Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- somber
- tense
- harrowing
- serious movie night
- socially conscious viewing
What critics said
Early audience ratings are favorable, although a broad critical consensus has not yet been established.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nance works for an ammunition manufacturer and discovers that her labor is connected to her son's death.
The bullet made by Nance provides the concrete link between her workplace and the killing of her son.
Nance's grief and search for responsibility form the premise of the revenge thriller.
The protagonist's bereavement becomes the force behind a revenge-oriented response to ammunition production.
Films like Ballistic, and why
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
shares a grief-driven revenge premise, moral anger, and emotionally intense dramatic thriller structure
Dark Waters
shares industrial culpability, institutional responsibility, and grounded investigative thriller tension
Mass
shares intimate grief, moral responsibility, and restrained confrontational drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Chad Faust
- Release Date
- 2026-04-17
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (66)
Cast
- Lena Headey
- Hamza Haq
- Amybeth McNulty
- Jordan Kronis
- Enrico Colantoni
- Amanda Brugel
- Chad Faust
- Paolo Mancini
- Andrew Bell
- Kendall Christie
Common questions
- What is Ballistic about?
- A grieving ammunition worker confronts the devastating possibility that her own labor caused her son's death.
- What is Ballistic like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ballistic as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Ballistic violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ballistic as mild.
- What did critics think of Ballistic?
- Early audience ratings are favorable, although a broad critical consensus has not yet been established.
- Which films are like Ballistic?
- Films with a similar feel include Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Dark Waters, and Mass.
- How long is Ballistic?
- Ballistic runs 91 minutes.
