The WORST MOVIE of the 2000's??? - Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever (2002)

[@dekky3908]

It's obvious that Sever was played by one of the Lucy Liu bots from Futurama.

[@planescaped]

That's where I've seen her from before! I didn't know the Lucy Liu bots were in anything else.

[@scottdoesntmatter4409]

it also explains how the heck she could possibly beat the hell out of everyone she comes across, despite being tiny.

[@benrussell5070]

She's stuck in an infinite loop, and he's an idiot...

[@andrewdzierson2036]

And how friend 😹

[@timmyjackson6918]

I love you too, PHILLIP J. FRYE!

[@PianistSamuel]

The soundtrack to this movie must be great. Track 1: (Excitment) Ahhhhh-ah-ahhhh-ahh-haha Track 2: (Sadness) Whoooahhhhh-ah-ah-ah ahhhhhh Track 3: (Excitment 2) Ah......Ah!.....ah-ahha-ah Track 4: (Reflection) AHahaha----ahaha-ahhh ahahahha Track 5: (Tense Fighting) Ohhya-ah-ah ah

[@marcosrecio4062]

I really like track 2

[@oshanesinclair5694]

The greatest movie track list ever 😁😂

[@anikmonette2140]

I'm both excited and bored at the same time. Not a bad mix but quite an odd one...

[@damianstarks3338]

😂😂😂😂

[@suzyq3771]

😅😅😅👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

7:52 Julio: "You're sweating." Ross: "It's been raining." Yet, there's absolutely no moisture on Ross' head whatsoever. Could this production not afford water?

[@gageperuti5519]

Tyrant Gregcag Ironic, since this movie cost-not joking- $70 million.

[@liizzset]

It seemed it could. As from this video I see alot of "in the rain" shots. Plus agreed. A bottle of water is not even that expensive.

[@gamerxyouthubecamp9624]

Tyrant Gregcag all productions cost was on action/explosion shots

[@s.storumus8620]

They pulled a tommy wiseau

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

Joseph Neva Lol I remember reading a review that said that the budget was actually spent on lap-dances for the cast and crew to keep them on board the production 😂.

[@subliteral]

Lucy Liu commented that during the filming of this movie she often had no idea what was going on. She remembers being told to run a lot , having no idea why she was running or at what point in the story it was. She herself would joke about Ecks vs. Sever being the worst movie ever made. Your video is the most I've ever seen of it and I'm beginning to understand why.

[@mikegould3542]

The dumbest part of this movie is that the FBI has any sort of jurisdiction in Vancouver.

[@troyschulz2318]

Michael Gould There's a throw-away line where they say the FBI's part of some multinational task force and are working on behalf of local authorities. Or something like that.

[@Rakshasa1986]

The FBI and the RCMP often co-operate with each other... ...but I seriously doubt the writers knew that.

[@anonb4632]

That's how many Americans actually think though, that their government has the right to interfere in other jurisdictions but not vice versa.

[@anonb4632]

@@troyschulz2318 Interpol?

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Americans think they have jurisdiction over the whole universe.

[@singeradams266]

When this movie came out on video, my mom rented it and my brother made fun of it the whole time. It was hilarious. But a couple months later, my mom forgot we already saw it and rented it again! Didn't leave much of an impact I guess.

[@yael8754]

I don't know why but I've been laughing at this for a while now. My dad is the same, he can't remember a movie he saw yesterday lol

[@planescaped]

My mother did that with Toejam and Earl when I was a kid. She must've rented it like, 3 or 4 times because that name is just so catching, yet she didn't play games so she never remembered actually renting it for us. XD

[@nothingforgrantedPS23]

Lol, what did he say?

[@singeradams266]

@@nothingforgrantedPS23 My brother? Well the least offensive way to describe it is he was riffing like the not very bright Director of the film. We were assholes back then.

[@nothingforgrantedPS23]

That's awesome. Yeah we were assholes as well, good times.

[@ShinRyojin]

The early 2000s were really not a good time for action movies due to a lot of studios trying to copy The Matrix. This movie is a prime example.

