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) (as 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:

time bomb | bomb | bomb squad | terrorist | senator | 

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Taglines:

Ticker will blow you away...

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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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:

Explosion imminente

Filming Locations:

Mission District, San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artisan Entertainment, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (EFO 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

Dennis Hopper plays some of his scenes with an Irish brogue, some without, and others with an indecipherable accent.

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Quotes

Glass: Congratulations. You've just made your first ticker.

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Connections

Edited from Warhead (1996)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Pathetic

During one of my frequent visits to IMDb, I checked out Albert Pyun's page of cinematic offenses, and noticed that the guy is responsible for at least half of what I would call the worst movies of the 90's. He has now moved into the 21st century with a new bomb, appropriately called Ticker.

I try to give as much credit as possible to filmmakers, as I know how difficult it can be to even get a film off the ground. And considering the calibre of actors appearing in Ticker, I was fully prepared to give credit to veteran director Albert Pyun (if credit were due.)

It isn't.

As someone else already mentioned, it is amazing that this guy still finds people to finance his "films." I can name of the top of my head a few people who could all have made better entertainment with that squandered budget: me, my mother, my grandmother, hey even my cat...

I am also amazed that actors such as Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper and yes, even Steven Seagal would appear in such films. Sizemore and Hopper, in the hands of worthy directors, are superb. In the hands of Pyun, look like there having no fun at all and subsequently do little to help an already pathetic film such as this.

The plot: A mad bomber (Dennis Hopper) is (for reasons unclear blowing up the city.) Tom Sizemore is the detective out to stop him, with or without the aid of the zen preaching leader of the bomb squad (Steven Seagal.) add also the beautiful Jamey Preissly as the Hopper's girlfriend who is detained by Sizemore. There is also a bunch of insignifigant bombers in black swat suits (led by Ice T) and a bunch of other guys in black swat suits whom are really members of the swat team making them impossible to distinguish. In other words, this is one big mess in desperate need of some talented direction.

But I do recommend Ticker. I had a great laugh watching it, seeing Seagal using 10 seconds to waddle down 6 stairs while being shot at by a group of men 20 feet away with M16 rifles and hitting nothing, listening to Hopper's Irish accent appear, disappear, reappear and so on, watching the evacuation of a town hall (government building of some kind, it wasn't clear) when what we are shown is a night club evac scene lifted directly out of another film, and hundreds of other serious and obvious inconsistencies unfold before your eyes. For the purpose of hilarity and ridicule, Ticker is great fun, and lands firmly in the category of "so bad it's good."