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Summary: about Ballistic........
Review: The story is about Robert Gant using his 'son' Michael to send some 'intelligent data' to any country by means of implanting some miniature data equipment in his arms. Sever(Lucy Liu) is there to stop this. The story based looks good and the blast and gun shootings in the movies are powerful and looks real which would put your theatre Amplifier in full swing mode(good for testing). I would recommend Ballistic and the specialist for theatrical sound experience.....
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Summary: My amusement vs. my conscience.
Review: BALLISTIC had some serious actions scenes, yet they don't propel a movie along. The fact that the leads were minorities intrigued me, but they seemed to be a bit on the "cardboard" personality side. The movie had subversive danger mixed with secretive pasts, but the leads talked so low and mysterious-like, I had to go back in certain parts and cut the volume up just to hear the dialogue between them. Gregg Henry was very good as the powerful villian Richard Gant, and it was his appearence that gave the movie the conflict it needed. Overall, I enjoyed the movie enough to give it four stars, but it dropped to three because, in all good conscience, action without complexity can make a very stilted movie. With all that this movie displayed, both Banderas and Liu deserved a little better than they got.
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Summary: One Word: Awesome
Review: Just because the majority of reviewers reviewing this film rejected it, doesn't mean you can't just go to the video rental store and pick up a copy for yourself to see what all the negative hype is all about. Geez, that's what I did, and I think I have to disagree with the rest of you who say "The only reason I like this movie is because of Lucy Liu". Guys, that's no excuse.
Yes, the story is very confusing, but fun to piece together. Yes, there are 30+ explosions throughout the 90 min of the film. And yes, Ecks and Sever fight...but only in the beginning. In the end you discover that Sever is only protecting his son, who is caged up in the basement.
Based on the Game Boy Advance game of the name "Ecks vs. Sever", this movie has got to be one of the best I've seen. Do you know why? Because it's short, sweet, and it has everything I like: Suspense, Action, Adventure, etc! Even in the end, it looks as if there is a lil' spark between Ecks and Sever...b-but I could be wrong. Anyways, if you're bored and you want to rent a movie, make "Ballistic" your number one priority. Trust me, it's either you love it or hate it. Trust yourself and don't listen to these reviewers. Don't listen to me either. Leave. NOW.
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Summary: BOOM!!!
Review: "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" is the wrong name for this movie. Ecks never goes "Ballistic" and Sever is not against Ecks at all. In fact, they team up in the middle after a previous attempt of killing each other, for some...strange...reason...
Anyways, what really ruined it for me was when Kaos (director) said "...the DIA, I've been told it really exists." No, Kaos. There's no such thing. Maybe he should've sticked to a plot he could actually follow...This action-packed explosionfest feels very choppy when watching it; From scene to scene you don't really know what's happening at all.
Yet, "Ballistic" is still an excellent addition to the action genre. I've counted 30+ explosions throughout the film; eye candy for people who like a big BOOM.
(Based on a BAM! Game Boy Advance game)
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Summary: Dumb action flick fails to generate anything...
Review: Don't get me wrong, I'm all for abandoning plot for action, but on at least one of two conditions: it must be good action OR it must be a Van Damme movie. "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" is neither. As a matter of fact, it's not even up there with your average Steven Seagal flick. It has no real plot, just plot elements with one-dimensional characters reciting weak dialogue and getting into long, repetitive gunfights. I'm a die-hard fan of dumb action movies, but even this is too void for my tastes. The cast, while consisting of a few admirable talents, can't seem to keep the movie flowing and the action is trite and devoid of originality. As far as the movie scene goes, "Ballistic" is pure fluff. Mindless and without any direction, it is dead on the screen before the title even flashes.
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Summary: Horrible story, waste of time
Review: I wanted to see this movie becuz I love Lucy Liu and action/spies w/ cool gadget movies. This movie had a lot of potential w/ Lucy and Antonio as the lead characters. Tons of things were (pointlessly) blowing up so obviously they had a big budget as well. The script was horrible. There are too many unbelievable parts to the plot... really stupid parts that don't fit in at all. Also they try and do a lot of shots w/ Lucy just standing by herself dramatically, props for giving Lucy camera time but the shots just look really cheesy.
