Tactical Force

Tactical Force

Year: 2011

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: English

Director: Adamo P. Cultraro

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During a routine LAPD SWAT training drill, the team becomes trapped inside an abandoned hangar and soon discovers two rival gangs have also entered the building. With only blank‑firing weapons and their combat skills, the officers must confront the hostile groups and survive the chaotic encounter.

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Captain Frank Tate, Steve Austin leads a four-member SWAT team—the quick-witted Tony Hunt, Michael Jai White; Jannard, Lexa Doig; and Blanco, Steve Bacic. In a tense early operation, they manage to stop the grocery-store robbery and save the hostages, but their aggressive tactics leave behind substantial property damage and emotional distress for the store owner. Their superior reacts with anger and orders retraining, a directive they seemingly embrace with a laid-back reluctance rather than a true sense of accountability.

Ilya Kalashnikova, Candace Elaine, and Demetrius, Michael Shanks, haul a captive named Kenny, Michael Eklund, to a warehouse on the city’s outskirts. They demand that Kenny recover the mysterious “item” hidden somewhere inside the facility. At the same time, two other factions enter the scene: Lampone, Adrian Holmes, and Storato, Darren Shahlavi (note: Storato’s spelling in the cast is Shahlavi), members of the Italian mob, who begin their own search. The two criminal parties collide, while Tate’s team arrives on the premises and begins training with blank cartridges, unaware of the earlier confrontations that already unfolded.

Blanco goes to investigate a disturbance and is fatally shot, a loss that sends a sharp jolt through the SWAT crew. The Russians and Italians quickly realize that their law-enforcement counterparts are firing blanks, and they form a fragile, uneasy alliance to eliminate them. The SWAT team retreats up to the upper level and locks the door behind them, trying to regroup amid the growing chaos.

It’s revealed that Demetrius stole the item from Lampone, and then Kenny stole it from Demetrius. Kenny reveals that the item is hidden somewhere beyond the locked door, raising the stakes for everyone involved. Demetrius places a call for backup, and Tate’s team realizes they must commandeer their truck to retrieve real ammunition and summon police reinforcements. Kalashnikova and Storato move the truck inside the warehouse, tipping the balance further in favor of the mob factions.

As tensions escalate, Vladimir, Peter Kent and his reinforcements descend on the building. Vladimir orders an assault on the upper floors through exterior windows, while Lampone quietly confides to Storato that he has called in his own operatives to secure the item for themselves. Tate fights to reach the truck, only to find the radio damaged, cutting him off from the outside world. Hunt and Jannard hold the line against Vladimir’s men, and Jannard is nearly overwhelmed before Tate returns and kills the attacker.

The mob’s main force, led by the tough Tagliaferro, Keith Jardine, finally arrives and uncovers another entry point on the roof. Tate makes a bold move to free Kenny, who then reveals a hidden tunnel that leads outside the hangar. Tate hides the item in a safe place, but the group is soon splintered. Tagliaferro’s strike catches Tate off guard, knocking him unconscious and handing him back to Kalashnikova and Demetrius. The others fall into Storato’s trap and are taken to a different warehouse at the far end of the tunnel, where Lampone waits.

Lampone shoots Kenny, seemingly killing him, and threatens Jannard in a chilling display of dominance. Hunt agrees to fetch the item in exchange for her safety, moving forward under escort from Storato. In a sudden reversal, Hunt manages to kill Storato, neutralize Lampone, and free Jannard from danger. The quest for the item intensifies as Tagliaferro and his men return to Demetrius, Kalashnikova and Tate with orders to eliminate all three, but the trio escapes in a truck and reconnects with Hunt and Jannard at the other hangar.

In the final confrontation, Tate overpowers Tagliaferro and delivers the decisive blow, while Demetrius, Kalashnikova and Lampone are captured. The team is finally celebrated by their superior for surviving the ordeal, but the truth remains murky. Kenny is revealed to be alive and undercover as an FBI agent, hinting that Lampone may also be an undercover operative. With orders to remain silent about the entire operation, the four SWAT members walk away knowing the night’s events are not to be spoken of outside those walls.

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