
09/19/02
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

So devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like XXX and Collateral Damage seem like thoughtful treatises

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
09/20/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

I'm guessing the director is a magician. After all, he took three minutes of dialogue, 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
09/20/02
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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I'd truly hoped that Ballistic would be a kicky so-bad- it's-good guilty pleasure. But it's too flat, stale, confusing and lazy.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
09/19/02
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Who, exactly, is fighting whom here? Ah, yes, that would be me: fighting off the urge to doze.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/02/02
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Director Wych Kaosayananda -- or Kaos, to you -- is stupendously inept, unable even to properly light a combat sequence.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/05/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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It’s a deluge of bullets and chop-socky madness devoid of style or purpose.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
10/02/02
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Never has sound and fury signified so little.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
09/22/02
Mark Keizer
Mark Keizer
Boxoffice Magazine

Is “Ballistic” worth the price of admission? Absolutely not. It sucked. Would I see it again? Please see previous answer.

Full Review Source: Broomfield Enterprise | comment Comment
09/27/02
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Broomfield Enterprise

Whether it's the worst movie of 2002, I can't say for sure: Memories of Rollerball have faded, and I skipped Country Bears. But this new jangle of noise, mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
09/20/02
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

Before seeing this film I couldn't understand why the producers had given it a subtitle; afterward I realized Ecks vs. Sever was probably the full script.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/05/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is an ungainly mess, submerged in mayhem, occasionally surfacing for cliches.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
09/20/02
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Ballistic offers little beyond what you'd find in a typical subpar Hollywood action film.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
09/19/02
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune

Liu and Banderas are wasted in a film that felt like a cheesy low budget action flick, leaving a sour taste with plot holes galore, clichés, senseless violence, and an incoherent script to top it all off.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Como descrever um filme que se preocupa apenas com suas explosões, e não com o roteiro, com a direção, a edição ou as atuações? Já sei: é uma bomba!

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12/04/03
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Exactly what you’d expect from a guy named Kaos.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
09/19/02
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

If only Maxwell Smart had been here to foil KAOS yet again - avoid at all costs

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
09/19/02
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

There are two good things about Ballistic ... The rest of the movie, unfortunately, is all gaping narrative holes, uninspiring action scenes and repetitive slow-motion camerawork.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
09/19/02
Jordana Brown
Jordana Brown
Citysearch
 
 
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