I was sitting around bored tonight and started to surf the DirecTV pay-per-view listing and came across Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. I always thought it looked like the kind of movie that you wouldn't want to buy but I was still inexplicably drawn to watch it. I ordered it for $4 (a little more expensive than rental...but I didn't have to go rent it) fired up the home theater and sat back for the movie of the night.
I'm really not sure what to say about this movie. The plot fell short of my expectations even as a mindless action movie. I really didn't care what happened to any of the characters either. So in some senses I'd say this movie really sucks. On the other hand if you're just wanting to see alot of shooting and things blown up its not half bad. I don't care for Lucy Liu or Antonie Banderas much either so that might have changed my opinion a little bit too. Although I do admire Banderas for following the world-class assassin dress code and wearing a tie. If you're an assassin you must wear a tie. I blame the Bond series for making this a requirement.
Overall its not a bad movie, but certainly not great either. Be prepared for an action movie only when you see this. My advice would be to wait for it to come on cable. I don't think its really worth the rental cost unless you're just dying to see this type of movie. I need a rating system so I could assign this the lowest rating of recently viewed movies.
Life is pretty boring otherwise at the moment. I'm about a month into this semester and will be glad when its over. One more year and I'll finally be done. The odd thing is I'm actually starting to considering a masters degree if the IT market doesn't pick up much. I figure more earning potential in the long run if I can put up with it.
(removed whining due to better judgement)
Insomniac is on so maybe I'll watch that for a bit and have some dew and vodka, its been a long time since I've done that.
Posted by johnm at February 8, 2003 10:36 PM