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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.

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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One of the worst movies of the year.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
09/23/02
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

It's dreadful!

Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
09/23/02
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

Pay good money to see Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever and you have nobody but yourself to blame.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
09/23/02
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Filmcritic.com

This is a forgettable picture, with the sad fact that with a little more effort and a veteran’s hand, this film could’ve easily been a more compelling distraction.

Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
09/22/02
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com

Never has sound and fury signified so little.

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

Horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it isn't incomprehensible.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
09/21/02
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

It's hard to imagine a more generic action film or a movie so wholly devoid of personality.

Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
09/21/02
Marshall Fine
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

The story would qualify as your basic spy opera... if there was any feeling to it, but the film has no more engagement than a big-screen video game

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
09/21/02
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A loud, incoherent piece of action-movie overkill.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
09/20/02
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

It's tempting to compare Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever to a video game, but that would be giving it credit for more substance and coherence than it deserves.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
09/20/02
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
San Francisco Examiner

Enough to make a critic go ballistic.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/20/02
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

Almost completely uninvolving, as well as being impenetrable.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/20/02
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post

For years, people have joked about an action movie that might eliminate plot altogether and simply cut to the pyrotechnics. Someone has finally done it.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
09/20/02
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

Some movies were made for the big screen, some for the small screen, and some, like Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, were made for the palm screen.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
09/20/02
Susan Walker
Susan Walker
Toronto Star

Kaos has promise as a visual stylist, but this movie has no story or characters.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
09/20/02
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

A picture for idiots.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
09/20/02
Erik Lundegaard
Erik Lundegaard
Seattle Times

The film is bad on just about every level.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
09/20/02
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

Two big things are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick, and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/20/02
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

The movie may be called Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, but it could've been called Audience vs. Dozing Off.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
09/20/02
San Diego Union-Tribune
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A fine achievement in stupidity and dullness despite plenty of explosions.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
09/20/02
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald
 
 
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