Ticker

Plot synopsis:
The film begins with a SWAT team going into the house of a United States Senator. Someone is holding the Senator hostage. The bomb squad arrives in a helicopter and they rappel down into the house. Frank Glass (Seagal) is in charge of the bomb squad. Glass finds a bomb in the basement and works to disarm it while the SWAT team is in a shootout with some of the hostage takers.
Glass disarms the bomb but he thinks it was too easy, that it was designed to mislead him into thinking he had he disarmed it. Everyone is ordered out of the house. The elaborate bomb is shown just before it explodes.
A year later, in San Francisco, two narcotics cops—Ray Nettles (Sizemore) and his partner Art "Fuzzy" Rice (Nas) are driving around talking. Nettles's wife and son were killed by a bomb and ever since then he has lost his enthusiasm for his job, hygiene, and life in general. Fuzzy has been trying to cheer Nettles up, and "talk out his demons". They stumble upon something suspicious and decide to investigate, ending up in an apartment building arresting a suspect. They then go to a warehouse where Nettles runs into a scientist named Claire Manning (Pressly), and Fuzzy is fatally shot by Swan (Hopper), the IRA-connected terrorist who bombed the Senator's house. Nettles and Swan have a stand-off until Swan and his men just leave. Nettles arrests Claire but she refuses to say anything about Swan. She is wearing an odd-looking bracelet which Nettles takes to the bomb squad for Glass to look over. The bracelet is found to contain detonation cord and Semtex explosive.
The police decide to hold Claire in an effort to find out what Swan is up to. An angry Swan rigs up a powerful bomb and calls in a threat to the police station—if Claire isn’t released within an hour, a large bomb will go off somewhere in the city. Swan intends to continue setting off bombs until Claire is released.
Swan and the men who are working for him are in the city for a big job and Nettles becomes obsessed with nailing him. Glass and the bomb squad are working on the case because bombs are involved so Nettles ends up working with Glass and the bomb squad. Together, they attempt to stop Swan and try to figure out the big job that Swan is in town for, and how Claire is involved. It turns out that Claire is out for revenge—her husband was murdered after discovering plans to build an elementary school on a toxic waste dumping area.
Claire blames the San Francisco City Government for her husband's murder, so she has enlisted Swan's help to get revenge by blowing up city hall. That's the big job that Swan is in town for. With the help of Glass, Nettles sets out to find and stop Swan... and maybe exorcise the demons from his own tortured past.

Tags: comedy, boring, neo noir, flashback, good versus evil, revenge

Review:
STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All CostsNot a single other decent review for this film seems to have appeared yet.And this isn't going to be the first one.The cliche ridden,tedium inducing script and flat,uninteresting dialogue are the first of many noticeably bad factors to the film.And as for the casting,to have Dennis Hopper (complete with what sounds like a laughable Irish accent) as the mad bomber villain just shows the extent of it's lazyness.Meanwhile,Tom Sizemore and Steven Seagal turn in styflingly standard performances as the cop-on-the-edge and zen-aided bomb disposal expert.The story is a jumbled mess,confusing and disjointed,and the film also has a really tatty,cheap feel,especially in the action sequences.Somewhere in the film,Seagal says 'When you've hit rock bottom,the only way you can go is up'.Hopefully,the same can be said about his career.*.
I only seen it because I knew Steven Seagal was part of a very promising cast that included Denis Hopper, Tom Sizemore, rapper Nas and Jamie Pressly.
Seagal seems like he is bored and could fall asleep any minute, but I don't blame him the whole time he just sits around and tells people what to do, he only gets one five minute fight scene towards the end of the film.
Along from the films opening the only other action scene is the climax with a few small explosions in-between that don't account for the bad scripting, acting and directing, making this one of the lower point in action history..
My reason for seeing this dung was simple: I liked the title, as well as actors Tom Sizemore, Steven Seagal, and Dennis Hopper.
Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper and Steven Seagal should be ashamed of themselves for participating in such a terrible movie.Basically Ticker centers around a police officer Ray Nettles (Tom Sizemore) who must team up with bomb squad leader Glass (Steven Seagal) to pursue an Irish terrorist Swann (Dennis Hopper in a very poor man's version of his famous role in Speed) who is detonating bombs around San Francisco (you could tell very little of it was filmed in San Francisco and was filmed elsewhere on the cheap).
I would disown this movie too.If you are a fan of Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper or Steven Seagal by all means check it out, but you will be very, very disappointed at how bad this movie is.
