Inspired by ROBOCOP and UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, and also including a DIE HARD-themed skyscraper siege and a TERMINATOR-style police station massacre, there's nothing in this movie you haven't seen before - but that turns out to be one of it's strengths. T FORCE knows how unoriginal it is, doesn't pretend not to be, and is all the better for it. In the near-future, a super-SWAT team of robot law enforcers goes rogue, and a bigoted, robot-hating cop has to stop them while unhappily partnered with another robot - the only team-member who didn't rebel. An enjoyable film from PM Entertainment, who kept entire armies of stunt-people and pyrotechnic experts in gainful employment during the Nineties making straight-to-video action fare. This is actually more restrained than some of their subsequent films, such as HOLOGRAM MAN (1995), DARK BREED (1996) and THE SILENCERS (1996), and in my opinion works better as a result. The only mildly surprising aspect of the film is the final scene, which the scriptwriters no doubt thought was ending the proceedings on a cheery, upbeat note... but is actually quite dark and bleak. And a special mention for actress Jennifer MacDonald, who manages to inject a surprising amount of depth and even a degree of pathos into her role as the female member of T Force.
Review of T-Force
