Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is a 2002 action film starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu.
It is notable for having more gunfights than coherent lines of dialogue.
Plot[]
A drunken Spanish man fights a stoic Asian woman in search of his Italian/Puerto Rican wife and their Caucasian son.
And literally everything explodes.
Notable Characters[]
The Episode[]
- Due to Mike's drunkenness, Damien has stated numerous times that this was the most difficult episode to edit, a record it held up until The Wicker Man. It still holds the distinction of being his least favorite episode of the show.
- It marked the first appearance of Robocop.
Scores[]
James - Cliched
Damien - Auto-fellatio
Mike - (the sounds of Mike pissing)
Highlights[]
- Celebrity Jeopardy
- Casio Keyboard preset #74
- "Who the fuck is the GZA?" - Mike
- The hosts subsequently discuss the roster of the Wu-Tang Clan
- The hosts assume their football sideline personalities again
- "He stole the problem?"
- A backwards firing gun
- "Well, she failed the mission already. She's nowhere near the Paint N' Spray, and she's got God Mode turned on, and five stars. So you know what that means--lots more explosions."
- The random rapist punch and the discussion around it
- Related to the above, Damien is most definitely pro-rapist-punching
- Exploding dildos
- A VIRUS GUN
- Movie hacking
- "It's a FROG!?"
- It was the illegitimate lovechild of a fiddler crab and a medicine cabinet
- Michael Cole - motorbike and firearm expert
- Mike makes the creepiest sound ever
- Damien reads an email alternating between Alex Trebek and Jigsaw
References[]
Due to Mike being drunk for the majority of the show, this episode features over twice as many references and non-sequiturs than the typical show to this point.
- SNL
- Sean Connery
- Burt Reynolds
- Keanu Reeves
- Highlander
- Rainn Wilson
- Dolph Lundgren
- Britney Spears
- SyFy
- Tiffany Gibson
- Debbie Gibson
- Chun-Li
- Kill Bill
- The Sandlot
- Saw V
- Saw VI
- Nickleback
- ICP
- Three Day's Grace
- The Human Centipede
- Sting (wrestler)
- Prince
- The Wu-Tang Clan
- Blade
- Ghostface
- Redman
- Jay-Z
- Nas
- WWE
- The Nexus
- CM Punk
- South Park
- Bill Nye The Science Guy
- Crystal Method
- Liu Kang
- Black Christmas
- WCW
- Mortis
- Glacier
- Mortal Kombat
- Alex Wright
- Murder-Set-Pieces
- Kevin Nash
- Family Guy
- Gunnar Hansen
- Max Payne
- Dokken
- Stryper
- Queensryche
- The Hangover
- Tropic Thunder
- Bruce Lee
- Chuck Norris
- GI Joe
- Mortal Kombat
- Sleepy Hollow
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Ewan McGregor
- Christian Bale
- Heroes
- Sunglass Hut
- Cinnabon
- Spencers
- Pokemon
- Street Fighter
- Criminal Minds
- BT
- Aphix Twin
- The Chemical Brothers
- Vader
- GTA
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Portal
- Charlie Sheen
- Major League
- Lindsay Lohan
- Brian Wilson
- Sam Goode
- SunCoast
- MeidaPlay
- The Lonely Island
- Super Mario 3
- Talidega Nights
- Austin Powers
- Kanye West
- The Word Alive
- Dr. Phil
- The Legend of Chun-Li
- Hardcore Dancing Kids
- Home Alone
- Slither
- Sigourney Weaver
- Lucy Lawless
- Blade Runner
- Barry White
- Brandy
- Casey and Jojo
- Marvel vs Capcom
- Charlie's Angels
- The Last Airbender
- Saving Private Ryan
- Catwoman
- The Simpsons
- Smallville
- Bon Jovi
- Predator
Tiradesverse tropes[]
- Protagonists? - The titular characters
- Massive gunfight - The entire movie, essentially
- Everything explodes
- Antonio Banderas Slow Walk - Does this really even need explaining?
- No One Will Like Your Character - Antonio Banderas flicks a cigarette away while slowly walking through the rain
- Casio Keyboard
- Plot convenience - People disappearing and reappearing arbitrarily
- MacGuffin Disease - Nano Frog
- Movie hacking - Everyone
- Exposition fairy - Julio Martin
- SYMBOLISM!!!
- Nonsensical Title - Ecks and Sever fight exactly ONCE
- Unrealistic Real Estate
- Bullseye Bullshit
- Sever, standing on a street, is able to hit guys standing on 15-story buildings with an SMG (a close-range, automatic firearm that is virtually useless if you are more than 50 feet away from your target)
- Plot Armor - Ecks and Sever, obviously
- Seinfeld Plot Hole - Ecks never even bothers to check the remains of the car in which he assumes his wife perished.
- Needlessly cryptic - Every conversation between Julio and Ecks
Ending Song[]
The Crystal Method- Name of the Game
Before and After[]
Previous Episode - Episode 3 - Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Next Episode - Episode 5 - The April Fools Joke