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Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

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Reviews Counted:107

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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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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...The makers of Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever [take] so many of our favorite things and [make] such a wretched movie out of them.

Full Review Source: HoleCity.com | comment Comment
10/14/02
Catherine Cantieri
Catherine Cantieri
HoleCity.com

Actually, not as bad as the reviews say; still "solidly average" does not a red tomato buy.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
10/03/02
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

By the time the show ended I was laughing pretty hard just thinking about how the movie made no sense while it was trying to be so serious.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
10/02/02
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

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

More video game than movie, though video games have more interesting characters.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
10/02/02
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Rank it up there amongst the true wastes of time Hollywood has ever foisted upon an unsuspecting public.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/02/02
Oz
Oz
eFilmCritic.com

You'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot. You'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
10/02/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

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

At every opportunity to do something clever, the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability... all you have left is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while Banderas looks like he's not trying to laugh at how bad it

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
10/02/02
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

One of the dumbest, least entertaining films I’ve seen this year.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
09/30/02
Josef Braun
Josef Braun
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Yes, Ballistic is silly. Unfortunately, it's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies.

Full Review Source: Sun Newspapers of Cleveland | comment Comment
09/28/02
Gerry Shamray
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

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

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

Its murky settings, contemptuous plotting and charmless characters add up to a film in which nothing counts more than death, preferably a spectacularly fiery death.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
09/26/02
Daniel Eagan
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

Even by dumb action-movie standards, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is a dumb action movie.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
09/26/02
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

It's not always easy to tell what's going on in this movie which has all the emotional depth of a video game, and the dramatic coherence we associate with the lesser works of Ed Wood.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
09/24/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Boring to an amazing degree -- considering that it's barely 90 minutes long and virtually nonstop gunfire, explosions and car crashes.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
09/24/02
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

... After 90 minutes of mind-numbing explosions, I cheered when a death by electrocution finally broke the monotony.

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
09/24/02
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Maybe you'll be lucky, and there'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
09/23/02
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

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
 
 
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