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Summary: Lucy Liu and Banderas too and that's about it....
Review: I have seen some of the reviews from viewers who think this movie is either good or not that bad. I don't know what they were watching, or what they were on when watching it. This movie is a mess. I love action pictures and this one has A LOT of that, but the one thing it doesn't have is a plot that makes any sense! You mean during the entire seven years FBI agent Banderas doesn't have or know anybody who just happened to see his supposed dead wife with his ex-buddy Gant (Clark)? I know secret agents are supposed to stay secret, but COME ON!! Besides wouldn't an agent check for body parts after the supposed explosion that he lost his wife in? And all we have of Lucy Liu's reason for vengeance is a photo of her and an infant, we see no agony or anger -- couldn't they have given that to us in a flashback - her searching through the wreckage looking for her dead child and the horror of the loss? If you get the DVD, you can learn more about what's "supposedly" going on by watching the documentary, but you really shouldn't have to watch another movie to explain the one you're watching. I love Lucy Liu and Antonio Banderas, but this was just down right silly at times. For example, Lucy Liu helps Banderas escape from local police by firing rockets at the prison bus he's handcuffed on! Huh? Does she belong to psychic friends, so that she knew he was going to survive despite the two rockets she fired at it and the tumble role it did and it breaking apart, not to mention it catching fire! I wish they would have just spent a little more money on dialogue, character development to make the final revenge for Sever all the more sweeter. The end came too quick, they could have drawn it out a little longer with her talking the bad guy through his eventual death. But no, why spend time on something like that.
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Summary: BOOM!! BANG!! THUD...
Review: You know what would have made more sense? The producers should have taken all the money they spent making this noisey movie, converted it to one dollar bills, soaked them in gas and fired them out of a big cannon. Now that would have at least been entertaining (What a "performance art piece" that would have made!). Anyway, everyone knows that Lucy Liu = Bad Movie so there should be no surprises that this film is garbage: a "Matrix" wannabe. Sure sure walks around in fetish gear in this and every other film she is in but she is too skinny for my taste, so that was not a plus in my book. Antonio has done some watchable films (Desperado and Zorro) but this is not one of them. The plot is bad, really bad but I'll give them a pass on that one since its an action film (nano-tech assasins? Ugh!!). What is really a crime is that the action scenes are so incredibly bad that it makes this film a painful experience. Roger Coreman could have done better, at least it would have been alot cheaper. A rental at best..
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Summary: Exciting, good shooting and action scenes!
Review: Enjoyable movie! Truly. I don't know why anyone would say it was "so bad"?! I particularly enjoyed Banderas' performance as I prefer him serious and brooding (compared to his quirkiness i.e. Assassins). The movie is an action thriller and much better (and no worse) than most of the Van Damme movies made in the last decade. Lucy Lu's portrayel of her characer was a wee bit deadpan, but I did like her character in the film.
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Summary: Why?
Review: Why did I watch this movie? This movie was the bomb, but it should've blown up! There wasn't a plot and if there was I probabaly fell asleep.it is a bad movieand I recommend not getting it. I highly recommend the movie, Star Episode II Attack of the Clones. It has action drama romance, need I go on?
Just don't get Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever.
If you do get it and watch it you WILL be severly bored.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Very good Movie. I was very impressed with everyones acting except Talisa Sotos. She should have chosen a different profession! Anyway, great action and great storyline, rent it and if you like it then buy the DVD,
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Summary: One of 2002's biggest bombs
Review: For starters, why is this movie called "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever"? Why not simply "Ballistic"? The overblown title is symptomatic of the movie itself. It's hard to figure out how the filmmakers managed to put in so many gunfights, explosions and chases, yet come up with so little excitement. It all adds up to zero. What there is of a plot is nonsensical and banal. Ecks [Antonio Banderas] is a secret agent who believes his wife has been murdered by some nefarious group. He thinks his arch nemesis is another spy named Sever [Lucy Lui], but, of course, she turns out to be an ally. On and on this drivel goes, with one ridiculous plot twist after another. We stop caring which way the story goes after about thirty minutes because there is not a single character we can possibly care about. One always wonders how any movie can wind up being this bad. Whether a film's budget is one million dollars or one hundred million, one assumes that its makers' original intention was to produce something that's at least watchable. Often, everything goes amiss, and the result is a bomb. Still, it's rare that a movie is as big a bomb as this one. Sometimes, such a movie is so bad that it's good. "Ballistic" falls short of even this dubious achievement and should be avoided at all cost.
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Summary: I have a better title for this one - "What in the...?"
Review: The whole part of the plot with the dead wife (still trying to figure out who she was supposed to be married to) should have been edited out completely. The fight scenes were no different then a thousand other movies all of which had better storylines. Antonio "the invincable man" Banderas should have been killed off the first time he could not possibly have survived. Lucy "welcome to my secret underground lair" Liu in tight leather was the only thing that made me keep watching. Kaos should never make another movie ever again. This gets my vote for the absolute worst movie I've seen all year (by the way, it's december 28th). Even the stupid B-rated movies on late-night HBO were a step up from this garbage. If you absolutely must watch it, do so with the sound off and make up the lines yourself - at least it will make some sense that way.
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Summary: I wish I'd saved my money...
Review: Yep, I saw all of the reviews about how bad this movie was before I purchased it but figured, what the heck, I like action films and I like Banderas so why not give it a try? Well, hubby and I took three days to finish watching this movie. No, nothing was wrong with our DVD player, it's just that we kept falling asleep on it. There's nothing about the movie that kept our eyes glued to the television screen for lengthy periods. What's good? If you like action, there's a lot of it here. Crashing cars, car and motorcycle chases, explosions, shoot'em ups, and lots of fighting are sprinkled liberally throughout the movie. What's bad? Most of the action seems mindless, and the movie plays like a wannabe movie. (They wanted it to be something that it isn't.) There is a plot and you can follow it, but some of the action seems overlong or present just to extend the time of the movie or maybe because they figured the action would draw in the moviegoers who would forget about all else. With some of the fighting and clothing, I got a glimpse of the Matrix -- much lower scale mind you, but the Matrix came to mind nonetheless. With the motorcycle chase scene, Mission Impossible II came to mind. Again, the scenes here are nowhere near the quality of Mission Impossible, but it came to mind too. The acting is decent but none of it will pull you in and make you really care for the story being told. This could be because of the dialog -- it was okay but the actors didn't have a whole lot to work with. Overall, while the movie wasn't horrible I wish I'd rented it instead of buying it because it's one that I have no desire to watch again. On a lighter note, my husband and I did have a good time laughing at the various scenes (which weren't supposed to be funny) and calling out the movies that this one copied parts from. My recommendation: if you've just got to see it, rent it. Otherwise, save your money.
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Summary: Believe the Reviews
Review: I know this movie was trashed by many critics, but it is better to go out and rent "Highlander: End Game" before seeing this movie. I enjoy and endure many films that are not destined for Oscars. Let's face it, most movie lovers enjoy the good, the bad, and the ugly in film. I wanted to like this movie, but the plot - when it existed - was so over-the-top painfully obvious no action in the film could soothe the ache. It could have been better, I wanted to like it more, but it just was a dud.
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Summary: Too many critics
Review: There are obviously too many people trying to be the next Siskel and Ebert or whomever. This movie was fun and entertaining which is what I want from a movie. Life is full of too much stress to be criticizing everything. So lighten up and enjoy. I did.
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