Tactical Force

Plot synopsis:
Captain Frank Tate leads a four-member SWAT team consisting of Tony Hunt, Jannard and Blanco. They manage to stop a shop robbery and save the hostages, but inflicting great property damage. Their superior gets angry and orders them to go through training, which they do not take seriously.
Ilya Kalashnikova and Demetrius, two Russian mafia members, bring a captive named Kenny to a warehouse outside the city. They demand Kenny to recover the “item” he has hidden there. Lampone and Storato, members of the Italian mafia, arrive and start searching. The two parties intercept each other. Tate’s team arrives and starts training with unreal bullets without knowing about the current events at the warehouse. The two parties hide from the SWAT team; but the tension rises. The SWAT team hears it and Blanco goes to check it, being fatally shot. Tate and his team hears it. The Russians and the Italians realize that the SWAT team does not have real bullets. They form a fragile temporary alliance to kill the rest of SWAT. A shootout starts and the SWAT team escapes to the upper level, locking the door behind. It is revealed that Demetrius stole the item from Lampone before Kenny stole it from the former. Kenny reveals that the item is hidden in a sector that is behind the locked door. Demetrius calls for backup. SWAT team realize that they need to return to their truck to obtain the necessary tools including real ammunition and the radio to call for reinforcement. Kalashnikova and Storato bring the truck inside the warehouse. Members of the Russian mafia, headed by a man named Vladimir, arrive. Vladimir decides to attack the upper floor from outside windows. Lampone secretly tells Storato that he has called his own operatives in order to secure the item for themselves. Vladimir’men enter the floor and start searching for the SWAT team. Tate manages to reach the truck secretly and finds the radio damaged. He frees Kenny while Hunt fights off Vladimir’s men. Tate and Kenny return to the stairs by the door and lock it again. Jannard engages in a duel with Vladimir, who overpowers her before Tate arrives and kills him. Members of the Italian mafia, headed by a man nemed Tagliaferro, arrive, making Demetrius and Kalashnikova nervous of the outcome. Kenny gives the case containing the item to Tate, who gets surprised to know what it is. Tagliaferro finds a way from the rooftop and opens the door to the others. Kenny shows the SWAT team a hidden tunnel leading outside the location. The SWAT team and Kenny enter the tunnel, which is found by Tagliaferro. Hunt hears a sound from behind and Tate returns to check it while the others continue. Lampone orders his men to return Kenny alive. Tate is knocked unconscious while Storato and his men capture the others and bring them to a nearby warehouse. Demetrius tries to have Tate killed; but the latter reveals that the item is hidden; and they need him to find it. Lampone finds the case empty. He shoots Kenny, apparently killing him. Hunt agrees to go and return the item if Lampone does not kill Jannard. Storato goes with him. Tagliaferro arrives with his men at the other warehouse and demands Demetrius, Kalashnikova and Tate to surrender in order to be killed without pain. The trio enters the truck and escapes, evading the Italians. In the tunnel, Hunt gets in a duel with Storato and kills him. He returns and captures Lampone. The trucks arrive at the other warehouse and a shootout starts. The Italians are overpowered; but they get the upper hand at last and capture the SWAT team and the Russians. Using a flashbang, the SWAT team manages to free itself. Tate kills Tagliaferro while Demetrius, Kalashnikova and Lampone are arrested.
The SWAT team’s superior admires them. Kenny, revealed to be alive and an undercover FBI agent, arrives and informs them that he was on a mission which was ruined by the team. He also implies that Lampone is another undercover agent. The team is ordered not to talk to anyone about FBI’s mission.

Tags: cult, humor, murder, violence

Review:
But while it looks like they really had fun doing it the only reason I watched through the whole thing was to see all martial arts scenes with Michal Jai White because those few were the only half good thing about the flick.I'm pretty sure if any SWAT member ever sees this movie he'll face-palm himself black and blue because kids playing cowboys and Indians in the garden show better tactics and skills then the SWAT team in this movie.Then there is the endless talking of the bad guys in every moment they are in control.
It's like they were thinking "how long can we stretch the cliché of the bad guys talking too much until they get overpowered until someone switches off the movie or starts taking vodka intraveinously to find some fun in it?".The movie also had two female characters but they don't do much except getting one over the head at some point and more or less looking pretty.