So instead of renting this movie watch XXX and Charlie's Angels. You'll get lots of 'cool' action and Lucy Liu.
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Summary: 31/2 stars, better than I expected, better than many say
Review: I missed seeing Ecks vs. Sever in the theatre and knew enough not to trust the pretty ads (they're so often the best part of a movie)so I didn't know what to think when I read the reviews here at Amazon. I was pleased (after seeing it on TV)to see that it wasn't quite so bad as so many people seem to think.
The plot line seems to center on a U.S. Govt. agency gone bad with a commander who's just plain criminal (out for money & power). They've stolen a prototype nanobot killing machine (the worst plot hole in the movie is that Gant wants the perfect killer but destroys the lab, taking nothing but the prototype, if it's so great he'd also want manufacturing capabilities)and used The Boss's (Gant) stepson (Ecks later finds that the kid is really his)as a carrier for the thing to get it back to America (plot hole #2, why to Canada instead of the US?)Sever is a former agent of the DIA who left when they killed her son. The only part of the movie where you can really call it Ecks vs. Sever is at the start when he's trying to arrest her, they soon find that they're really on the same side (she kidnapped the boy to keep Gant from getting the nanobot).
There are a lot of explosions and miraculous escapes (this is a movie, not reality which would have more deaths & injuries than I think were actually depicted on screen)but the basic plot line(s) of criminals stealing a weapon, an ex member taking it from them and dodging the law and the crooks all the way with the good guys (who seem kind of vicious themselves)winning in the end does work pretty well. You need to pay attention, remember that people really ARE working on such killing devices, and suspend belief just a little.
I found that the start of the movie followed by the last part, then the middle part of the movie seemed to be the best way to sort it all out. I thought that Lucy Liu and Antonio Banderas did a god job in portraying their roles.
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Summary: Underrated Action Extravaganza
Review: No plot. Yes! Although it tries to sound smart, I wasn't paying attention. FBI agent Ecks (Antonio Banderas) teams up with an Intelligence agent named Sever (Lucy Liu) to take down a weapons expert and find his wife and son. That's about it. Tons of bullets fly everywhere, cars fly everywhere and people fly everywhere. This movie is great. "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" is genius. That's all I have to say.
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Summary: rent but not buy
Review: obviously the guys who marketed the movie never watched it. It is about two secret agents who hate each other and want to kill each other. Or it is supposed to be problem is they never met each other, so the movie tends to be confusion. Lucy Lu and Antonio Banderas make one hell of a team but can't save the movie from itself.
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Summary: A Big Surprise
Review: I rented this flick expecting nothing. I'd read no reviews. I know no one who saw it. I figured that it would be a by-the-numbers action flick that would stave off boredom. What a surprise then to find a superior jewel of schlock cinema. This movie is a hoot from beginning to end. My son and I had a great time pointing out the plot holes, bad editing and just plain stupidity of this farce. I'm serious. We had a great time. This movie is a serious candidate for an MST3K party. The movie centers around a US government agency called the Defense Intelligence Agrncy. Just for fun I watched part of the dircetor's comments. He said cryptically that "The Defense Intelligence Agency is an agency that I'm told exists." He's right. ... His mind-numbing "plot" has a US military intelligence agency taking jurisdiction over Canadian Police!! Canada is a sovereign nation and DIA has no authority to say squat. Well, actually the DIA has no authority to say squat to the Sheriff of San Bernardino County either. This "plot" is as bad as the one foisted on us during "The Art of WAR", although it is probably a tiny bit more believable since the DIA is largely competent vs. the utterly incompetent UN, but I digress. Watch Ballistic. Marvel to a 90 pound anorexic woman pounding on Antonio Banderas. Watch the action scenes as the rain comes and goes within split seconds as the camera angle changes (funny weather they have in Vancouver). Thrill as vehicles which aren't struck by anything burst into flame (yes in the "Ballistic Universe" all motor vehicles are filled with napalm, too). Imagine Talisa Soto pleading with the producers to keep her name out of the credits. Get some popcorn and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
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