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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 23452
Released: December 24, 2002 |
| Our Price: $3.29 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This is a story of two spies, who are lifelong adversaries, engaged in a cat-and-mouse hunt. Jonathan Ecks (Banderas) is an FBI agent hunting the other, Sever (Liu) a rogue NSA agent. What they learn, however, while trying to kill each other... is that they might be on the same side, and faced with a threat greater to each other than themselves.
Description of Ballistic - Ecks vs. Sever:
If you have a hearty appetite for fiery explosions, heavy ordnance, and nonsensical mayhem, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is just for you. This mindless action flick is so wrong-headed that even its ungainly title is inaccurate: as expert assassins on the fringes of government intelligence, FBI agent Ecks (Antonio Banderas) and Defense Intelligence agent Sever (Lucy Liu) aren't battling each other at all. Instead, he's trying to find his missing ex-wife (the stunning but expressionless Talisa Soto) and young son, while she's pursuing an agency turncoat (Gregg Henry) who's stolen the ultimate micro-technology for clandestine killing. United against a common enemy, Ecks and Sever lay waste to half of Vancouver (the film's budget-conscious location), and it all makes as much sense as meatballs on a vegetarian menu. Banderas and Liu look fabulous as corpses pile up around them, but Thai action director Kaos (a.k.a. Wych Kaosayananda) must have confused his nickname with the incomprehensible plot of his movie. --Jeff Shannon
Ballistic - Ecks vs. Sever Reviews:
Shockingly bad. 
2009-11-17 - There's no way you want to watch this movie. Not in a million years.
If you were on the crew, feel free to hang your head in shame.
I wonder how many cars where blown-up in this? 
2009-09-26 - 3 of 5 stars for this action movie. The movie opens with a child kidnapping and a chase of the kidnapper (Lucy Liu). Later an expert (Antonio Banderas) is brought-in to find the kid and get the kidnapper. The bulk of the movie is a cat-and-mouse between these two. OK, let me explain that cat-and-mouse in this case means massive explosions, vast amounts of ammo expended, lots of cars and stuff blown-up. Lots and lots of action and explosions and shooting!
Later in the movie certain character connections are exposed and relations change, the cat-and-mouse team-up to go after the real bad-guy in the movie. Oh, add lots more action and explosions including most of a train yard getting blown-up.
So why three stars? Well, usually I really like Liu and Banderas. In this movie, both characters were really thin and hard to connect with. In fact, in the whole movie every character is thin/shallow and not likeable. Heck, even the kidnapped kid had no personality. So, if you are into characters, this ain't your movie.
If you want an easy on your brain blow-it-up/shoot-it-up movie, this is for you!
Get Over Yourself 
2009-04-15 - Ok...I saw this movie for the first time almost 5 years ago, and due to the fact that I like action in a movie it was enjoyable. In my opinion its pointless to say so many horrible things about a movie when you could have read the reviews and plotline prior to watching and/or purchasing the movie. I would suggest this movie only if you like action movies or if you are a fan of lucy lui (she kicked butt in this one). Don't fully take my word for it past your own judgement. Try renting it before buying it.
They need to make more movies like this... 
2009-04-07 - I watched this movie back when it first came out and used to have a framed poster of it hanging in my old apartment. I recently re-watched the movie on cable and enjoyed it again! I think I know why this movie got so many bad reviews and it has nothing to do with too simple of a story line. Really? That's the complaint? An action movie with a simplified story line...surely there have never been any of those before! No, I think many people didn't like this because of the casting. You have a male Latin lead with an Asian female lead, and "the white guys" are the bad guys. That's why people didn't like this movie. There were some great action scenes in this film, a great soundtrack, charismatic actors and a story line that didn't get in the way of the action. This was a great film, and they should cast more in a similar manner.
me
2009-02-12 - this movie was good to me. i don't understand why it was bad to so many i guess my taste is simple. LIKE I SAY I ENJOY THE ACTORS IN IT AND THE PLOT
OF THE MOVIE
