| “ | I will give $100 million to whoever gets me out of here! 100 MILLION DOLLARS! | „ |
| ~ Montel offers money to whoever breaks him out of jail. |
| “ | He knew the dangers, no? That's why he signed up to be a police officer. Carry a gun in the Wild West, like you, Cowboy. Would you be sitting here if this job wasn't dangerous? | „ |
| ~ Montel taunting Street over another cop's death. |
Alexander "Alex" Montel, better known as Le Loup Rouge, is one of the main antagonists (alongside Brian Gamble) in the 2003 action thriller film S.W.A.T.
He is a French crime lord and the new head of the Montel crime family after he kills his father. After being arrested, he offers $100 million to whomever breaks him out of jail.
He was portrayed by Olivier Martinez.
Biography[]
Alex Montel is the son and heir of the criminal Montel family. He is a French drug lord wanted in over a dozen countries. Montel travels to Los Angeles to visit his uncle at a restaurant on his birthday. After having the restaurant cleared of all civilians, Alex reveals that he is now the head of the family empire after having killed his father and slits his uncles throat as revenge for holding back their family's money from him. As he is driving to the airport, he is pulled over by a female L.A.P.D. officer for having a broken taillight on his car.
She quickly becomes suspicious of him and Montel is detained until the L.A.P.D. can get a full positive I.D. on him. They learn through Interpol of his criminal activities and he is taken to prison in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department bus. Along the way, two of Montel's associates, disguised as L.A.P.D. officers, hijack the bus and attempt to rescue Montel, but a S.W.A.T. team led by Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson arrives and kills the two hijackers.
Montel is recaptured but as numerous reporters surround him, he shouts out that he will give $100 million to whoever is able to free him. The L.A.P.D. plan to take Montel into federal custody and arrange for him to travel by helicopter, but it is shot down by Brian Gamble with a high-powered rifle.
Hondo and his S.W.A.T. team then take Montel away in an SUV while the police send out a large convoy to act as a decoy to several attacking gang members. However, Gamble appears and confronts his former S.W.A.T. members in the SUV before rescuing Montel, with the help of another traitorous S.W.A.T. member named T.J. McCabe.
They escape with Montel to a bridge where a plane is due to land, as Gamble had previously paid the pilots to fly Montel out of the country. Hondo and his team drive across town in search of Montel and Gamble, and they notice a low-flying plane approaching the bridge. They approach the plane and prevent it from taking off, leading to a gunfight which eventually results in the deaths of Gamble and T.J. Montel is then arrested once more and taken to prison for the rest of his life.
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Trivia[]
- When Alex was talking about the reward for getting him out of jail, the tone and inflection of his speech changes from the live shot as he was being moved, to the replay of the news in the jail being watched by the criminals.
- It is not likely that he had the time to say the exact same thing twice as he was being moved by the guards. It's most likely a retake from a different angle.
- Deacon "Deke" Kaye relays what he would do if he had huge amounts of money that Alex Montel offers. He states that he would hire Halle Berry as his yoga instructor. He says this within earshot of Olivier Martinez, who married Halle in 2013.