I'm more apt to believe what was implied on the director's commentary, that over-the-hill-and-then-some action guru Steven Seagal had more to do with the production of this movie than Pyun did.
Barring a great deal of respect for Dennis Hopper, Steven Seagal and the others, this movie looks like "a day at the office appearance" for most of them.Point your finger at the director because he is responsible for this low-level picture..
And considering the calibre of actors appearing in Ticker, I was fully prepared to give credit to veteran director Albert Pyun (if credit were due.)It isn't.As someone else already mentioned, it is amazing that this guy still finds people to finance his "films." I can name of the top of my head a few people who could all have made better entertainment with that squandered budget: me, my mother, my grandmother, hey even my cat...I am also amazed that actors such as Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper and yes, even Steven Seagal would appear in such films.
The plot: A mad bomber (Dennis Hopper) is (for reasons unclear blowing up the city.) Tom Sizemore is the detective out to stop him, with or without the aid of the zen preaching leader of the bomb squad (Steven Seagal.) add also the beautiful Jamey Preissly as the Hopper's girlfriend who is detained by Sizemore.
I had a great laugh watching it, seeing Seagal using 10 seconds to waddle down 6 stairs while being shot at by a group of men 20 feet away with M16 rifles and hitting nothing, listening to Hopper's Irish accent appear, disappear, reappear and so on, watching the evacuation of a town hall (government building of some kind, it wasn't clear) when what we are shown is a night club evac scene lifted directly out of another film, and hundreds of other serious and obvious inconsistencies unfold before your eyes.
Decent enough cast squandered by stupid plot, inept script, direction, editing.Dont expect any martial arts action either, the only fights are so badly cut and lit that anyone could have done them.Best moment: realising that Dennis Hopper's character is actually supposed to be Irish.Worst moment: realising that it isn't going to get any better than the opening scene..
Steven Seagal and Tom Sizemore make a great couple together to trace the one and only Bomber Dennis Hopper, just like in the movie Speed but now with 10 fingers he is back trying to blow up the place again.
The stunning stunts of Steven Seagal are amazing, the one he jumped of the roof and landed on the object he actually broke his fingernail in that scene, amazing.For Albert Pyun to direct this movie it must have been a dream coming true, after the flops he made in the past.If you like action, humor and thriller this is a must-see movie, but you have to see it in the cinema or at home on a big screen with Dolby surround system.I hope Steven Seagal will continue playing in movies for a long time, I like his performance.DutchDan. The worst so far.
I like watching Steven Seagal movies and I agree that he is not an excellent actor however I really admire his Aikido skills.
Not good...I thought it could not be worse than that but the Ticker is.The interesting thing is that the story of the film is interesting...it has all elements for a good film, some good actors, IRA terrorists trying to explode some San Francisco places, etc...but everything gets confusing and lost.Seagal just talks most of the time and I hardly can understand what he says.
Not sure if the copy of the DVD I got was bad or what...He sounds tired or not really in the mood.Anyway, The Ticker is the worst Seagal film I watched so far (I have watched probably near 10 films)..
It's a film which is led by Tom Sizemore, as a grieving unstable police detective, attempting to thwart a bomber in San Francisco, and by the end has Steven Seagal as a bomb-defusing spiritual guide.
Tom Sizemore stole the entire show for me,, glad he was first billed, and Joe Spano from Hill St. Blues was great i thought, and Peter Greene also,, this movie rocked, i don't give a crap what the so called experts on this site are saying,, this is a action film,, that's not all Seagal front loaded,, Hopper and Sizemore really steal the show,, and the movie rocks because of it to tell you the truth for the matter.
I liked the bombing scenes, quite frightening actually, the plot was good,, lot's of tongue and cheek comedy in this one also,, this is a Seagal film in name only,, he does a decent job,, would have liked to see a few more of his classic fight scenes, but hey this movie was a BLAST!!.
Just hours before watching this movie I was thinking that it would be a good idea for Seagal to play second fiddle to some better actors, because the story and general storytelling style would probably benefit.
It is a movie about a depressed cop, played by Tom Sizemore, who is helped through his depression by a bomb squad leader, played by Seagal.Except for in the end of the movie, Seagal hardly even sees any action, and isn't in any fight scenes.
Sizemore's first partner named "Fuzzy" (you can tell Seagal was on a roll with name selections in this movie) gets shot dead with some embarrassing death scene; the coughs were a touch of class.