Lexa Doig in SWAT gear is the "less" and Candace Elaine in leather the "more".It seems they tried to give the dialog this cult movie style of humor, the one that's pretty well executed in "Mean Guns", but all I could do here was roll my eyes.
As I said before, it just sounds dumb.I think you really have to be a fanboy/fangirl of one of the actors to find anything enjoyable about this movie.
Hard to know what to expect with the mix of reviews, however I thought the movie was much better then the IMDb rating.
It had enough action to keep me watching, enough comedy to keep me laughing and an overall engaging plot.
The acting was good enough for a'B' movie- it's not like it had Meryl Streep in it.
It was just as good as 'red' or the 'expendables' for story/ plot/ writing/ visual with a bit worse acting quality.
As a (somewhat implausible) action film, it was OK, almost pretty good.
After resolving a supermarket hold up in violent fashion, a Los Angeles S.W.A.T. team - leader Tate (Steve Austin), Hunt (Michael Jai White), Jannard (Lexa Doig), and Blanco (Steve Bacic) - are assigned to do training at a remote facility (with only themselves on the site...huh, no trainers?).
This is bad news as two mob factions (including Michael Shanks doing one of cinema's worst Russian accents) have descended up on the warehouse looking for a mysterious briefcase.
I enjoyed this movie right from the beginning, knowing it was a B movie but with good action actors.
Hopefully this will help in your decision on whether to watch, should enjoy if you like to the point action..
One of the worst action movies I've ever seen; Would NOT Recommend.
​Directed by Adamo Paulo CulatranoStarring Steve Austin, Michael Jai White and Lexa Doig​ Plot Overview: After a hostage situation gone bad, Tate(Steve Austin) and his SWAT team are sent back to do basic training but when they are caught in the middle of a gang war and with no live ammo, things go bad real fast.General: Overall: I will never rate a movie either a 1 or a 10 just to decrease its rank.
I don't know what type of people will like this other than maybe if you enjoy Steve Austin and if you admire this 'style' of action.Wouldn't Recommend.Detailed: The acting was just all around atrocious.
To top that off, each and every character was either an archetype or human stereotype, and none of them were even remotely interesting or likable or enjoyable to watch.There was an idea, buried deep deep down under this trash, that could have made a competent, fun action movie with some quirky characters and cool one liners.
This good idea was completely disregarded after maybe 40 minutes and it just becomes a stupid action movie after that.
I'm not sure if there was an actual story and that plot overview I wrote above was something I think I made up to flow with the movie because very little time is actually dedicated to it.
Upon hearing the premise of this film, I thought it could be an alright and fun action movie with some witty one liners and clever action.
It was 2AM, I couldn't sleep so I started watching this movie, hoping it would make me sleep, but things went other way around totally.The beginning wasn't impressive, I thought the actors are pretty much suckers.
He killed all the scenes.Overall it was a good movie for me.
Director was successful at keeping the physical fights short, because everyone knows that physical action never lasts more than 2 minutes unless it's a superhero.I'm shocked to see the ratings of this movie.
TACTICAL FORCE is another vehicle for bald, hulking, ex-wrestler turned actor Steve Austin, who seems to have become the new Seagal ever since he starred as a villain in Stallone's THE EXPENDABLES.
It's as much fun as DAMAGE, proving that Austin is an adequate star for fans of light action.The premise and setting for this movie couldn't have been much cheaper: a small SWAT team are on a training exercise in an abandoned warehouse, but they soon find themselves assailed by various gangster types.
It's a workable premise - Tarantino revealed the brilliance of utilising such a setting and a small cast twenty years ago in RESERVOIR DOGS - and the decent pacing makes it a painless viewing experience.The production values are a little weak if you look at them too closely, and it's fair to say that the cast are well-suited to B-movies; Austin is on particularly dodgy ground here, and would do better to just keep his mouth shut and hit people as that's what he does best.
There are some heavyweights (physically rather than acting) in support, like Michael Jai White (just in case you wondered what happened to him after UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN) and the arresting Darren Shahlavi and Keith Jardine, but this looks and feels like a B-movie through and through.The action isn't bad, but I would have liked a little more of it.
