Ballistic
Directed by Chad FaustUna madre desconsolada que trabaja en una fábrica de municiones descubre que la bala que mató a su hijo en Afganistán fue fabricada en su propia línea de montaje. Decidida a encontrar respuestas, se embarca en una peligrosa búsqueda de la verdad que la llevará a enfrentarse a la misma industria para la que trabaja y a los secretos detrás de la muerte de su hijo.
Ballistic Ratings & Reviews
- Devlinukr27 de abril de 2026Incredibly dull.
- jackmeat22 de abril de 2026My quick rating - 5.1/10. Ballistic opens with the kind of standoff that screamed to me, “You know we’ll circle back to this in 90 minutes.” Two people, guns raised, enough unresolved frustration to power the whole film. It’s a solid hook, and I genuinely thought I was in for a lean revenge thriller with some sharp twists and maybe a body count to keep track of. Instead, this one takes a very different route. The film follows Nance Redfield, played by Lena Headey, a grieving mother whose son was killed in Afghanistan. In what might be one of the most grimly committed opening acts I’ve seen in a while, she literally digs into her son’s body at the funeral home to retrieve the bullet from his corpse. Nothing says “coping” quite like a funeral-home autopsy side quest. It’s a brutal scene, unsettling by design, and it immediately sets the tone for the kind of grief-fueled obsession the film wants to explore. What follows is less action-thriller and far more slow-burn drama. If you go in expecting Headey to morph into some unstoppable one-woman vengeance machine, mowing down everyone from corrupt executives to military officials, Ballistic is going to throw cold water on those expectations fast. There’s no John Wick here. Instead, the film leans hard into emotional collapse, blame, and the desperate human need to make tragedy make sense. Nance’s search for someone, anyone, to hold responsible becomes the real engine of the story. Her boss at the ammunition plant, the military, and even Kahlil, played with real nuance by Hamza Haq, all become targets for her unraveling mind. This is where the movie works best. Both Headey and Haq deliver strong performances that elevate material which, at times, threatens to become repetitive. Headey in particular carries the film with a believable mix of rage, grief, and exhaustion. To be honest, I was hoping that at some point, there would have been something else going on – like some kind of mystery or even conspiracy that could have been revealed. Wasn’t there anything more to the death of her son than just the obvious part? Well, it doesn’t give in to such a temptation, and instead focuses on a much darker message. Sometimes, there simply is no hidden enemy pulling the strings. That said, the ending pushes realism in a few different ways that would never happen. And it ends on a note that feels more dramatically convenient than believable. For a film that sticks us with this quote after the finale: "It is estimated that at least 30 percent of the ammunition that comes back in American soldiers' bodies... is American-made." That final stretch is painfully unbelievable. Once I adjusted my expectations and accepted that this wasn’t an action film in disguise, Ballistic settled into being your average drama. It’s not thrilling, and it’s certainly not explosive the way the marketing and title suggest, but the acting makes the journey worthwhile. Sometimes the most ballistic thing in the room is just unresolved grief.
Ballistic Trivia
Ballistic was released on 12 de junio de 2025.
Ballistic was directed by Chad Faust.
Ballistic has a runtime of 1h 31min.
Ballistic was produced by Thomas Michael.
Una madre desconsolada que trabaja en una fábrica de municiones descubre que la bala que mató a su hijo en Afganistán fue fabricada en su propia línea de montaje. Decidida a encontrar respuestas, se embarca en una peligrosa búsqueda de la verdad que la llevará a enfrentarse a la misma industria para la que trabaja y a los secretos detrás de la muerte de su hijo.
The key characters in Ballistic are Nance Redfield (Lena Headey), Kahlil Nabizada (Hamza Haq), Diana (Amybeth McNulty).
Ballistic is rated Not Rated.
Ballistic is a Suspense, Action, Drama film.
Ballistic had a budget of 4 MUS$.