Ballistica
Ballistica
| 18 December 2009 (USA)
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A man has been trained in a deadly form of hand-to-hand combat using ballistics and firearms. He is one of the few Americans who has perfected it, which makes him the CIA's best weapon against International Terrorism.

Reviews
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
homecoming8 "Ballistica" has 2 very familiar faces from the '80's action movies: Martin Kove, who is best known for supporting roles in "Rambo: First Blood Part II" and "Karate Kid" and Robert Davi. Davi also played supporting roles in classics like "Licence To Kill" and "Die Hard". They also co-produced "Ballistica" and they once again have supporting roles.The leading action-hero has to be one of the worst actors in history: Paul Logan. He's unknown and walks around with a (laughable) mean look but lacks any form of charisma. He's totally unbelievable, but that can be said for the entire cast. The story is dull and stupid and the action is silly beyond believe: ballistica is some sort of karate with guns. This is based (a.k.a. stolen from) "Equilibrium" (2002). In that action classic, Gun Kata resulted in some memorable, jaw-dropping action scenes. But here, 'Ballistica' has you laughing and crying at the same time. The word "stupid" doesn't even begin to cover this piece of mess. I've seen some awfully bad action movies throughout the years but this one really takes the cake: I dare you to watch the full 90 minutes: it's almost impossible...
Chris Mackey (guestar57) Starring: Robert Davi ,Martin Kove ,Andrew Divoff and Paul Logan. 'How to you create a movie around martial arts and weapons as a form of self defense'. GYMKATA tried something like this,Remember ? GAME OF DEATH had some elements like this movie, Breaking the mold of what makes an action film. Sure Chuck Norris or Stephen Seagal could have made a film like this,But there too old…Get the picture,Paul Logan is incredible to watch—Perhaps a throwback to yesterdays movie stars. This must have been a labor of love for Gary Jones (director) and Tony Kandah(writer) they spent two years developing this martial arts hybrid of an action flick.
dwarven_tavern If this movie were any more cliché it would be a cliché for others of its kind. "Man, that movie was ballistica". "Really? I didn't think it was THAT bad." The fight scenes were unnecessary, only to show off the ~incredible~ (gag) fighting prowess of the "Gary Stu" (which is an incredibly generic, stereotypical character in a work of fiction) main character. The writing is abysmal, the directing is infantile, and the acting only reflects the poor directing, which means shallow, lifeless, and flat. There need be no spoilers because this movie is so entirely predictable the first five minutes is itself a spoiler. The movie is spoiled upon takeoff. I highly recommend this movie as a lesson to burgeoning filmmakers as an exercise in exactly how NOT to make a movie unless you want to make a quick buck thirty five in profit then get the heck out of Dodge with the cold hard change in hand.
suissenavy Just got done watching this and I have to say that I did enjoy it. The only real thing that bothered me was the hand gun hand combat. It was well filmed but utterly impossible. Trust me, dodging one bullet would be hard to believe, try about 25, at close range and your truly in the land of fantasy. The story unfolds very well, and a great twist at the end is well timed and from out of nowhere. This film is most certainly a Federal funded one, all the talk about the good C.I.A. and bad terrorists and a reference to 9\11 truly got a giggle from me. The last fight is a good one, and I was wondering what was gonna happen, the last move is absolutely against several laws, physics and gravity to name a few, good taste may also fit in the list. There are some familiar faces throughout like that bad guy from Karate Kid, you know the teacher at the dojo. You should enjoy this film if you like action spy films. You can also say that acting in this film is like Ben Kinsley in Gandhi, but then you would be completely wrong and probably insane.