[@nignamedmutt7270]

Man.... I fucking bought into the hype of EVERY movie during that Era, but I was too young for my mom to let me watch it lol(born in 94) This movie, and "Cradle 2 tha grave" are the two that I can VIVIDLY remember the trailers for, and have always been meaning to get around to watching as an adult lol The plot to Cradle 2 the grave was literally "bad guy steals diamonds that actually power up a super powered laser weapon" lol

[@Johnny_Rico.You_Know_WhatTo_Do]

@@nignamedmutt7270 It stinks. I always want to like it because I love DMX and like Jet Li but it stinks

[@pchtommy1268]

the hell you talking about there are actually loots of great movies from 2000s

[@Macephtopheles]

@@pchtommy1268 There are lots "of great movies from 2000s" and nobody is disputing that. Nobody is even disputing that there are some great action films from the 2000s. What the OP said was the 2000s weren't really a good time for action movies as a lot tried to copy The Matrix which is also not in dispute. So, to quote you... "the hell you talking about" as you seem to have missed literally every point the OP made.

[@pchtommy1268]

Well i actually miss the 2000s action films, its way better than what it is today, it had a so bad its good style

[@samuelf8595]

I watched this film years ago and two things stuck with me. 1. The insane amount of RANDOM slow-mo 2. That simultaneous 2 car barrel roll. Replayed that scene like 300 times.

[@sc-uh7nl]

Now that Ecks vs. Sever is done and dusted, when will we get the masterpiece, Ultra Violet?

[@brianaguilar8283]

Universe of The BluTubers the extended cut is better.

[@sandwichlovemachine2546]

Or Dragonball Evolution or Superbabies

[@aderemiporsche]

@@sandwichlovemachine2546 Don't ever mention Superbabies. Ever!

[@unclepatrick2]

And at least the Stunts in Ballistic Eck vs Sever, were real. Ultra Violet has too many scenes that are bad CGI . And I mean Bad by the standards of the time that Ultra Violet came out in.

[@andim.8788]

I loved the colour fights in the end

[@Monkeyabroad]

GARBAGE DAY

[@dylankaiser5546]

what... no!!!

[@gamerxyouthubecamp9624]

Sodham G'morris same here can't help it

[@damianstarks3338]

😂😂😂😂

[@jasonjoseph6497]

Out of nowhere for the win

[@fredlandry6170]

Garbage is absolutely correct!

[@funnybone6149]

I love how unintimidating the prince of darkness is throughout the entire movie

[@prince-solomon]

And to think he played Darth Maul...

[@danielfonville1840]

No way bruh Darth Maul is scary as hell his face is menacing I remember watching phantom menace when I was young and scared shitless of him.

[@Raicheru13]

@@danielfonville1840 It was pretty impressive. Ray Park's martial arts experience, body language and facial expression provided a lot. But Peter Serafinowicz was the voice dubbed over Ray Park's lines. They joked during interviews that Ray park was physically intimidating but the moment he opened his mouth, his tiny voice would make people laugh.

[@BiriBiri925]

Darth Maul was definitely terrifying. And the fact that he essentially doesn’t say a word throughout the entire film (except for that phrase at the beginning) made him even scarier. I still remember the scene when he walks from side to side and grins after killing Qui-Gon.

[@almightytallestred]

13:35 I also love how the car she steals conveniently has BAD on its license plate, in case we forgot we are upposed to think she is the baddie. Such thoughtful filmmaking 😆

[@melonie_peppers]

😂She's been the baddie

[@charlessagigi9457]

Lucy Liu is a baddie

[@danielfonville1840]

She bad asf

[@namelessentity5851]

Honestly, it sounds like Peter Griffin wrote the script.

[@sblinder1978]

Hmm yes. I found the film shallow and pedantic.

[@mallorywingate103]

ha ha

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Gina from my work ....

[@TerrenceNowicki]

Way More Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever vs Big Ecks vs Big Sever

[@shawnfields2369]

​@@DavidLLambertmobileHey, I don't remember my Mom writing this garbage...

[@Larry]

I only wanted to watch this movie because of the Gameboy Advance game that came out five years before it. Real development hell movie.

