![]() He's in most scenes, and we really get to see him kick some ass, so in that respect he's great. This was short and sweet Olivier Gruner as well. This isn't the most amazing thing ever made, but we've seen a lot worse on here as well. The action is pretty great too, especially when you consider, at 76 minutes, they don't have a lot of time to get right to it. Gruner and Staab give solid performances, and then Randy Travis, playing the local sheriff, is really great. The plot was pretty standard once you boil it down- good guy saves girl from bad guys- but sometimes standard isn't done well at all, so it shouldn't be taken as too big of a slight in this case when it was decent. About 76 minutes long before the credits, so it comes and goes before you know it. He quits, runs off to a small town, where Roberts and the force track him down, kidnap Rebecca Staab, his girlfriend, and set up a final showdown in the Colorado wilderness. He gets wise to the operation, and finds out the organization isn't a force for good, but rather working to do Roberts's dirty work. has Gruner as a part of an elite mercenary force working for billionaire Eric Roberts. Olivier Gruner seems to be the odd one out when it comes to priority here at the DTVC, and hopefully once we get some other Hall of Famers out of the way he'll move up the ladder. In the end, TNT is okay, all right, and fine, but it needed a bit more oomph to really make itself stand out from the pack.I've had this in my Netflix queue for some time now, and I don't know what has taken me so long to get to it. It doesn't exactly go "above and beyond the call of duty" to entertain us, but it does the minimum and features some of the silly moments we all love. He doesn't get any particular time in the sun here.ĭirector Radler, known for Best of the Best (1989), Best of the Best II (1993), Showdown (1993), and The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001), delivers enough of the action goods so that TNT would find itself on video store shelves and in the cable listings. Eric Roberts, sporting a stylish beard, is just another cast member along with the rest. ![]() While there are plenty of B-Movie names on display, we wouldn't classify this as "Lone Tiger Effect" because TNT isn't bad, it's just a bit too bland for its own good. So obviously the business owners in that particular small town have good senses of humor. On top of Bullwinkle's, the name of the gym where Alex works is The Penitentiary. One of the toughs Gruner beats up is Kane Hodder, who gets to show off a bit of humor, which is rare to see from him. The daughter character in the movie mentions how they have a rockin' jukebox. The barfight takes place at an establishment classily named Bullwinkle's. Because TNT features a very Radical Jack-esque barfight, we're graced with the presence of a country singer, and it features a former elite soldier trying to start a new life in suburbia, not to mention the similar overall feel, it was hard not to make comparisons to 'Jack. It was an inspired casting choice, and his speaking voice is as comforting and soothing as his singing voice. Sure, there's a certain moment that's highly reminiscent of The Specialist (1994), but there's one thing TNT has that The Specialist does not have: Randy Travis. ![]() It's more your standard 90's DTV actioner that starts off like one of those boring "war slog" movies, but transitions to a better scenario where the baddies are trying to get Gruner as he lives his suburban life. Will Alex Cheval be able to protect his new family and his new life from the assailants formerly known as TNT?įrom looking at the cover for TNT, which features a solo, shirtless Gruner, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a Punchfighter. They include, but are not limited to, Greel (Jones), Basu (Olandt), and Choi (Rhee). Alex is then put in the position where he has to take on his former comrades-in-arms, highly-trained elite soldiers who want him dead at all costs. His former compatriots in TNT now work for an evil mastermind named Robert Victor Russo (Roberts), and because Russo doesn't want any loose ends, he turns loose the former TNT boys on Alex. ![]() Unfortunately for Alex/Mark, his new, idyllic life is about to be shattered. He's buddies with the local sheriff, Jim (Travis), and is in a relationship with Jamie (Staab), who has a daughter from a previous marriage (Blair). Now known as an average guy named Mark, he gets a job as an aerobics instructor in a small town in Colorado. When one of the ops goes horribly wrong, Alex walks away from the group. ![]() They're a group of Iraq War vets who are sent around the world to deal with sensitive issues that require them to beat up and shoot people. Alex Cheval (Gruner) is a member of TNT, or the Tactical Neutralization Squad. ![]()
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