Rating: R
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 09/20/2002(USA)
Release Date: 12/24/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Two former government agents square off as they search for the most deadly new weapon on Earth in this white-knuckle
thriller.
Sever (
Lucy Liu) was once a top agent with the Defense Intelligence Agency, but she quit when her son was killed in a bungled raid organized by
Gant (
Gregg Henry), and has sworn to take vengeance against him and his colleagues. When
Sever learns that
Gant and his team are in possession of a remarkable new weapon -- a microscopic device injected into the victim's bloodstream which is benign until triggered, then kills immediately without leaving a trace -- she is determined to get her hands on it, whatever the cost. However,
Gant has turned rogue, and FBI agent
Julio Martin (
Miguel Sandoval) has been ordered to find him and recover his new weapon.
Martin needs the best man he can find for the job, and calls upon
Jeremiah Ecks (
Antonio Banderas), a former FBI tracker, to do the job.
Ecks quit the Bureau when his wife was killed, but
Martin informs
Ecks that his spouse is actually alive and in hiding, and if he can bring in
Gant, she will be returned to him. But
Ecks has to face the most formidable adversary of his life in
Sever, a master of mayhem bent on revenge.
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever was the first English-language feature from Thai filmmaker
Wych Kaosayananda (aka
Kaos), whose first feature
Fah was a box-office blockbuster in his homeland.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