[@HyperRealityChannel]

Eyy b0ss

[@tumblingworm737]

LARRY RULES

[@DrunkJackal]

There were two GBA games! I had the original, just called Ecks vs. Sever, which was released before the movie and based on an early script. The Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever version came out along with the movie. I have not played the latter.

[@princesssprinklesthecat4192]

Larry Bundy loves black men

[@Larry]

@@JKintheAK If I recall the GBA game is based on one of the earlier drafts of the script, hence why the movie is completely different.

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

For the longest time, I was worried that no one was ever going to review this Z-grade film ever again. What a joy it is to see someone review it again 😎! It is quite amazing at how terrible this big-budget flop is.

[@johnnyboicasey295]

Fun Fact about this movie: Agent Sever was originally written to be played by a man. The film's original stars were Wesley Snipes and Jet Li, then Vin Diesel and Sylvester Stallone.

[@needfoolthings]

I'm glad they did get Vin and put him in a black wig!

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

Wow it sounds like this could have at least been semi good

[@gabrielpaulino9701]

What a story Mark!

[@Coldcustard666]

Gabriel Paulino oh hai doggy

[@randod1683]

Dernald Tremp I did not hit her... I did not!

[@randod1683]

Some memes age like wine

[@SUBWITHOUTVIDEOPOSTCHALLENGE]

Dernald Tremp oh hia mark

[@swarlyy]

ship ship ship ship ship

[@markcarr5142]

I once quit doing mechanic work. Thought i was happy, just smoking brisket and making my own BBQ sauce. But in the back of my mind, i knew something was missing. Then it happened. My old boss from years ago called me. He needed me for one more job. He sent 2 goons to rough me up. I beat the shit outta them with a fire poker that i use to...poke wood around in the firebox. The he came from the corner of my house, and said, "Oh, Hi Mark." So i went back, and started working on cars again.

[@tattooedbyderek]

Hahaha

[@idontevencarewhathtissays]

It took me two years to realize that you were a mechanic with the last name Carr.

[@sadikmeah4057]

Same thing happened to me when ... Actually let me get back to you, I'm taking a dump

[@monsterhanna6691]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mikepuppetz9]

Ecks v Sever: Dawn of Ballistic

[@damianstarks3338]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@andim.8788]

Chucked

[@michal31131]

Ecks together strong

[@3Guys1Video]

Lol

[@hamouz1999]

When you pointed out that the music is bored i almost died laughing 😂

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Lucy Liu is bored, Antonio Banderas is bored, even the music is bored 😂

[@gj5024]

Haha I love how so many movies are filmed in Vancouver but passed off as some other city, and this one is one of the few that actually is set in Vancouver but it's terrible. Sorry Vancouver.

[@nelgluhak6709]

Someone is watching Every Frame a Painting? :P

[@anonb4632]

Putting the oeuvre in Vancouver.

[@Papawill13]

Not hard to understand. Any Canadian actor who wants to make money goes to America. Any American company that wants to save money filming goes to Canada.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Vancouver is a nice location after all

[@irespectthepolice42]

I believe it's a travesty that this gentleman, Mark, only has a hundred thousand subscribers. He should have well over a million. His content is that good and unlike a lot of KZbinrs out there, he actually does his research before releasing his content

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Yes, I find it sad that unboxing channels have millions of subscribers, while a good content youtuber like Mark only has 100,000.

[@tripletulip8030]

Random slow motions, awkward stares, nothing makes any sense...... Fateful Findings, anyone? I think I know where Neil Breen got inspired.

[@kanrakucheese]

It turns out the GBA game, based on an early version of the script, actually explains both the pills scene *and* "Why is FBI dude using Ecks over literally any current FBI agent?" There Ecks turned to drugs after the "death" of his wife and son (already born in that version, and their survival is so tacked on it could have just been cut entirely), and since his official retirement the FBI dude has regularly been using him as a deniable, expendable agent in exchange for supporting his habit. This also in turn explains why an FBI agent is getting involved in spy plots in the first place. Why were these cut from the movie? Don't know! GBA plot still isn't *good* ("You killed a bunch of innocent law enforcement, but the bad guy was behind everything so you're free to go!") but it can be understood as a series of events. The movie version doesn't even have that.

