If you’ve got a problem, a nobody can help, and if you can find them—maybe you can hire… the Ops Centre. The Dudes get their battle staff on and watch the 1995 TV movie Tom Clancy’s Op Centre. When a rogue KGB Colonel steals three nuclear warheads from a Ukrainian storage facility, it’s up to the National Crisis Management Centre to save the day.
In this episode, we present a hilarious deep dive into "Op Centre," a poorly executed Cold War-era military drama inspired by Tom Clancy’s books. We critique everything from the laughably unrealistic military operations—such as rapid nuclear weapon recoveries and absurd naval battles—to the stiff acting and shoddy production values, including ultra-low resolution footage (though that's mainly Youtube).
An all-star cast of Carl Weathers, Wilford Brimley, Harry Hamlin, and Kim Catrall head up what is a meandering, somewhat confusing, and quite slow-paced thriller—where equal time is paid to Harry Hamlin’s troubled marriage as to the international nuclear weapons crisis. To make up for it, Ruari starts a Tom Clancy book club, and Mike plays a game. Mission designation: TOUCHSTONE.
Note: This is a spoilercast and every episode is full spoilers.
