Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Movie Review 2002

Awkwardly titled actioner stars Banderes as Ecks, a disillusioned former FBI manhunter mourning his dead wife. Liu is code-name Sever, a former government-trained assassin. Ecks has been rehired to track Sever for kidnapping the son of her former boss Gant (Henry), chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Both agents are also on the lookout for a supposedly dangerous and supremely ridiculous techno virus. Once the operatives find they have a lot in common, including a common enemy, they join forces to gun down and blow up everything in sight. Superb, if overdone stunts take top billing, while dim lighting matches equally dim plot. Neophyte director Kaos (short for Kaosayananda) cops all the moves of "The Matrix." Based on the far more entertaining video game.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

FBI, Spies & Espionage, CIA/NSA, Hit Men/Women, Kidnapped!, Boom!

Screenplay

Alan B. McElroy

Cast

Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry, Ray Park, Talisa Soto, Miguel (Michael) Sandoval, Terry Chen, Sandrine Holt, Roger R. Cross, Steve Bacic, Aidan Drummond

Cinematography

Julio Macat

Director

Kaos

Music

Don Davis

Other

Michael Williamson, Michael Lloyd, Jay Cassidy, Caroline Ross, Lawrence Pevec, Magali Guidasci, Doug Higgins

Producer

Elie Samaha, Chris Lee, Franchise Pictures, Warner Bros.