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

9:41 Okay, I'm assuming Ecks had to smuggle his pills into the car and used a camera as a cover in this scene. Because if not, that means someone in the props department was too lazy to get an actual pill bottle, and used a FILM CANISTER instead.

[@mariethe_patate3696]

Lady Marmalade - They spent all the money in explosions... There was no more for pill bottle (that's probably why there was no pills for the rest of the movie...) 😂😂

[@maria.whiddon]

@@mariethe_patate3696 lmao perfect

[@brianaguilar8283]

If it’s medication prescribed by a doctor then why would he have to hide it?

[@ronburgundy244]

@@brianaguilar8283 I think the movie was trying to imply that he's an addict and has been trying to hide those pills from the department, but then again I'm probably a better writer than whoever made this.

[@CantrellBeau]

I attended Comic Con in San Diego back in 2002 and remember watching the panel discussion of this movie. It was just Lucy Liu and Ray Park on stage trying to hype a film that seemed very uninteresting even to them. Banderas had "other commitments." At least Lucy was nice to look at, but I wish Talisa Soto had been there. After it was done, I recall looking at my brother next to me and we both just shrugged our shoulders. A year later I learned what a disaster this was when I watched it on cable. Shockingly bad. Great vid Mark.

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

Sever was just checking the boy's blood for Midichlorians-- I mean, infections. That was lame. 😳 Oh, hai Mark...

[@gkcs]

13:57 What made the other car explode? Looks like Ecks shot from both ends.

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

Sever tossed a grenade onto it for some reason.

[@ruzzodac]

shockwave; Science; DUH

[@jimothygooseshire]

She knows, that he knows, that we know, that they know where his wife is. God this movie plot is garbage. That is literally the movie plot.

[@sagiriizumi8079]

7:50 That's Darth Maul! Ray Park himself! Guess he's doomed to the "henchmen" role.

[@czechmex88]

this movie would've done much better if it were passed off as a satirical comedy

[@johnnyboicasey295]

The songs in this movie sound like they remixed a yoko ono album.

[@dessertstorm7476]

so thats why Ray Park never speaks

[@darrenp428]

I assume you mean Toad or Darth Maul .... I knows there’s a couple others but that’s all that come to mind at the moment.

[@mrdrprof99]

@@darrenp428 he was there.....he was in it. Poor guy.

[@mrdrprof99]

They could've saved the movie by giving him a sword.

[@MrThomas564]

@@darrenp428 Don't forget he played Snake Eyes in the G.I. Joe movies.

[@guybrush1701]

@@darrenp428 He was the Headless Horseman in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow

[@runi5413]

This amazing script was written by a guy named Alan B. McElroy... who also wrote several episodes of _Star Trek: Discovery_ (which actually makes perfect sense)

[@Spencer900]

Who else dropped everything when you got the notification for this video

[@ivythetwisted6908]

Same here

[@dariuseatmon3971]

What homework

[@randod1683]

Yeah boiii other than my phone lmaoooooo boiiiii

[@fishinapond943]

There I was beating my dick to porn until I got a notification from fanboyflicks I freaked out and watched this video

[@hatednyc]

Spencer Watson You done stole my comment! The bell done been had ring!

[@irespectthepolice42]

Funny how the cars that they blew up just happened to be piece of crap cars.

[@LivingWithLilac]

It was 2002 but every car was a 1983 Buick.

[@GoatPopsicle]

Darth “the prince of darkness” Maul. Or Toad, the prince of darkness.

[@thatbloomer5642]

Ah yes, what a fairytale twist

[@darkprince56]

This movie's color palette and overall look/design is extremely boring and flat not to mention that atrocious moaning soundtrack.

[@dessertstorm7476]

how did youget through this review without once mentioning the names lucy liu and antonio banderas? Is that intentional? I would have thought the star cast, production value and cinematic release would be relevant, given how a lot of your reviews are for straight to video crap starring unknowns.

[@timo9186]

Phlegm Atic I'm.pretty sure it's intentional. He did that in previous reviews, too.

[@drudle]

Their celebrity status and the production value of the movie isn't a factor in how bad or good it is. That's kind of the point.

[@anonb4632]

FWIW he's done films with the likes of Jeff Goldblum, Vladek Sheybal, Joss Ackland, Nicholas Cage etc in them.

