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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

A German Canadian American action directed by Wych Kaosayananda A.K.A. Kaos, starring Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu and Terry Chen.
Secret agents fight over family members and a microscopic device which kills people.
Total crap. The director and writer, Wych/Kaos (see above) and Alan B. McElroy have only been involved in terrible action films like this one. It was light on plot and heavy on action. Lucy Liu's high kicks were a sign of the times, but her origami is Japanese and she is Chinese. I think this was part of a theme of appealing to the lowest common denominator. An action film without much plot has an Asian actress, so she must know martial arts and origami, right? Same with the motorcycle chase. It seemed more like a decision to include a motorcycle chase at this certain time than anything motivated by the plot. The camerawork was great and everything looked fine, even if it was edited very quickly. Production value was great, but writing and directing really fell through. I rate this shit because normally, I would have turned it off as soon as I figured out what it was. I'm currently watching "worst"s, so bring me the biggest dung heap of a film possible. DO NOT WATCH!

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