SWAT: Warhead One

A few months ago, I saw a movie called "The Vault" and I thought it was probably the worst "Die Hard" ripoff ever made, but "SWAT: Warhead One" gives it a serious run for its money (although, to be more accurate, this one doesn't go into "Die Hard" mode until the second half). The plot is an utter mess and the "special effects" are unintentionally funny computer graphics far below video-game level. The movie is so underbudgeted that the hospital the bad guys (led by B-movie veteran Gerald Okamura) "take over" seems to be practically deserted: we see almost no patients, no personnel, no security people, and no more than 3 hostages. For Olivier Gruner, this is about 5 steps down from "Nemesis", if that tells you anything. Rebecca Ferratti has put on some weight, but so what, she's still beautiful at 41. The (few and far between) fight scenes are mediocre at best, but they're still the only reason this gets * instead of no stars.

This atrociously atrocious atrocity is a showcase for the producing company Cine Excel's staggering lack of talent and decent budget. Laughable special effects, ineptly staged fights and a fair number of action scenes all taking place in the same couple of empty stairs make up for a delightfully pathetic excuse for entertainment.

The best thing about this mess is the reporter's character, played by Cine Excel regular Mel Novak : this guy obviously serves the purpose to explain the plot for the audience. But not only that : since Cine Excel lacks the budget to film any decent action or plot development, Novak's bizarrely omniscient character will indulge in over-complicated explanations, so the audience will (hopefully) believe that they are seeing a movie with a real plot. As a result, the whole movie is rendered nearly incomprehensible. Quite a feat. This is a definite must-see for fans of the "so-bad-it's-good" genre.

I bought this movie on DVD for 5 bucks, but it really wasn't worth it. This movie is one of the worst films i've ever seen. Normally i still tend to like bad movies just to see what thing they do wrong, but i turned this movie off after ten minutes.

The story is about a nuke that is stolen. But the guys that stole it try to sell it for eight years, but fail. Then the movie goes 8 years later and the nuke is going to be detonated in LA. ( That's what i read on the back cover...)

Everything in this movie is bad. The acting, the special effects, the 'fighting' (Oliver Gruner crushes a guy 2 death between his legs :S), some parts of the movie are dubbed and some are not, even in on scene.

Please don't wast any money on this movie.