[@_ifstcuvifugig]

I died laughing when he was talking about how she shot Julio for no reason

[@misspeggs6316]

Woman with hands > man with gun Logic.....

[@gnomeam]

Nothing in this movie is logical. Nothing

[@DonKilluminati420]

K your all sexist feminazi's

[@DonKilluminati420]

TBH your all probably the type of person to say " we all deserve equal rights " which I agree with but two hours after you shout " women are more superior then men!! "

[@DonKilluminati420]

+Trev 8 I was going to actually explain that but by the time I remembered it was almost 12 am so I didn't really bother what I was going to say was " either your all joking.. or your just plain sexist "

[@DamienDrake]

How about all the idiots with guns getting within striking distance of Batman in Batman v Superman?

[@Boomer04888]

"Two of our marks are fighting on top of a store, what should we do?!" "I know, let's take two men up to a roof 500 meters away with heavy machine guns and shoot wildly into the store's roof!" Outstanding

[@DetroitAlan01]

Dude, a movie this bad can never be described as being boring.

[@sydneyslaughter7163]

It’s worse when the movie is both bad AND boring

[@youreshouldoflearntgrammer8277]

Sadly there are films like that

[@larrylambert1220]

"She doesn't want to kill him. She just wants to give him diabetes." Best quote ever.

[@fordshojoe8080]

Just kill him more slowly and more painfully

[@claudepalmer6236]

is this the 100,000 special? cool, see you at 1 billion subs mark

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

so he shouldjust ignore the million, 10 milion and 100 million?

[@brolo7234]

I just wish he could make it 200k. This man deserves so much more attention :(

[@MrDman21]

"Even the music is bored." LMAO XD

[@arararchstanton-7307]

I always appreciate the effort you put into these reviews, they're hilarious and almost relaxing entertainment. This movie specifically I'd completely forgotten about but I remember thinking the name of it was the dumbest thing I'd ever heard, and after that I never heard about it again, until now. I just don't know why they chose that name. I can't imagine Lethal Weapon: Riggs VS Murtaugh or Casino Royale: Bond VS Lechief

[@troyschulz2318]

9:12 The movie had a very, very messy post-production. The original editor and composer were both fired, and the director was locked out of the Final Cut. He hasn’t worked in the US since, and even said in a 2014 interview that he’s never seen the Final Cut of the film in its entirety. On a podcast from earlier this year, he also heavily implied that the studio fraudulently inflated his the budget for a tax write-off (which the studio WAS actually convicted for doing on another movie, in 2007).

[@epicgamer2534]

Haven't started it yet but I already like it lol

[@BigBossSquirtle]

Clemente NO, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS!!!

[@epicgamer2534]

BigBoss Squitle Haha

[@RyleeStrange]

Okay the blowing up the car part is actually the only part that DOES make sense. The second car was blown up to make Ecks think his WIFE had also similarly died (in case he survived, i assume?), and so he wouldn't come looking for her, i guess. That's an unreasonable contingency to plan for, but at least Gant is thorough, i guess...

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Except as pointed out in the review that still would lead to problems.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@Christa Simon so, I guess you're agreeing with me.

[@danmarshall5895]

That roof top fight scene feels like it's mostly the rehearsal that got filmed, then Producers said to cut it, so they never finished shooting, so when Producers said to add it in after a screening they just took what they could out of the rehearsal footage where several blows clearly miss by a foot and used weird slo-mo and stares to fill out the time. Also, someone is firing a high powered machine gun and Ecks walks towards the fire to pick up his handgun first? BS.

[@LouieV6]

I can’t believe they dragged Antonio Banderas into this.

[@IABITVpresents]

and Lucy Liu

[@J.S.3259]

Liu’s RISE: BLOOD HUNTER (2007) is possibly worse

[@dustinwatkins7843]

@@IABITVpresents She is awful

[@IABITVpresents]

@@dustinwatkins7843 how

[@klaraxkat_k6454]

Congrats on 100k you fucking deserve it loving the content 👌

[@StickHits]

The more you think about this bizarre fever dream, the less sense it makes. You didn't even mention (though understandable - with most viewers still trying to make sense of the already overwhelming plot holes) the fact that the movie is set in Vancouver, BC - yet we have multiple AMERICAN federal agencies carrying out massive operations and leaving a trail of carnage and collateral damage (Like emptying LMG's in the middle of downtown Vancouver) on CANADIAN SOIL... Wtf? Of the infinite amount of movies that film here, pretending it's an American city, why did this have to be the movie where they actually acknowledge it's Vancouver lol, what an embarrassing showcase of my hometown.

