SWAT: Unit 887

I thought I was watching the movie S.W.A.T. and they were doing one of those things where they make you think it's the movie, really it's just a bunch of terrible acting on some dumb TV show. Nope, it was just a bunch of cheap acting on a dumb tv show. It sort of looks like they got someone who knew know to make a show, but then gave them like a $1000 budget, and they decided to use the most generic things and locations as possible.

I was fairly intoxicated when I put on this random pick n mix movie, thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

A brainless straight to DVD action movie starring Tom Sizemore, Mischa Barton and Jeremy London this cashes in on the popularity of the television series 24 (2001).

Known as both 24 Hours and SWAT: Unit 887 it follows a generic cliched action formula involving kidnapping, a terrorist plot and everyone just looks like they don't want to be there.

Even when "Action" takes place it's boring as hell. Take the credits off it, cut forward a couple of years and I'll bet even the director couldn't identify if he was involved in it. It's THAT generic.

Awful stuff which further insults you with its open ended finale.

The Good:

Nope

The Bad:

Cliched

Dreadful script

Everyone looks bored

Mischa Barton

Cliffhanger ending with almost no chance of a sequel

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I should not be allowed to pick a movie when drunk

Another dreadful, bargain basement action thriller that looks like it was made for peanuts (and it probably was). This one is notable for featuring a bunch of middle-aged actors who were once considered happening, including Tom Sizemore, Michael Pare and Jason London, but those years were decades past and now it's all just a little sad. This one plays out a DIE HARD scenario with a group of terrorists taking hostages in Los Angeles and an elite SWAT unit sent in rescue them. It's woodenly acted, poorly directed and has no real reason to tune in; in other words, a typically superficial and soulless production.

You find this incredibly bad, atrocious movie!!!! I just don't know what happened to Sizemore's movie career after "Saving Private Ryan" but this thing - sold under two tittles - is a huge joke. I'm thinking that I could use it as a lesson how to not make a movie on my film classes. You can even find ridiculous failed camera movements that nobody bothered to repeat. Acting and actor direction is so bad you don't know if you are watching a nonsense comedy or an action pic. You must watch it if you have the time and the need for weird crazy stuff.

This movie is so bad in every way. Poor acting, poor dialogue, poor plot. Take my advice AVOID AT ALL COSTS! I am surprised that some good actors can get involved in such a bad movie. The pace of the movie is slow. We jump from place to place, yet you have an idea what is going on but the plot gets confused with the various types of Police Departments involved. Oh by the way,Dr Landis, must have said "help me find my daughter" more than 50 times!! Talk about poor script and poor dialogue! Sorry, but I have watched many movie's , this one ranks as the WORST. The action in the movie seems to be forced and very amateurish at the best of times, sometimes it seems as though we get to see the out takes and not the final cut of the scene. Overall a movie to avoid. I am surprised that Tom Sizemore even bothered to appear in this movie considering his acting talent, it certainly did not do him any justice.