Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

Name: Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: September 20, 2002
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 19
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Talisa Soto

2002

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: September 20, 2002 | R

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Talisa Soto

Summary: In the deadly game of international espionage, elite, anonymous operatives wage secret wars for power, information and national security. In a frantic race to obtain an ingenious new assassination device, only two individuals, sworn enemies, have the skill, talent and tenacity to succeed. (Warner Bros.)

Director: Wych Kaosayananda

Genre(s): Action, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Manohla Dargis

There's no defense for movies like these, but neither do they warrant apology; they're irresistibly watchable, like car wrecks. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

Cut down to a frantic 88 minutes, you wonder if all the human moments were trimmed away to get to this abstract, humorless exercise in empty flourish. Read full review

Robert K. Elder

Offers the most onscreen explosions in recent memory. It's almost pornography for arsonists. Read full review

Mike Clark

This is a movie in which you rarely know where you are or who's doing what to the next person. Read full review

Keith Phipps

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. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The movie is a chaotic mess, overloaded with special effects and explosions, light on continuity, sanity and coherence. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Movies don't get much worse. Read full review

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epic_man89

Aug 3, 2019

I rate this movie 10/10! Recently, my great grandfather was dying in the hospital and once i showed him this movie, he wasn't going to die and was really happy to be still alive. Without this movie, my great grandfather would be gone.

9 of 9 users found this helpful90

mykhawke

Sep 14, 2012

An outstanding display of continuous badassery, it's action sequences give it the 10 points on their own.

7 of 11 users found this helpful74

LiunaticFringe

Dec 27, 2020

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever isn't great, but it's far from the "worst movie ever made." The fact that it stars Lucy Liu as a kick-ass assassin who, in one early sequence, escapes a squad of some 50 or so heavily-armed attackers with nothing but a couple of fight batons and the weapons thatBallistic: Ecks vs. Sever isn't great, but it's far from the "worst movie ever made." The fact that it stars Lucy Liu as a kick-ass assassin who, in one early sequence, escapes a squad of some 50 or so heavily-armed attackers with nothing but a couple of fight batons and the weapons that they’ve managed to drop along the way earns it a B+. Sure, the third act is just a bunch of loud explosions, but Antonio Banderas is all scruffy and cute, and Gregg Henry plays a great smarmy bad guy, as usual. The criticism of Liu's acting is also way off base: she's playing an emotionless killer -- so guess what, there's not a lot to play. And actually, there are a couple of nice beats where she does reveal some vulnerability. But obviously, Kaos is not exactly an actor's director, and the script does her no favors. It's just your basic over-the-top shoot-'em-up thriller. Enjoy the nicely choreographed fight sequences and car chases, along with the always lovely Lucy Liu in bad-ass mode and call it a day.… Expand

9 of 9 users found this helpful90

EpicLadySponge

Dec 29, 2015

You could never see how bad this movie could turn out. Unfortunately, it turned out so bad that's not even enjoyable from the start to the finish. It's basically too much action that turned out wrong.

0 of 9 users found this helpful09

DJ_Kaas

Jun 2, 2012

What af piece of crap, you do not need many Braincells to see this movie... A waste of money to them who made the film.

2 of 10 users found this helpful28

kublay0880

Dec 18, 2012

I don't see what did they wanted to achieve with this "movie", to me it was like watching a 1970's spies TV show or something like that it was a story that came out of nowhere, very disappointing, the only good about this movie was the title.

2 of 11 users found this helpful29

anshiman

Sep 27, 2012

A fantastic combination of special effects and acting beyond even The Dark Knight's pathetic "Joker" portrayed by Heath Ledger so famously. The movie leaps beyond its humble apparent origins with the help of true spectacle in the eyes of a visionary director ahead of his time.

4 of 13 users found this helpful49

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