[@Hank_Poole]

Congrats on 100k subs mark you deserve it bro.

[@ny8956]

That super bland henchmen is actually Ray Park, otherwise known as DARTH MAUL. Now you can see why his lines in Phantom Menace were dubbed by another actor.

[@coltonray2078]

Lucy Liu still looking fine as ever ❤

[@GoatPopsicle]

She always will. She’ll still look the same when she turns 60.

[@Nerobyrne]

Even she couldn't save this movie. There was never any hope for it.

[@Acesahn]

She plays a very good Japanese android.

[@FatherAxeKeeper]

Lucy Liu is one of the plainest, most average looking asian women on the planet. I feel like you guys havent seen many asian women.

[@RenaldMusic]

@@FatherAxeKeeper Sorry buddy, but Lucy is a snack

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

It was both a bad and good time around the 2000s because we had so many resources to make anything but everyone kept copying the same 3 or 4 films.

[@exterminator6648]

Here's some suggestions: Dune Freddy got Fingered Reefer Madness Nor orchids for miss blandish Plan 9 from outer space How do you know? United passions The avengers (1998) I spit on your grave Caligula

[@brianaguilar8283]

Bimbo Baggy pants a few more: I Know Who Killed Me Glitter The Hottie and the Nottie Alone in the Dark Movie 43 Emoji Movie Disaster Movie

[@timo9186]

Bimbo Baggy pants i recommend Star Crash

[@shugaroony]

Dune is a bit of a mess due to it being cut to ribbons (and well it is David Lynch too), but its well watchable, and follows the story fairly well. Would still love to see a good remake of it now, its a tremendous book and deserves justice on the big screen.

[@shugaroony]

Yeah heard he was doing it, and after the supposedly great work he has done on the Bladerunner sequel, I hope he can do it the way he wants to. If he can, we could finally have a Dune screen version that works and truly fills out that epic universe.

[@shugaroony]

Yeah agreed, there is probably no one better at the moment to make this a success.

[@livardo]

Wow, that movie actually featured Vancouver as Vancouver.

[@MrThomas564]

That's why it's unapologetically Canadian.

[@anonb4632]

@@MrThomas564 It's part of the Vancouver oeuvre.

[@MrThomas564]

@@anonb4632 DUH!

[@princekyriecadet1063]

Oh hi FANBOYFLICKS !

[@randod1683]

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[@princekyriecadet1063]

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[@randod1683]

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[@princekyriecadet1063]

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[@olivialovessnow880]

I just like to watch you guys

[@Boonehams]

Fun fact: This boring-ass movie had not one, but two video game tie-ins. The first (Ecks Vs. Sever) was a first-person shooter for the Gameboy Advance and it garnered good reviews. It was based on an early draft of the script and due to the film's pre-production hang-ups, the game came out before the movie. The second game, Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever, came out after the film's release and followed closer to the film's plot. It got decidedly less-positive reviews.

[@edu5052]

Why the heck does the background car explodes at 13:57?

[@NoMoreNever]

Sever throws a grenade or something under the car for some reason, but in my head canon it randomly blows up!

[@asgeirasgeirsson6871]

Did anyone see that the yellow cars registration plate said BAD

[@nicholasbrownlee4209]

Indeed! I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that! It seems so fitting.

[@The_Curious_Cat]

10:55 I like how when Sever is shooting the heavy machinegun at the cops, the gun ejects unfired bullets... lol

[@cyberpunkstarfish897]

Prince of darkness is a hilariously edgy nickname. How does a film with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu in the title roles, suck so bad? How do you get noted action movie people and make a bad action movie??? I'm surprised that the fight scenes aren't at least vaguely interesting.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

The worst part of this movie is its regular bad. So bland you'll feel sorry for wasting your time but won't be able to adequately explain to friends just how terrible it was. If it were much worse you could laugh at it and talk about it with other people, and laugh again. But its not in that super bad territory that makes it fun to look back on years later.

