Ticker

R

2001

1 hr. 32 min.

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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18%

2,500+ Ratings

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Grieving narcotics agent Ray Nettles (Tom Sizemore) and police Detective Art Rice (Nas) are assigned to investigate a series of horrific bombings that have rocked the city of San Francisco. When Nettles discovers that these acts of terror are the work of notorious IRA agent Alex Swan (Dennis Hopper), he enlists the help of explosives expert Frank Glass (Steven Seagal). As inner demons threaten to destroy Nettles, Swan engages the troubled man in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

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Stan S

The script, the acting and the special effects are so bad, that it should have been released direct-to-audio. Apart from actors paychecks, the budget must have been less than 100k.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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William D

This is an okay film that I would recommend watching once but not again.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/27/23

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This was really a spectacularly poor film. It has enough redeeming qualities to warrant a 3/10, that's for sure, but the negative aspects are so overwhelming that I can't recommend it in good conscience. The good parts are: a fair amount of high-dollar action and explosions, some good (lazy) Seagal fighting and enough outrageous turn-of-the-century tropes to be ironically funny. But if you're not willing to endure a budget action movie, stop here. Or, keep reading, because I'm funny. The bad, though, are grossly overwhelming. The plot is absurd and provides no real motivation for any of the characters. Sizemore's haunted cop is unconvincing and unemotional and for some reason finds solace in Seagal's cliche-ridden psychological advice. Despite being portrayed as a demotions expert, Seagal rainmans his way through "sophisticated" gear in seconds and is even able to coach a (believably) dumb Sizemore through a defusing in a matter of seconds. Nas puts up a pitifully poor performance, mostly reminiscent of an after-school special about drugs and suicide prevention. There's an entire scene of non-technically demanding driving for which the director saw fit to film on terrible, blurry green screen just before the climax. Throughout the entire film, though it clearly takes place over the course of more than one day based on dialogue and day/night cycles, the characters all wear the exact same clothing. I guess they didn't have money for a different pair of jeans or a seventeenth leather jacket for Sizemore to wear. The City Hall masquerade, which hopefully occurs on Halloween (which is never discussed), seems to be used as an excuse to have extras wear weird costumes, but adds absolutely nothing to the movie but confusion - why is there a functioning bar and dance club inside the San Francisco City Hall? Who let all these teens in? Perhaps most upsetting, though, is Academy Award nominated and prolific actor/director of 40 years Dennis Hopper's confusing and indescribable performance. Though apparently associated with the IRA, he has no Irish accent, except when he talks to his actually Irish henchman, which means either Hopper can't really do an accent unless he just heard it or he's playing a disrespectful guy who mocks his subordinate's accent every time he speaks. Unfortunately, Sizemore is the protagonist here, over Seagal, who appears to have given one of his laziest and weakest performances in retaliation. Jaime Pressly gives it an honest try as the only female character, but her unbelievable relationship with Hopper (32 years her senior) is simply gross and her performance is completely undermined by her hotness relative to the rest of the cast (even with Seagal's flyaway curly ponytail).

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Tom Sizemore and Dennis Hopper on this stupid Seagal flick. But heck somebody got to pay them bills! lol

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Steven Seagal #13: One day, Steven Seagal woke up, looked around and saw that he was making a film with Dennis Hopper, Tom Sizemore and Ice-T, and realized that his destiny was in direct-to-video low budget movies. Steven plays the leader of the San Fran bomb squad. Dennis Hopper plays a terrorist who cant do an Irish accent. Surprisingly its actually Tom Sizemores cop trying to catch Dennis Hopper who is the main character in the film, and gets most of the screen time. This film looks like it was filmed by Ed Wood. Most of Stevens shots are ultra close-up, and he spends almost all his scenes sitting in chairs or cars. Rarely do you see him on his feet. But even worse than that? He uses a stunt double, and not only during action scenes. I later found out these were scenes taken from other movies which had been re-purposed for Seagal. The end scene is taken almost entirely from The Peacekeeper. This is also a film where you get two Seagals for the price of one. Theres a scene in a blues bar with a band playing, and its clearly Seagal singing and playing guitar, but hes wearing a phony beard and glasses. Apparently the director has apologized multiple times for this film and released a directors cut as a mea culpa. Does that mean I need to watch it again to be a completionist? #AllTheSeagals

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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One of if not the first Seagal straight to video venture. Similarly to The Patriot, it differs enough from all of his schlock to follow and is made with slightly more competence.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Albert Pyun

Director

Tom Sizemore

Det. Ray Nettles

Dennis Hopper

Alex Swan

Steven Seagal

Frank Glass

Joe Spano

Captain Spano

Jaime Pressly

Claire Manning

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 9, 2005

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David Nusair

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...you've got all the ingredients for a flick that should have starred Eric Roberts and Ice-T...

Rated: 2/4

Aug 1, 2003

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 2/5

Jul 29, 2002

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Ryan Cracknell

Apollo Guide

Rated: 31/100

Apr 16, 2002

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Synopsis

Grieving narcotics agent Ray Nettles (Tom Sizemore) and police Detective Art Rice (Nas) are assigned to investigate a series of horrific bombings that have rocked the city of San Francisco. When Nettles discovers that these acts of terror are the work of notorious IRA agent Alex Swan (Dennis Hopper), he enlists the help of explosives expert Frank Glass (Steven Seagal). As inner demons threaten to destroy Nettles, Swan engages the troubled man in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

Director: Albert Pyun
Screenwriter: Paul B. Margolis
Production Co: Artisan Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2007
Sound Mix: Surround

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