But I went into TACTICAL FORCE expecting nothing, and I got a mildly entertaining movie instead, so I can't complain too much..
I think some may have seen this movie and thought it to be a serious film in t he likes of S.W.A.T.
(Jackson, Farrell, 2003), however, this film I think is intended to take a more comical side, while still focusing on action and story.
Unlike other S.W.A.T. or Police themed movies this one does not confuse you with all sorts of law enforcement lingo and the like, but immerses you into the world of Law Enforcement in a mild, and progressively more serious manner.I did see the twist coming to a point, however I don't think it was a dead giveaway.
And again, I'd like to point out that this is neither a fully blown COMEDY or POLICE THRILLER, but instead a satirical police themed action film, in close similarity to Hot Fuzz (Pegg, Frost, 2007).
I think the overall idea behind this film, and those like it, is to build a relationship with the main characters that will, by the end of the film, make you want to see a Part II.
Clever story line has a SWAT team training in an old hangar, only to cross paths with not one, but two gangs who are also inside the hangar, looking for a particular container.
Michael Jai White and Steve Austin co-star.
The big showdown near the end is all too predictable, and Austin isn't required to do much acting (he was much better in "Damage"), but this is a passable video on all other counts.
For a wrestler movie this is not bad, action is good.
Being an action movie starring a wrestler I can usually overlook stuff like this, but the words were distractingly bad.
Lines like "Eat my grandma" shouted before firing a gun really take away from the action and makes you laugh throughout the movie instead of wondering what is happening.
If you want to watch a real action movie with good lines, real actors, and real action, watch S.W.A.T. with Collin Ferrel, Samuel L.
I like action films.
He is the kind of talentless SoCal idiot who jiggles a camera and thinks he's making The Third Man. The rest of his talentless crew would have more dignity if they'd worked on a soft-core porn shoot.Steve Austin why do you make such awful films?
This is so awful it makes 1980's action films by Van Damme look brilliant by comparison!Your time would be better spent scrubbing that stain in the guest bedroom..
I had pretty low expectations for this movie but it turned out a bit better than I thought it would be.
I have to admit though the main reason I decided to watch this was because it as Steve Austin and Michael Jai White in the same movie.
So the plot is this, after a group of LAPD SWAT team doesn't do there job the higher ups wanted they get forced to do a training exercise in a warehouse.
Steve Austin and Michael Jai White definitely have the stuff to be B movie stars, but they need to take care when it comes to choosing the right B movie projects.
I've seen a lot of Steve Austin movies, they're fun to watch and always keep me on the edge of my seat.
For one thing, it was much too predictable, without any twists and turns most of us expect these days, and lacked the momentum Austin movies are known for.
(Credit, IMDb) A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.I really wish Stone Cold would choose better projects.
There is barely any action in this movie, which is something that might seem shocking, considering Michael Jai White is in this movie as well.
This movie itself DOES NOT aim such a thing.The movie is actually a short story of 4 careless officer (3 guys + 1 woman) who love more action and less thinking.
Most of us are used to watching action movies in which there are clever S.W.A.T. officers who always put the hostages' (even criminal's) safety as priority during their operations.
Jai White's acting and Lexa Doig's beauty worth mentioning) Musics and sound effects fit the action.
HOWEVER, if you watch it and just go along for the ride, you'll get some laughs, some adrenaline rushes and basically be able to have something fun to talk about with your friends.I'm sure that there are some LAPD cops out there saying, "You gotta be f***ing kidding me!" and LAPD S.W.A.T. units are going to be hiding their patches for awhile to try and live down the "crazed cowboy" image this movie has painted of them.
But take heart guys, I think anyone with a functioning brain will realize that the good guys are just as LARGER THAN LIFE as the bad guys are.It's an action movie and to be honest, I have to say that although the characters were outrageous stereotypes; the people portraying them did an excellent job of carrying it off without making it too campy.
Especially kudos to both females in this movie because they carried off their parts well without having to depend on their sexuality.**************************SPOILER ALERT******************************** It truly began to feel like a James Bond movie with the number of times that our heroes got captured and were ABOUT to be executed but somebody just had to say something before pulling the trigger.
There are some appealing moments and some pretty good fight scenes for and action movie enthusiasts.