[@travelers8607]

Didn't seem any less illogical than Alien Covenant... Which doesn't mean anything good, I guess.

[@lancegoodthrust546]

"Even the music is bored." Haha, damn that was a good one.

[@dsfisher]

You should do Death note, not only is it a disgrace to the original anime, but even as a stand alone movie it fails in almost every way

[@kuribayashi84]

I have to wonder if the reason they called Parks' Character "Prince of Darkness" is just a very on-the-nose way of referencing that he played Darth Maul in Episode 1. Like, he _was_ actually the Prince (Apprentice) of Darkness (Sidious) in that movie.

[@hikikomicklori9290]

You'd think Lucy Liu or Antonio Banderas would have created a fake account and give it at least one good review on Rotten Tomatos.

[@voxdraconia4035]

Call me ... Prince of Darkness! Nah, we'll call you Ozzy ..

[@du6165]

I've always wanted to see this movie. You saved me an hour 30. This was not what I imagined. I was thinking matrix action.

[@jimmyboy131]

That's what the movie makers had imagined too. Just didn't quite pan out that way.

[@planescaped]

3:48 Wasn't that kid in Baby Geniuses? Man... what a filmography.

[@ccateni28]

Ballistically Dumb: Dawn of the fight of Bored vs Bored.

[@TruOnyxfire]

14:03 - When she runs her car into the van and it explodes.. why does the truck behind Ecks ALSO explode? There's nothing even near it! At the end of the movie.. if she had him at her mercy and shot him in the shoulder.. why care about the robot and not just shoot him in the head?

[@finlaystanley8910]

Oh Hi Mark, congrats on 100k!

[@AD-1138]

Sadly....I watched this in the theater.... I know he reviews these movies so others dont have to but....seriously, you HAVE to see this movie in its entirety to understand just how BAD it is. Like that mall shootout scene. The government has the building surrounded WITH SNIPERS.....yet Sever takes them ALL out with a submachine gun.....whats worse is that the snipers are NOT all in the same location, they are spread out.....Then comes the whole Armored truck scene....they tried to make it look all badass with the truck BURSTING through some concrete barriers till they stop just near the entrance to the Mall....only to jump out and start to put their gear on...you can see the one guy @10:43 put his helmet and gun ON THE GROUND shortly after jumping out....like who the Fk does that? The others are holding their guns like they are walking to the gun range and NOT jumping into a dangerous situation. That, of course, leaves them open for Sever to kick their butts and then use the LOADED Machinegun in the back to shoot at everyone else.....I mean what kind of retarded armored truck team is this?

[@EdmundLoh]

When this movie came out in 2002, it was plastered everywhere on billboards, newspaper feature, TV ads, etc. I thought it was gonna be a cool badass movie just looking at the poster, it’s got Lucy Liu from Kill Bill and Antonio Banderas from Mask of Zorro even… but for some strange unexplained reason I didn’t feel compelled to watch it. Now I know why and good thing I passed it.

[@nothingforgrantedPS23]

I know it.

[@h.a.9880]

Action movies can get away with very simple and straightforward plots, the focus is on the action after all, but this movie proves that an action film can't get away with a nonsensical plot. This movie also shows that even action movies need strong characters, that the audience can connect with. Dutch in Predator might be a one note character, but you still love to watch Arnold Schwarzenegger kick ass. In this movie, neither Banderas nor Liu really give a reason to care about them, given how bland and boring their characters are. If you don't give a shit about what's going on in the movies and you don't give a shit about the characters, any fight they go through will feel boring, cause you either feel nothing is at stake or you don't care about what's at stake.

[@Ra3_ar1adnE]

The music sounds like when Spongebob discovered cooking stuff in a fire in Spongebob BC except that sounded much better.

[@layceeferguson1991]

I love that moment when you say "Missing part of the story, where are you?" That was so funny.

[@Genevieve1023]

It's always a good day, when you upload. You actually tuned a shitty day into a good one, for me.

