Ticker (2001)

After a San Francisco detective's partner is murdered by Northern Irish terrorists, the officer joins the bomb squad in order to bring them to justice.

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writer:

Paul B. Margolis

Stars:

Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper, Steven Seagal

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Sizemore	...	Det. Ray Nettles
Dennis Hopper	...	Alex Swan
Steven Seagal	...	Frank Glass (as Steven Segal, Steven Slowhand Segal)
Jaime Pressly	...	Claire Manning
Nas	...	Det. Art 'Fuzzy' Rice
Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas	...	Lilly (as Chilli)
Peter Greene	...	Det. Artie Pluchinsky
Kevin Gage	...	Pooch
Michael Halsey	...	Vershbow
Norbert Weisser	...	Dugger
Romany Malco	...	T.J.
Joe Spano	...	Captain Spano
Mimi Rose	...	Bev
Tish Daniels	...	Angie, Uniform Cop
Linda Castro	...	Bag Lady

Storyline

Ray Nettles, a San Francisco detective, and his partner Fuzzy must take on to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs in the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swann, the leader of the terrorists, claims he will explode bombs throughout the city if she will is not released. Because of the possible bloodshed, Nettles calls for the help of explosives expert Frank Glass...

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Plot Keywords:

bomb squad | terrorist | senator | police | hostage | 

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Taglines:

Death is just a tick away.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 June 2001 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Déclic

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artisan Entertainment, Emmett/Furla Films, Kings Road Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 12 days.

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Goofs

The movie supposedly takes place in San Francisco, yet, at least twice, Illinois license plates can be seen on cars. The film was initially set in Chicago before the change to San Francisco.

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Quotes

Glass: [to Nettles] Understand that death is just another stage on the playground.

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Connections

References The Crow (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Love Doctor"
Composed by Steven Seagal and Tommy Kemperer
Produced by Steven Seagal and Eddie Wenrick

User Reviews

A bomb, in the other sense

Despite it going straight to video, you might be thinking, "Well, it has Steven Seagal, so it at least must have a good amount of action." Think again. Seagal doesn't do anything until near the end, and his martial arts sequences are so rapidly-edited and close-up with the camera, someone with no martial arts sequences could have taken his place and had the same effect. In fact, most of the movie shows Seagal sitting down and/or shot from the chest up (probably to mask his weight gain in recent years.) He hardly does a thing! And there's hardly any other action in the rest of the movie - this is one BORING movie, and I couldn't wait for it to end.

If you do rent the DVD, you might find it interesting to hear the director/producer commentary (despite minutes on end going by without a comment). Not only did it confirm my suspicion that A LOT of stock footage was used, but that it was shot in a short time - just twelve days! Seagal was only used for six days, and Hopper did all his scenes in just one day!