Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guest Dean Buckley, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This time, the GameBoy Advance Games Ecks vs. Sever and Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever.
Two of the best killers in the world find themselves thrown into conflict with one another, against the backdrop of Vancouver. Also, there are two famously good tie-in games available for the movie.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 18th August 2024.
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever at The Internet Movie Database.
- Read Dean at The Sundae.
- Listen to Dean on The Sundae Presents.
- Read Dean at Left in the Lurch.
- Nathan Rabin writes at Rotten Tomatoes about the legacy of Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever as the worst-reviewed movie of all-time, September 2017.
- William Bibbiani writes at Consequence of Sound about the legacy of Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever as the worst-reviewed movie of all-time, September 2022.
- Samuel Williamson at Collider considers Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever as the most expensive movie ever to get 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, April 2023.
- KAOS talks to Film Combat Syndicate about the troubled production of Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, June 2014.
- Sam Wiebe looks back on Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever as a quintessential Vancouver movie for Monte Cristo Magazine, July 2023.
- McKenna Aiello at The Hollywood Reporter considers how Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever nearly hilled Franchise Pictures, November 2014.
- Lucy Liu talks to Variety about the racism that she faced early in her career, trying to break into the film industry, July 2020.
- Angelica Jade Bastién writes about “the grace of Keanu Reeves” for Bright Wall/Dark Room, April 2016.
- Bilge Ebiri reviews The Killer, John Woo’s streaming remake of The Killer, August 2024.
- Paul Hyman at The Hollywood Reporter looks at John Woo’s development of a video game sequel to Hard-Boiled, July 2007.
- Elvis Mitchell reviews Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever for The New York Times, September 2002.
- Manohla Dargis reviews Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever for The Los Angeles Times, September 2002.
- Tim Mawson talks to IGN about developing the videogame based on Ecks vs. Sever, November 2001.
- Tim Mawson talks to Eurogamer about making the videogame Ecks vs. Sever, November 2001.
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Filed under: The Bottom 100 | Tagged: 9/11, Antonio Banderas, ballistic: ecks vs. sever, bottom 100, dean buckley, ecks vs. sever, first person shooter, gameboy advance, imdb, Lucy Liu, Movies, Vancouver, Video game |
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