S.W.A.T. (2003) (original) (raw)
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Original title
S.W.A.T. (SWAT)
Year
2003
Running time
110 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Action. Thriller | Cop Movies. Crime. Movie Based on TV Series
Movie Groups
Synopsis
Jim Street is a former S.W.A.T. team member, who along with his partner Brian Gamble, is thrown off the team in the aftermath of a controversial decision they made during a robbery/hostage standoff. Gamble quits the force in disgust, but for Street, being a policeman is his life and he agrees to a demotion, hoping to someday have the chance to redeem himself and once again wear the privileged S.W.A.T. uniform. He gets that chance when team commander Dan "Hondo" Harrelson is assigned to recruit and train five top-notch officers for a new Special Weapons and Tactics unit. After weeks of rigorous physical training, the new team is immediately thrown into action when a notorious drug lord, offers a 100 million dollars bounty to anyone who can free him from police custody. As they escort the kingpin out of Los Angeles into the hands of the Feds, the S.W.A.T. team is pursued by a ruthless and well-armed band of mercenaries.
Awards
2004: NAACP Image Awards: nominated to Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.
Critics' reviews
- "Likely won't please fans of the original TV series, but the movie hasn't been made for them"
- "Though the film's second half has some good action moments, it never fulfills the promise of its earliest scenes"
- "Serviceable, wholly uninspired"
- "A compendium of missed opportunities, uninspired action and clichés so tired, you wish the screenwriters had called 911, too"
- "As summer shoot-'em-ups go, this is pretty well executed, with plenty of macho posing and gunfire"
- "What we have here is a model for the paint-by-numbers, perfectly generic, proudly soulless summer action flick. An original idea would die for lack of oxygen in S.W.A.T"
- "Technically clever but emotionally bankrupt...it's an almost laughably opportunistic movie"
- "Lots of buildings and cars explode, but there isn't a spark between any of the characters."
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Ranking Lists Position
- 79 My Top 10 Movies from 2003 (24)
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