It stars todays B-Action heroes, Steve Austin, Micheal Jai White, Darren Shalavi and Kieth Jarradine.
But of course this movie was meant to be fun and not to be taken seriously.So the basic premise of this movie is this, "A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks." Thats about it.Actually there is much more than that.
Threre is an item in a briefcase that scared most of the members of the swat team that the bad guys are after.
But one thing is for sure, The action scenes are good.
Having two average action stars the movie completely fail to entertain me.
Acting was OK but still could have been better.But like i said its a B grade movie what more you can expect.
The director seems to try his best to make the movie better but half of the time he failed to do it..One thing i liked about this movie is its dialogues which was far better than any B grade movies..lots of punch lines and all.
All in all Lower your expectation watch this movie knowing and expecting as a B grade and Tactical Force might entertain you...This is only for hard core action movie fans and fans of Michael Jai White & Steve Austin..
The opening hostage scene is a precursor to how the entire movie is going to play out.Everything from the plot, action sequences, the realistic feel of the movie, are all cringe inducing.
first of all from the start the movie was just so bad the they need to fix the video the camera was moving and laging it didn't seem like they had the best camera guy that kind of ruined the whole movie it seemed like it would of been a good movie it had some good scenes if the camera just wasn't so bad thats why i gave this movie rating a 1 they should remake the movie it seemed like they were in a hurry to get it done it looked like a youtube video i think its not worth it to own the movie or even rent it i turned it off after the first scene where they come to breach the shopping store so out of everything i gave this movie a 2 out of ten as you could see the camera just ruined the whole thing even though it looked like they would have some pretty good scenes if the camera was stable it was like the documentary filming so i would not pay for this movie or even watch it not a good movie..
Buff SWAT team mess up a store robbery for some reason (maybe they didn't fire enough bullets) and have to do some training at an abandoned warehouse.Little do they know there is some deal going down by some really annoying bad guys who think it's cool to swear a lot and point guns at each other because the maker of the movie thinks this will make them look more menacing.When one of the SWAT team gets killed, this vexes Jai White, Austin, and the Woman and they decide to save the day.This is one of those movie that tries to be like the action movies of the late eighties/early nineties ad fails miserably.After seeing Black Dynamite, I couldn't believe how bad Jai White was in this.I could understand it from the rest of the cast, but he was the predominant reason why I was even considering this movie.Ther film is filled with unintentionally funny dialogue, and it all feels like it's rushed, and it look cheap.All in all, I wasn't expecting much, and I didn't get much..
I did think at the start it was a bit silly but after that it got better.The acting was OK and the action scenes were good.
I was waiting for one of them to say, "What about moose and squirrel."The dialogue was mildly humorous at times, a step up from Austin's other movies.
Likewise when you've got a premise that sounds very similar to the Walter Hill movie TRESPASS you're not going in to a movie with expectations , but to give it its due TACTICAL FORCE never really becomes a tactical farce eitherThe best point about the movie is its likable good guys with Steve Austin playing Tate who leads his small SWAT in to a heap of trouble involving two gangs of mobsters , one Italian and one Russian .
There's also an entirely unconvincing twist at the end involving good guy gangster Kenny which has to be seen to be disbelieved In all many of the reviews on this page state that TACTICAL FORCE is merely an okay action thriller and I certainly go along with that but to give the movie some credit it's perhaps more entertaining than it has any right to.
Lexa Doig is a third member.The upstairs of an abandoned(?) warehouse is set up with paper "bad guys" for the SWAT team to practice with simulation rounds.
Lexa Doig is a third member.The upstairs of an abandoned(?) warehouse is set up with paper "bad guys" for the SWAT team to practice with simulation rounds.
I was waiting for one of them to say, "What about moose and squirrel."The dialouge was mildly humorous at times, a step up from Austin's other movies.
There were no real plot twists except at the very end...and then it didn't make much sense.If you like Steve Austin movies, I think this was one of his better ones.F-bomb, no sex.
There were no real plot twists except at the very end...and then it didn't make much sense.If you like Steve Austin movies, I think this was one of his better ones.F-bomb, no sex.
The movie has a lot of plot holes and isn't really well scripted.
Even though it is full of plot holes I liked the action the movie had to offer, 5 out of 10.