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A deadly woman assassin named Sever kidnaps the child of the head of the DIA (a sort of replacement for the NSA).  Ex-FBI agent Jeremiah Ecks is dragged back into duty to find the boy with the promise that he will learn where his wife he long thought was dead is actually still living.  Caught in the middle are the DIA head's lackeys, the rest of the FBI, and the police.  To further complicate matters a dangerous "micro-device" that can kill a person and leave no trace has been stolen and is somehow involved.  As Ecks and Sever battle it out through the city the DIA agents only add to the confusion as they try and kill both of them and it quickly becomes anyone's game.

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is an action packed special effects riddled movie with only a little extra.  The plot is thin in a few places and some of the twists don't exactly make perfect sense.  On the action front there is some great gun play, lots of pretty explosions and a couple of excellent massacres.  The fight choreography for the martial arts scenes is fairly good though nothing extra special.  The acting is fair except in what should be the more emotional scenes where instead it is flat.  It's not exactly certain if this is on purpose or not.  The interior sets and exterior locations are nothing special.  The musical score is much the same as the settings and there isn't really a lyrical soundtrack.  All in all this film is best for watching things get shot up or blown up.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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