This movie has it all, its got Seagal going around "treating devices" and controlling time, its got Sizemore with dodgy acting, its got Hopper with his cheap accent and basically resurrecting his speed role again and it has stolen scenes from other movies.
This is pretty much exactly like all the other action movies out there: Throw in a bad guy, a good guy WITH AN ATTITUDE, and some explosions.
And he does this, though he's just basically reprising his role from "Speed".Anyway, there are things to like about this film: The editing isn't that bad, there are actually some shocking moments (I was shocked when one of the main characters gets killed in the last half of the movie), and -- as I said in the beginning -- you could do worse with your time...
It has a great cast with Seagal and they are Dennis Hopper,Tom Sizmore,Peter Greene,Jamie Pressly,Nas,TLC member Chilli,and in a very short part Ice-T!The action is pretty good.Seagal doesn't fight much but the film is never boring either.I really like Dennis Hopper in this with his Irish accent and his goatee!Sizemore was very good.I also liked Peter Greene in the film as well.This is the second film he has been in with Steven Seagal!If you haven't seen Ticker and love Steven Seagal and the cast mention above then I recommend that you check out Ticker soon!.
Ice-T is in this mess for two seconds as a terrorist.All in all, "Ticker" is a "blast" to watch with friends.Quoth Seagal in the last line of the movie: "Love is eternal and that is a long time." Comeuppance Review by: Ty & Brett For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com.
When I saw the box for Ticker at at the local video store back in 2001,I was genuinely surprised.I had not seen this in theaters?Surely A seasoned actor like Tom Sizemore off great parts like In Saving Private Ryan,Black Hawk Down,and many others get the DTV treatment?Even more eerie is Steven Seagal fresh off his return to box office glory with Exit Wounds hit DTV so soon?It was bound to happen anyway.Throw in acting legend Dennis Hopper slumming it.How could this go DTV?
Simple:its a bad movie.A 3rd-rate speed/Blown away Knock off.Sizemore and Seagal are the cop and Bombsquad master on the trail of Maddog Hopper.It seems like a normal B flick.B for boring.It starts slow and stays that way.Never rising to above mute.Is this the same Steven we saw 6 months earlier from Exit Wounds?The Raspy voice.Sudden Weight gain.There is not even a decent fight scene in the whole movie?I did not buy the Zen style he talked up.I suspect it is not all his fault here though.Sizemore looks bored.But can act in his sleep.He gives a little depth to his role.Fault cannot really lay with him either.Dennis Hopper shows up as the "Irish" terrorist.He is kinda hamming it up here.He is amusing to watch.No fault here either.Peter Greene,Ice-T,Jamie Pressly,Nas,and Hill ST blues alum Joe Spano pop up for either bits or extended cameos.The sad fact is they could have been in the movie longer.Or a better movie altogether.I cannot blame them.Albert Pyun.The name ring a bell anyone?Nuff Said.Bad director.But even he can rise to the occasion sometimes.I think its simple: Nu Image-bad movie makers.Its their fault.This could have been something.I suspect there was a decent movie in the script.But the finished results leave a lot to be desired.Maybe this is what drove Tom Sizemore to drugs?Seagal to even worse movies..
I'm convinced that Dennis hopper and Steven Segal and other actors in this so called "movie" want to forgot all about this as soon as possible!The acting was poor ....
and I really like Tom Sizemore as an acter (some kind of Bruce Willis guy).I bought this movie, and I was full of hopes for having huge action scenes with Seagal kickin' a** with aikido like nobody.Now I watched the movie in english and german.
I love watching movies, and I love most steven segal movies, and I mean most as I would have said all up to I saw this movie.This movie is rubbishAnyway, no use going over the plot because most of you people out there want to know whether the big man has any good fights.
Having noticed the distribution was being handled by Universal and that the cast consisted of Action mogul Steven Segal, Rap Star Nas along with the talents of Tom Sizemore and Dennis Hopper, I thought I had a film which was at least watchable.
Steven Segal managed to sit his way through most of the movie (litterally) except to stand up for a fight scene in which his renouned martial arts techniques are practically impossible to see due to awful lighting, bad editing, bad camera angles and his body weight which makes him look uncombfortable throughtout the film.
