Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

2002

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

Critics Consensus

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

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Two former government agents square off as they search for the most deadly new weapon on Earth in this white-knuckle thriller. Sever (Lucy Liu) was once a top agent with the Defense Intelligence Agency, but she quit when her son was killed in a bungled raid organized by Gant (Gregg Henry), and has sworn to take vengeance against him and his colleagues. When Sever learns that Gant and his team are in possession of a remarkable new weapon -- a microscopic device injected into the victim's bloodstream which is benign until triggered, then kills immediately without leaving a trace -- she is determined to get her hands on it, whatever the cost. However, Gant has turned rogue, and FBI agent Julio Martin (Miguel Sandoval) has been ordered to find him and recover his new weapon. Martin needs the best man he can find for the job, and calls upon Jeremiah Ecks (Antonio Banderas), a former FBI tracker, to do the job. Ecks quit the Bureau when his wife was killed, but Martin informs Ecks that his spouse is actually alive and in hiding, and if he can bring in Gant, she will be returned to him. But Ecks has to face the most formidable adversary of his life in Sever, a master of mayhem bent on revenge. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever was the first English-language feature from Thai filmmaker Wych Kaosayananda (aka Kaos), whose first feature Fah was a box-office blockbuster in his homeland. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Cast

Antonio Banderas
as Jeremiah Ecks
Lucy Liu
as Sever
Gregg Henry
as Robert Gant
Ray Park
as Ross
Talisa Soto
as Rayne Gant
Miguel Sandoval
as Julio Martin
Terry Chen
as Harry
Roger R. Cross
as Zane
Sandrine Holt
as Agent Bennett
Steve Bacic
as Agent Fleming
Aidan Drummond
as Michael
Eric Breker
as Agent Curtis
Tony Alcantar
as Edgar Moore
David Parker
as Dark Suit #1
Josephine Jacob
as Pretty Girl
David Palffy
as Sleazy Man
David Allan Pearson
as VPD Officer (Sc. 73)
John McConnach
as Escort Agent (Sc. 111)
Norm Sherry
as Ross Sniper
Brian Drummond
as VPD Officer (Sc. 116)
Ashley Kobayashi
as Mali
Lenora Wong
as Harry's Wife
John De Santis
as Bus Guard #2
Charles Andre
as Agent Addis
Mike Dopud
as DIA Agent (Sc. 36, 154)
Scott Leva
as Lone Sniper
Jim Filippone
as DIA Pilot
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Critic Reviews for Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

All Critics (117) | Top Critics (33)

  • For many viewers, the big question may be not whether Ecks and Sever will get together, or why they are fighting in the first place, but why am I sitting here, anyway?

    Sep 15, 2014 | Full Review…

    Jocelyn Noveck

    Associated Press
    Top Critic

  • An action film starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever looks like a video-game promo, has a story that plays like the fifth episode of a struggling syndicated action show, and feels like a headache waiting to happen.

    Sep 15, 2014 | Full Review…

    Keith Phipps

    AV Club
    Top Critic

  • Between explosions there is enough room left for only minimal character development.

    Jan 5, 2007 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

    Jami Bernard

    New York Daily News
    Top Critic

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

    Jan 5, 2007 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…

    Wesley Morris

    Boston Globe
    Top Critic

  • 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.

    Jan 5, 2007 | Full Review…

    J. R. Jones

    Chicago Reader
    Top Critic

  • Ballistic is a generic blur of metallic blue and fireball orange set to the contrapuntal sounds of throbbing techno and eardrum-puncturing noise.

    Oct 20, 2002 | Full Review…

    Manohla Dargis

    Los Angeles Times
    Top Critic
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Audience Reviews for Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

  • Sep 18, 2010
    one of the worst movies of all time. wow... garbage.
    Albert K Super Reviewer
  • Dec 12, 2009
    A great Action Flick.
    Wahida K Super Reviewer
  • Jun 26, 2009
    Uninteresting story with too many holes and coincidences.
    Ed K Super Reviewer
  • May 03, 2009
    Once in a blue moon you watch a movie which is so awful, that u can't even find the words to describe it...
    Anna G Super Reviewer
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