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Summary: Very funny and a good bit of SWAT action... but.....
Review: ...check in your brains at the door on the way in. Grab a soda and just plop yourself down in front of some laughs and action for the next two hours or so.
SWAT is VERY FUNNY! There is lots of laughs in this no-brainer action flick. The premise is simple. SWAT members get discharged for messing up an op. SWAT members get back together under the command of L. Jackson. SWAT are assigned to protect and transport a high-profile international criminal to jail..... the catch.... he just offered 100 Million dollars to whoever can bust him out. Que everyone from the Russian mafia to the street gangs trying to take on the SWAT team as they transport the prisoner.
Again SWAT is a no-brainer! The story is total hogwash, but damn if it aint fun! ... and it is. There is lots of SWAT action and comedy along the way. It does take some time to get going but as long as you do not take it too seriously (and the film makers didnt!)... you will be in for some fun.
It might not be the SWAT we where hoping for (the director of the remake Dawn of the Dead turned it down because they would not produce a R rated movie) but makes good action family viewing for older members.
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Summary: You're either S.W.A.T. or you're not
Review: Based on the 1970s TV series, S.W.A.T. is a great story with just enough action to keep you going, without overdoing it.Jim Street (Colin Farrell) and Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner) are partners on the Los Angeles Special Weapons and Tactics team. When a successful hostage rescue results in a lawsuit for the department, hot-head Gamble quits the force while Street accepts a demotion, hoping for a 2nd chance. That 2nd chance comes in the form of Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson (Samuel L. Jackson), a departmental war horse assigned to restore the division's reputation. He hand-picks a new team with Street as its top dog. The other members include Chris Sanchez (Michelle Rodriguez of Blue Crush and The Fast and the Furious); David "Deek" Kay (Rapper L.L. Cool J); T.J. McCabe (Josh Charles of Dead Poet's Society); and Michael Boxer (Brian Van Holt of Basic and Windtalkers). Throughout their training period, we get to know a bit about each team member. Their individual personalities really come to life. Meanwhile, a French criminal kingpin named Alex Montel, played by Oliver Martinez ("Unfaithful"), is caught and imprisoned, and offers $100 million to anyone who can help him escape. The Team is now up against a bunch of money-hungry LA mercenaries which will include some familiar faces. Great action movie. Naturally, most scenes are stolen by the legendary Samuel L. Jackson and the young, hot, Irish actor Colin Farrell. But the other team members shine as well and add so much to the team and the film. Definitely worth it.
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Summary: Slickly produced mainstream action fluff
Review: Based on the 70's cop drama TV show, S.W.A.T. is pure slickly produced mainstream action fluff of the highest degree. Beginning with a rebellious and disgraced SWAT member (Colin Farrell) who is picked to join a new squad (which includes Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Brian Van Holt, and Josh Charles) by a fresh out of retirement sergeant (Samuel L. Jackson). Soon afterward, the head of a European drug cartel (Unfaithful's Oliver Martinez) is captured and offers 100 million dollars to whoever breaks him out of prison, and the crew ends up having their hands full when anyone and everyone comes out of the woodwork to claim the bounty. The film looks great and his some great action scenes, and the cast is nicely assembled, but it's an ultimately shallow experience. If you're a mainstream action fan, this is worth a look, but there's better, more character driven action films out there that are more than worth your time.
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Summary: Something Colin Needs: An Agent!
Review: Clark Johnsons action adventure starts off with a "save the hostages, kill the bad guys" mission where SWAT members Jim Street (Colin Farrel) and Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner) break all the rules to save the day. However Captain Fuller (Larry Poindexter) relegates them to the gun cage for doing the "wrong" thing. Gamble leaves on bad terms with his former partner but Street works his way through six months in the cage to be picked on Sgt. Hondo's (Sam L. Jackson)new swat team, along with LL Cool J, Michelle Rodriguez, Josh Charles and Brian Van Holt. Their Mission? To escort wanted billionaire Alex Montel (Oliver Martinez) to jail. However when Montel offers $100 million to who ever can bust him out, the new team have their hands full. In a film like this, you need to have action scenes that blow you away and snappy one liners, but SWAT fails to deliver. Instead theres alot of training sequences and attempted character building. The action only really kicks in the last half hour and its nothing to write home about. While the rest of the cast are very "I got your Back", Farrel plays more mature and almost makes the film worth watching. Almost. Farrel has so much talent he should pick btter films thatn this and The Recriut. Hopefully "Alexander" will shape him into the actor he so nearly is. Dont go to see this. It is a waste of time and money.