It was bad on so many levels that I don't know where to begin,so forgive me if my comment is a bit messy...The plot was terribly weak and completely unoriginal-a madman(Hooper)bombing places(deja vu of "speed",but "speed" is 100 times better), 2 cops(one with a personal agenda-his partner was killed)trying to stop him.The dialogue was awful,full of cliches and sometimes so stupid I couldn't bare it so I put the tv on mute.
A few standard explosions which I could live with,but that scene where Hooper and Pressly are driving in the car...was there anyone who didn't notice the use of a blue screen?It couldn't get more obvious than that...So,okay-the plot,dialogue,acting,special effects-they all stink,so what about some typical Steven Seagal fighting scenes to save the day?
i liked this movie starring Steven Seagal.but Seagal doesn't get top billing.he actually get third billing behind Tom Sizemore and Denis Hopper.the film had a good level of intensity which is maintained throughout.it's not the usual type of movie you would see Seagal in.this one's more dramatic.wit more emphasis on story and acting.speaking of the acting,it's good all around,even from Seagal.there are only two separate martial fighting sequences which are very brief adding up to probably less than two minutes combined,which is good,because it appears as if Seagal had a stunt double do his fighting as all we see are hands and feet but no close ups and no face.Jamie Presley also co- stars and although her role is small,she brings a lot to it.overall,this was a pretty good film.for me,Ticker is a 7/10.
It's Albert Pyun's film.He made such an "amazing" blockbusters like Nemesis 4: Death Angel, Omega Doom or Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor, so you should expect the worst.Believe me it is very difficult to say anything good about this movie.
Wow, another movie with Steven Seagal and Dennis Hopper.
Crappy shots, dialogs from hell written by some idiot who thinks the whole world has the same IQ he has.It is a shame though, because I kind of like Tom Sizemore, but this was a bad career move for him, acting side by side with an old man who used to be pretty crafted in martial arts.
A vengeful vice cop(Tom Sizemore) and a bomb-squad leader(Steven Seagal)search for a mad bomber(Dennis Hopper)that is setting time bombs all over San Francisco.
the only reason i think it was made (and this is just a theory of mine) is because Tom Sizemore, Steven Seagal and Dennis Hopper lost a bet...
Tom sizemore, and Dennis hopper is much better then this movie.
Tom Sizemore is good as always, though he (like Seagal) is never really given much to do.Dennis Hopper was one of the surprising disappointments.
I was hoping to see Ice-T get beaten to a bloody pulp by Seagal, but he disappears without explanation as quickly as he appears, which is just as good.The film itself could have been pretty entertaining, even for a brainless action movie (which I have no problems with).
The bomber in question is Alex Swan (Dennis Hopper), a homicidal Irish extremist intent on making life hard for the San Francisco bomb squad, led by explosives expert Frank Glass (a laughably zen Steven Seagal).
The lack of quality runs deep; Greene can't even do a "painting by numbers" character justice and the only reason I can think for Halsey's terrible accent is that he is doing the acting equivalent of jumping on a grenade for Hopper  making him look good by comparison.A terrible film then, one that doesn't even the very basic things you expect from a "straight-to-video" action movie.
Think Segal should go back to big budget movies like Exit wounds and if he's getting to old or out of shape to fight as much, add a sidekick who can to his films to increase the action..
Ticker must be one of the worst movies ever made.With an excellent cast,like Seagal,Sizemore and Hopper, Albert Pyun can't even though the cast, make it right,everything becomes wrong, and why?
When I saw the poster for this in my local video store I thought, "Ah, Steven Seagal in a movie with Tom Sizemore and Dennis Hopper!
Unfortunately, bad script and an uninspired direction by Pyun turned Ticker into a complete mess.In what seems like a bid budget for a B Movie, Pyun didn't know how to take advantage of that, and the result is a slow-moving, sometimes boring, confusing action flick..
Like the body of Pyun's work, TICKER is a pretty awful movie but not without interest; watching it with friends or relatives is a sure fire way to spend an enjoyable evening just having a laugh at all the poor points this film has to offer.The plot is one of those run-of-a-mill edgy cop vs.
Ticker is just awful, I've seen some terrible Seagal flicks but even I think this is probably his worst film & believe me that's saying something.
As for respectable actors such as Tom Sizemore & Dennis Hopper they should know better & are far too good for crap like this.
Why actor's like Sizemore, Hopper, Seagal & Peter Greene agreed to do Ticker is beyond me.
Like others have said, promising cast, but the movie just doesn't really do anything.Steven Seagal for me is best doing some martial arts, or at least fighting.