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Motion Picture Services

When you work on a production you demand professional results. Tactical Response Systems is comprised of professionals who work in the real police and military environments , and also know and work in the motion picture industry. We provide services in all aspects of police and military areas.

Many of us are SAG stuntmen, stunt coordinators, and second unit directors, who have as much as 40 years experience in Hollywood. No company can match the diversity in expertise that we bring to a project.

Following are some of our specialties:

Founder

Phillip L. Rapagna Stuntman/SAG

Technical Advising

Technical Advising:

We provide the most up-to-date and exacting technical advising in the industry.  We handle everything you need to make your project realistic and full of impact.  Some of our specialties include:

  • Police Swat Operations
  • Police Defensive Tactics/Arrest & Control Techniques
  • Military Urban Warfare Operations
  • High-Risk Rope work (Rappel/Fast Rope/Insert-Extract Techniques)
  • Firearms (Pistol, Submachine guns, Shotguns, Rifles)
  • Sniper operations (Urban and Rural)
  • Helicopter Operations
  • Explosives and Demolitions
  • Waterborne Operations (SCUBA, small boats, helocast, insert/extract)
  • Explosives/Demolitions
  • Wardrobe, weapons, and equipment authenticity

Instruction for Principal Actors

We provide instruction for principal actors, stunt players, and background personnel in a wide variety of subjects. We can help you with your project during pre-production, active filming, and second unit needs.

Here is some of the things we do:

  • Martial Arts Instruction
  • Martial Arts Weaponry
  • Knife Throwing
  • Unconventional fighting techniques
  • Firearms Training (to include pistols, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles)
  • Rappelling and other related rope work
  • SWAT tactics
  • Fighting techniques (Boxing, Martial Arts, Military, Street Fighting, Period Specific)
  • Sword Fighting
  • Role Immersion (Boot Camp, Character Direction)

Stunt Fighting:

Our company provides trained stunt players, coordinators, and choreographers.  We also work closely with special effects specialists and equipment providers to provide your production with a ONE-STOP-SHOP. Tell us what you want and we will run all over town to find it.

whenever we train actors or perform stunts we can provide all training and safety equipment. If you need something customized we will work with special effects and props to build it.

  • Fight Choreography
  • Stunt Fighting
  • Street/Barroom Brawling
  • Traditional Martial Arts
  • Period-Specific Fighting Styles
  • Military-Style Fighting
  • Weaponry (Swords, Sticks, Knives, Nunchaku, Spear, Staff, Bayonet, Balisong Knives, Improvised weapons)

Specialized Rigging & Services

Specialized Rigging and Safety:

We specialize in helicopter rigging and stunt action.  We can rig any helicopter for rappelling or fast roping or for extraction purposes.  We have worked on every type of helicopter in the US Military, including the new Osprey V-22.

We can also rig any building, cliff, cave, industrial structure for any kind of rope work. If you can climb it or stand on it, we can rig it.  And we have the right people to perform the action.

  • Helicopter rigging for rappel, fast rope, S.P.I.E. applications
  • Structural rigging for rappel: wall, freefall, door/window entries
  • Rural rigging for rappel: cliffs, trees, dams, caves, etc.

We also provide trained helicopter pilots and ground crews, all rappel/ fast rope/ S.P.I.E. equipment, ropes, hardware, anchor systems, caving ladders, harnesses, and protective equipment.

Please visit our High-Risk Rope Page here for more information!

We help with all aspects of stunt and action.  If your actors or stunt players are performing risk-related work we provide trained and experienced safety personnel.   We provide stunt safety on land and also water safety, both SCUBA and free swimmers, along with all SCUBA and other equipment. All land safety personnel are SAG stunt players. All water safety personnel are certified Master/Rescue Divers, and most are EMT qualified.

For a consultation on your project please call Phil at (626) 298-1772 or email him here.

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