| Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever | | Cast : | Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Talisa Soto | | Director : | Wych Kaosayananda | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 20, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | June 01, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 29, 2005 | | Summary | ok | Content
 | Jonathan Ecks (Antonio Banderas), an FBI agent, realizes that he must join with his lifelong enemy, Sever (Lucy Liu), a rogue NSA agent with whom he is in mortal combat, in order to defeat a common enemy. That enemy has developed a "microdevice" that can be injected into victims in order to kill them at will.
Ballistic Ecks vs. Sever is an alright movie. The Acting, Special Effects, and Writing were all good but the Directing was very bad the camera angles and how when ever they would fist fight the camera would go in and out in and out. Another negative comment is the slow motion it was so annoying after a while they used it way to much when they would shot, run, and walk in the movie, I'm surprised it wasn't all in slow motion. One more thing I didn't like was the plot the bug that can give someone a heart attack in less that 10 seconds, is that even possible. The last thing I'm going to complain about is the music in Ballistic it was kind of boring after a while. Now the thing I liked was the introduction and end of the movie. The last thing I liked was who they choose to play Sever (Lucy Liu) in my opinion she is perfect for the part.
Overall this is an OK movie if you like "action" movies |
| Rating | | | Date | January 31, 2005 | | Summary | A barrel of laughs | Content
| This B-movie doesn't make a lick of sense of course, which was fine with me. They set the movie in Vancouver, BC without even bothering to pretend it's an American city, and then center the plot on two competing American agencies. So right away you see what caliber of writing we're dealing with.
There are a couple of good action scenes that are fun. Really, the only reason these kinds of pseudo-Hong Kong movies get made is to show off a director's technical expertise in filming overly stylized action sequences. The rest of the movie is then built around these three or four scenes.
But the director couldn't make Lucy Liu look like much of a martial artist. She comes across as so choreographed and physically incapable that it, was pricelss when Antonio Banderas delivered lines like -- "Obviously a professional, without emotion."
A fun way to kill time. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 23, 2005 | | Summary | Bleah. | Content
| Luci Lue is beautiful, but not a great action flick star she barely spoke and her facial expression was froze. Constantly staring into the camera as if to ask, "Why am I starring in this flabby hunk of whale poopy?" She looks great in her outfit. That is the only plus.
Antonio Banderas looks like he crawled out of the sewer. I never really have cared for his movies, so maybe I'm a little biased. He was just taking up space in this movie.
The movie itself, the special effects were run of the mill. Nothing to extravigant, maybe a couple of cool stunts. The non-stop music was so annoying. Action sequences were blood-free for a rated R movie. No plot and no hope it hell. What a flop. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 24, 2004 | | Summary | a very underrated gem!! | Content
| this is a very underrated movie, alot of people are complaining about the plot, well the plot isn't THAT confusing in fact it really doesn't bring down the movie at all. The best part is the action, plemty of action in exposions and chases and fights, it has some of the best explosions you will ever see in any movie. Avoid what other reviewers say and get this movie IF YOU LIKE ACTION. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 06, 2004 | | Summary | Forgettable | Content
| Some movies require detailed reviews, examining topics like direction, plot and characterization. This is not one of them. The purpose of this movie is to show things exploding; everything else is merely a justification to get from one explosion to another. On this level it succeeds, although it is not enough to sustain interest. It is like watching someone else play a video game; it may be worth watching briefly, but after a few moments, you want a little more involvement (this awkwardly-titled movie may very well be a extended video game commercial). At least the movie doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is, so it gets two stars, but it is not recommended watching. |
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