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. Agreement is generally not good for PETN, where molecular decomposition contributed to higher than expected measured mass outputs.Alex Cheval (Gruner) is a member of TNT, or the Tactical Neutralization Squad. In most instances, measured mass output rates compared favorably with theoretically calculated mass output rates, with discrepancies in a few cases resulting primarily from uncertainties in terms (vapor pressures and diffusion coefficients) used to perform the calculations. An independent calibration of the vapor generator for TNT at 79 degrees C using an ion mobility spectrometer matched exactly the gravimetric-based findings. The mass output rate was stable over hundreds of hours of continuous operation and the output was adjustable from a few picograms per second to several nanograms per second through variation of the oven temperature. A reference to NIST was achieved gravimetrically though a microbalance calibrated with a reference weight mass output rates were obtained for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) at three or more oven temperatures between 79 degrees C and 150 degrees C. Mass output rates were determined by (1) sample temperature, and (2) sample tube dimensions (length and cross-sectional area). Vapors from solid explosive, in a precision bore glass tube at constant temperature, diffuse into an inert gas flow. A prototype generator for creating a continuous stream of explosive vapor was referenced quantitatively both to a standard weight from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and to the response of an ion mobility spectrometer.
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