Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever movie storyline. 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 is a 2002 action-thriller film starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, and directed by Wych Kaosayananda (under the pseudonym of “Kaos”). Liu and Banderas play opposing secret agents who are supposedly enemies but team up to fight a common enemy. It is an international co-production between Canada, Germany, and the United States.
In its opening weekend, the film grossed $7 million in 2,705 theaters for an average of $2,591 per theater, ranking #4 at the US box office. The film ultimately earned $14.3 million in the US and $5.6 million internationally for a total of $19.9 million on a $70 million production budget.
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Directed by: Wych Kaosayananda
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry, Ray Park, Talisa Soto, Aidan Drummond, Eric Breker, Sandrine Holt, Josephine Jacob, Ashley Kobayashi, Brian Drummond
Screenplay by: Alan B. McElroy
Production Design by: Douglas Higgins
Cinematography by: Julio Macat
Film Editing by: Jay Cassidy, Caroline Ross
Costume Design by: Magali Guidasci
Set Decoration by: David Birdsall
Art Direction by: Lawrence F. Pevec
Music by: Don Davis
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: September 20, 2002
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