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Summary: This movie stinks
Review: Collin Farell can't act for sh.... I saw this movie one a VCD...think god I didn't pay 8 bucks for a ticket for this crap in a box... What a dumb film...Samual L. Jackson saved it....Movie sucked pretty much.....Horrible casting...Worst then Phone Booth...Acctually Phone was worse then this........they both suck pretty much... I wish i could give it a -000000/5... Worst movie I've seen last summer... Later...
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Summary: Saw it for the first time on TV last night....Bad Film!
Review: I skipped this one in theater because it looked cheesy and man is it ever. Colin Farrel and Sam Jackson's talents are wasted in this mess of an action movie and the dialogue and realism of SWAT is below-average at very best. Don't even rent this stinker, catch it on cable for free.
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Summary: Eh...predictable
Review: I've seen alot of movies, beleive me. This movie is worth watching, but it's very immature and predictable. First off everyone communicates with each other like they're all in high school. Everyone wants to fight. Secondly, there are several things about the movie that are predictable. (Betrayals, bulky hobo concealing guns (duh!)) This is action packed and suspensful towards the end, but don't expect anything intelligent.
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Summary: If You Don't Mind Gut Wrentching Corn, Be My Guest
Review: Old slug-eyebrows Colin Farrell has suddenly become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Unfortunately it will be short lived unless he takes a script thats not laughable. Prime example is his co-star Samuel Jackson, he takes way too many everage scripts, and while successfully boosts the film, his repertoire cruises downhill. Slug eyebrows needs to learn this, if he's going to be remembered he needs to reject corn on the cob scripts like SWAT.
'Do you feel me' - 'Yeah I feel you' has won the award for most cringingly corny confrontation this year. The film just wanders around until it comes to its anti-climatic insignificant ending where not even the goodys get anything special. I mean what is a Hollywood blockbuster when the heroes don't walk away with a girl, or 1000 billion dollars? While Jackson brings a rather tired performance he's still worth watching, only to take your eyes off those slugs.
Why do Americans think that SWAT are the 'most respected' or generally 'bestest' team in the 'world'?. What about the Ghurkas? The SAS who are far more efficient than SWAT. I think they meant America, not 'world'.
Hopefully slugbrows will stop taking films like this, the same goes for Jackson, but we all know thats never going to happen. The Recruit is his best to this day, ans SWAT his worst.
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Summary: Dreadfull
Review: One could object to SWAT on the basis that it was an empty piece of propaganda glorifying the police, suggesting that brutality was reasonable and excusable and that all criminals are dangerous low lifes who deserve what is coming to them. However the main problem with the film is not any ideological issue but the fact that it is dull contrived and its plot so ridiculous that one can hardly watch it with a straight face.
The plot is that the Los Angles police department is run by some liberal softos who put our intrepid hero on punishment duty after a rescue operation results in a civilian being wounded. However our hero is recruited into a new SWAT team run by someone who depending on your outlook, either is a non nonsense crime fighter or a person who admires the sorts of policies which made Nazi Germany great.
The key to any action film is of course the action and the reason for the action. In this case a French Criminal offers a reward for anyone who will free him. The authorities rather than keeping him in a secure environment immediately decide to move him around so that large numbers of criminals eager for the reward can take out the police. This premise is so absurd that it is hard to take seriously. Thank goodness for terrorists who at least can make reasonable villains in subsequent action thrillers.
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Summary: cool movie
Review: swat was a very cool movie too watch. and is reccomended for action fans.
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