The director of this film is Wych Kaosayananda of Thailand, whose nickname is "Kaos." And that is appropriate: for this waste of celluloid is utterly chaotic. It is basically a series of action sequences--many of which are shot in slooooow motion--that are vainly searching for a coherent narrative to unite them. The trailer for this film looked good enough (cf. its fight sequences), but that is only because all of the "good" (or tolerable) parts of Ballistic are packed into it. (This only goes to show that you can't judge a film by its trailers.) The talents of both Lucy Liu and Antonio Banderas are wasted on this would-be action film. It's full of too many explosions, too little of what might be called a storyline, and it's all edited together with scant attention to continuity. The only conceivable way to enjoy this film is to sever your brain from your eyes.
Review of Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