[@joemills3654]

The two best parts if this movie are: Oh hey, it's the frog guy from X-Men and Oh hey, it's Kitana from Mortal Kombat!

[@brianaguilar8283]

Talisa Soto actually quit acting after this movie

[@bayonetta8418]

“frog guy” Toad from X-men also was Raiden’s stunt double from Mortal Kombat Annihilation.

[@lllllllleeeeeeeeeeeooooooo8540]

Review the Divergent series for 100k

[@iceberg2526]

And congrats on the 100 thousand! Well deserved! Ur one of my favorite channels!

[@darthjatarra]

Automatic Thumbs up i went to see this shit in the theaters , holy shit it was terrible , blame me for the money it , i was madly in love with Lucy Li

[@ThomasTVP]

So much so that you can't even spell her name correctly?

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

Ecks vs Sever wasn’t nominated at the Razzies. But if it was, it would be nominated for • Worst Picture • Worst Director - Wych “i can’t pronounce his name but i don’t care” • Worst Screenplay • Worst Actor - Antonio Banderas • Worst Actress - Lucy Liu • Worst Screen Couple - Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu • Worst Supporting Actor - Ray Park • Worst Supporting Actress - Talisa Soto • Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel (for being an ugly and blatant rip-off of better action films) On the plus side, the Game Boy version of Ballistic received much better ratings

[@ejland6349]

Hhhhmmmm. Loved the review by the way, but at 13:58 after the yellow car hits the red van the truck behind both of them blows up. How and why? It can't be because of the two cars because Ecks is in front of the truck away from where he shot the car, plus how does Ecks not die or get hurt by the explosion!!!! HOW!!!! WHY!!!!

[@Amalokch]

EJ Land Hahahaha you are totally right man!

[@fidgetslugsumo]

I saw that too and was a bit miffed he didnt mention it lol

[@TotallyNotJustCynical]

Another thing that always bugs me (as if it's the only thing) is how could ecks hack into the DIA server to get info of sever when the DIA had literally no idea who she was in the first place? Did they just put up some files in a day or something?

[@swefress]

Fun fact: There's actually a Game Boy Advanced video game called Ecks vs. Sever that came before this movie was made and was based around early script of the movie. It's sequel is called Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever which in turn shared the same name as the movie source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecks_vs._Sever

[@nignamedmutt7270]

I remember my cousin had this game and it was fucking unplayable. But I tried so goddamn hard to play it, solely because my mom wouldn't let me watch the movie so I figured the video game was as close as I'd ever get to watching it lol

[@swefress]

@@nignamedmutt7270 Funny that now this is getting noticed lol.

[@SimmeringPotpourri]

I love the fact that just before those cars explode that you can clearly see that it's raining but no one appears to be getting wet. Also, IMDB says that the director is "Wych Kaosayananda (as Kaos)". Kaos is VERY appropriate for his direction.

[@poup0unne]

Oh hai Mark

[@garyleigh]

hahaha what a story Mark.

[@randod1683]

MatHoffmann My vergin brother!

[@Palmieres]

People, just quit it with The Room referrences. It was funny when it was obscure, now it's just another "First" or "I'm so early..." comment.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Which means people are never going to quit.

[@brianfuller7691]

I'm a Lucy Liu fan but she did seem bored throughout. There was a good movie inside this mess but it never survived. Sever could have been an awesome character.

[@irespectthepolice42]

Who else wants fanboyflicks to review Cool Cat Saves The Kids?

[@aii5748]

Lol the music. 😆 It sounded very bored indeed. ✨👏 Awesome review ✨👍😆

[@prince-solomon]

13:57 i like how the (completely unaffected) car behind him explodes while the car that he shot at in front of him crashes into the other car...and explodes. Maybe some quantum entanglement explosion stuff going on here...

[@ElOchentero]

Wait: if she shot micro-robot thing into the guy, wasn't easier just to SHOT him in the heart and kill him? And how fast is that fucking thing? a nano-robot moving from the arm to the heart probably would take minutes if not hours

[@xF1GHT3R97]

Its the fastest micro robot thing alive

[@ElOchentero]

no kidding, could give Flash a couple of lessons