Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

R

Released Sep 20, 2002

1h 31m

Action

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Haunted by the mysterious death of his wife, Jeremiah Ecks (Antonio Banderas) has become a recluse, but the former FBI manhunter is blackmailed back into service to track down an unstoppable ex-DIA operative, code-named Sever (Lucy Liu), who has kidnapped the young son of the head of a secret committee of international security agencies.

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Critics Consensus

A startlingly inept film, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever offers overblown, wall-to-wall action without a hint of wit, coherence, style, or originality.

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Matias C

Sin duda, esta película ha sido una experiencia cinematográfica inolvidable. Desde el primer momento, me ha cautivado con su trama fascinante y personajes entrañables. Cada escena me ha conmovido profundamente, llevándome en un viaje emocional que perdurará en mi memoria por mucho tiempo. La actuación de los protagonistas ha sido excepcional, transmitiendo de manera magistral cada emoción y haciéndome sentir parte de la historia. Definitivamente, puedo afirmar que esta ha sido la mejor película que he tenido el privilegio de presenciar.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Stephen S

Yeah there's a reason it's the worst

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/14/24

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MARIO A

The whole thing was 😑

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Arthur M

This movie is like porn, but for action instead of sex. The plot doesn't make any sense. There's no reason why the characters are fighting each other, they just are. A lot of the action doesn't even look good; some of it has a "so bad it's good" quality. It feels as if someone tried to rewrite the plot of the movie in post production but was too cheap to reshoot anything so they just cut out the old plot and then tried to stitch everything back together. However, this movie had something else in common with porn. Despite its glaring flaws, it did the job for me. I would watch it again.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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JustinRadabaugh

Best movie I've ever seen

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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real

Ecks vs Sever is not bad, is good action filck!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/08/23

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Wych Kaosayananda

Director

Antonio Banderas

Jeremiah Ecks

Lucy Liu

Agent Sever

Gregg Henry

Robert Gant

Ray Park

Agent A.J. Ross

Talisa Soto

Rayne Gant

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Matt Singer

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I'm having a hard time believing the words as I type them but ... it's not that bad.

Rated: 4/10

Jan 29, 2019

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Nell Minow

Beliefnet

An endless barrage of bullets and bazookas

Rated: D

Oct 9, 2015

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Jocelyn Noveck

Associated Press

For many viewers, the big question may be not whether Ecks and Sever will get together, or why they are fighting in the first place, but why am I sitting here, anyway?

Sep 15, 2014

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William Bibbiani

Consequence

I guess not every bad movie has a cult following in its future. Some of them are just kinda bad.

Sep 20, 2022

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

If you must see Ecks vs. Sever, just go bang your head against the wall for an hour and a half. It would be the same effect.

Nov 15, 2019

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Michael Sragow

Baltimore Sun

Kaos is so in love with pyrotechnics -- and so arrogant in his assumptions about his audience -- that in the first few minutes, he presents one critical car explosion without explanation, then has his characters discuss another one.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 15, 2014

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Synopsis

Haunted by the mysterious death of his wife, Jeremiah Ecks (Antonio Banderas) has become a recluse, but the former FBI manhunter is blackmailed back into service to track down an unstoppable ex-DIA operative, code-named Sever (Lucy Liu), who has kidnapped the young son of the head of a secret committee of international security agencies.

Director: Wych Kaosayananda
Producer: Tarak Ben Ammar, Tracee Stanley Newell
Screenwriter: Alan B. McElroy
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Franchise Pictures
Rating: R (Strong Violence)
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.3M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)