Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

Director:

Wych Kaosayananda

Writer (WGA):

Alan B. McElroy (written by)

Release Date:

20 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Your most dangerous enemies are the friends you've double-crossed.

Plot:

Tasked with destroying each other, an FBI agent and a rogue NSA agent soon discover that there's a much bigger enemy at work.

Plot Keywords:

Actress Playing Male Role | Friend | Box Office Flop | Critically Bashed | Spy

Awards:

4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 25

4:10 AM

TBS

Cast

Antonio Banderas	...	Agent Jeremiah Ecks
Lucy Liu	...	Agent Sever
Gregg Henry	...	Robert Gant / Agent Clark
Ray Park	...	A.J. Ross
Talisa Soto	...	Rayne Gant / Vinn Ecks
Miguel Sandoval	...	Julio Martin
Terry Chen	...	Agent Harry Lee
Roger R. Cross	...	Zane
Sandrine Holt	...	Agent Bennett
Steve Bacic	...	Agent Fleming
Aidan Drummond	...	Michael Gant
Eric Breker	...	Agent Curtis
Tony Alcantar	...	Edgar Moore
David Parker	...	Dark Suit #1
Josephine Jacob	...	Pretty Girl

Also Known As:

Ballistic (Germany)
Ecks vs. Sever (USA) (working title)
X vs. Sever (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | France:U | Malaysia:18SG | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | South Korea:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39335) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver Public Library, 360 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

The 2001 Game Boy Advance game "Ecks vs. Sever" was actually based on an early script draft for this film and not the other way around. The game's producers later made a sequel to that game that was based on the finished version of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: The small, metallic-blue car is undamaged after being hit by the bus and obviously crunched.

Quotes:

Agent Harry Lee: Where is our mysterious killer?
Ecks: She's not a killer.
Agent Harry Lee: Then what is she?
Ecks: She's a mother.
Agent Harry Lee: Okay then, where is she?

Movie Connections:

References Equilibrium (2002)

Soundtrack:

Hell Above Water

For the love of Christ! Make it stop!

Once in a while, a movie comes out that just defies logic. Sometimes logic is defied in how rewarding the watching experience was, say like with the Sixth Sense. Sometimes logic is defied in such a way as to make you question the mental state of those involved with giving this movie the "greenlight". This is not necessarily a good thing. This movie hurts on so many levels that it could be considered a cruel and inhuman torture to be made to sit through this. Everything about this movie screams bargain bin. With the exception of one scene (see below), this movie pretty much blows. Antonio Banderas is absolutely useless in this picture. You'd think from the ad campaign, let alone the fact that the movie is titled "Ecks vs. Sever", that he would be more of a serious ass kicker. No, no. The only one who gets to do any serious ass kicking is Lucy Liu and I'm 100% positive that she did this one only to pay the bills. Even with that revelation, she still sucked in it. The direction is pretty much what you'd expect from someone who goes by the name, "Kaos" but sometimes I'd like a little order to my chaos, ya know? I read a quote somewhere, where they said, 'who knew so much action could be so boring?' That's definitely the case here. Yeah there's a lot of action but it's of the direct-to-video variety. God, help me but this movie sucked. It wasn't even of the "so bad, it's good" type of flick. The story is incomprehensible, something about microscopic termites and little babies blown to smithereens and wives that bounce on you and the guy from Payback and.... AARRRRGGGHHH!!! I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I can't recommend this to anyone. I'll give it a 1/2* out of ***** ONLY and I repeat, ONLY because of the aforementioned scene where some guy is knocked off of a rooftop by a grenade launcher and is shown falling to his death onto a parked car. If you want one reason to watch this, that's it. But don't say I didn't warn you.