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Summary: THIS MOVIE IS SO AWESOME!
Review: A recent letter to the editors of Entertainment Weekly challenged Colin Farrell's ranking on their annual "Power List." Some guy from Illinois claimed that the Irish heartthrob didn't even have enough power to make him see one of Colin's movies.This person also took swipes at "Daredevil" and "S.W.A.T." I took that as a challenge--and having sat through BOTH films, have to say that EW was indeed incorrect. They should have put Colin Ferrel at NUMBER ONE on that list! "S.W.A.T." is rip-roaring, non-stop, pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat action from beginning to end. I haven't enjoyed a movie this much since "Minority Report," which ALSO starred Mr. Farrell. Plus, you get the ubiquitous Samuel L. Jackson, who adds class to any and every film. If you want to see one of the GREATEST MOVIES EVER, get a copy of "S.W.A.T." You'll become an instant Colin Farrell fan! Take THAT, Mr. Letter-Writing-Guy.
Rating: 
Summary: A decent action flick
Review: SWAT is what it is: beautiful people shooting guns and foiling crime. There is no high art here, but who really expected there to be? The 'story' is threadbare, as usual, but the action sequences are directed well and nicely shot.
Rating:
Summary: PRETTY GOOD
Review: Its always easy to put down these types of movies but, it is what it is,a good action flick. I liked the stars in it and of course the action scenes. Basically the S.W.A.T team has to be re-formed with some wildcats who take no bull from nobody while drinking hard and spitting fire and bullets. They strap it up one day to haul a madman across state lines to the goverment. But the dude lights em up with a offer of 100 million to any badass who busts a move and sets him free. So they end up fighting dirty cops , gangs , street punks and even former S.W.A.T. as they roll big time toward thier target. L.A. is left in a burning shambles as they blow-up, shoot-up and kick -down every thing in thier path to get the job done. highly energetic is this movie and by the end your eyes will be worn out at all the explosions, in fact, somtimes the dialog was drowned out by so much stuff blowing up. Finally, they hurl us toward the ending with burning jets, cars, and even some trains as the drained viewer slides limp down in his seat.
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Summary: Good action movie to rent
Review: I just got done renting this DVD and must say that it kept me entertained for the length of the film. So I thought I would come here and write a review, and was kind of puzzled at all of the negative feedback here. When you rent this, are you thinking you will see an Academy Award hopeful? Is it chock full of Golden Globe performances? Do you really demand full character development in a shoot-em up movie? If you do, then simply don't rent this DVD. If you are thinking this movie will blow you away, it won't. But it is good enough to spend the money on a rental. Don't believe the harsh reviews on it though. Those people are just expecting WAY too much from a simple action film. That's the best way to describe the film: simple. Although, the reviewer that comments about all of the gangs magically coming together to take on the police force for the money is spot on. That was way too stupid, even for this flick. Other than that, rent the show, turn down the lights, pop the popcorn and enjoy a decent cop movie.
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Summary: swatty
Review: If you want to see Collin and Michelle in topless/sports bra punching bag sceenes for like 3.5 secs...its the flick for ya. If you want to be entertain w/ a lil something more then eye candy...keep looking
Rating: 
Summary: I have never rolled my eyes more in my life.
Review: This movie is now on my top 10 list of worst movies ever. I am embarrassed for any other reviewer who gave this movie more then 2 stars. I finished watching this movie and was thinking I would come here and get a least some entertainment out of it by reading other mocking reviews. Where are they!!!???!!!! This movie averages 4 1/2 stars here?! I must be out of touch?! This movie trys to glamorize the S.W.A.T. team ala Top Gun. Collin Farrel is the the young hot shot looking for redemption/glory after he is kicked off the SWAT team initially. Samuel Jackson is the cliche "Been there done that" Sergeant who is putting together his own "special SWAT squad" and of course wants Farrel. Jackson also recruits a slew of other cliche characters. And speaking of cliches this movie just has one cheezey one-liner after another. I can't name another movie with more one-liners. If you don't vomit on the one-liners you will when you watch the team train and bond together. Anyway there is this Eurotrash Frenchy arms dealing drug kingpin (which I find hard to believe seeings how his government would have the corner on this market, the arms dealing that is) who is arrested and offers anyone 100 million to break him out. Well that leads to my favorite part of the whole movie and probly the most absurd scene in movie history. There is a scene where a decoy convoy that is suppose to be transporting the Frenchy to a Federal Pen is ambushed by every gang in LA. The Bloods, the Vatos, the Vietnemese, they were all there to represent and break the Frenchy out for the 100 million dollars (Dr. Evil laugh)! It was the "It's a Small World" of gangs vs. the police in LA on that one block. How all the gangs came together and how they thought they would all collect the reward escapes me. Anyway Jackon's "Magnificent Seven" SWAT team is called on to bring in the bad guy when he gets away. To sum it up the movie was one big plot hole after another with a very healthy serving of one-liners. Get this show if you want to watch something with NO basis in reality.
Rating:
Summary: S.W.A.T.
Review: When I picked up S.W.A.T. at my local blockbuster this morning I obviously wasn't expecting a perfect film - I more or less just wanted an easy way to be entertained for 2 hours. I unfortunetly wasn't even really entertained. S.W.A.T. is plagued with problems from the start. The film is chock full of plot holes and gaps, it's filled with characters you know extremely little about and to be honest, the action is that intense. There's nothing here we haven't sen a million times before, and there's really no unbelievable directing flare to speak of either. There are some talented actors in this one, but it feels like they're just riding the wave through it. Also, there's plenty of corny cop lines in the dialogue and some cheesy music to boot. Overall, there's really little to like in this one. A couple good one liners and a decent explosion or two, but that's about it. Film: D+
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Summary: Typical Action Fare
Review: Though the ending is predictatble, the movie is a fun film to watch. There's a lot of action sequences to keep you entertained. The one question is, why didnt they hand the French over to the FBI in the begining?
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Summary: People call this action!!!
Review: I didnt waste my money going to see this at the show.
Knowing it would be the tripe it really is thank god i had
a free rental are i be kicking my self in the arse. This is
so lame I won't even bother talking about it insted i will
name some "REAL ACTION" flicks with an actual story and not
just a bigger budget sequeal to speed. Try Hard Boiled,The Killer
A better tomarrow 1 & 2 John Woo works of art before doing
American movies. Heat, Ronin, All of Tarantino's works and Leon you know movies that are closer to reality then anything else and don't have to have music in every scene to make up for crappy dialogue so if you want real action check em out but if your another teeny stick to your mindless dribble.
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Summary: A waste of a great ensemble of actors
Review: Although I was warned by a friend that this movie wasn't that great, I went ahead and rented it anyway.
The big attraction to this movie for me was the top actors. I love Samuel L. Jackson, and Colin Farrell, and figured with these two involved the movie couldn't be that bad. Well I was wrong (yawn) after enduring predictable dialogue and action scenes that seemed unexciting and very repetitive to say the least, I wish that I had saved the money and spent it elsewhere. No real story line, boring scenes, and nothing that even slightly got my interest, I would say that this was a fine set of actors used in a very disappointing way. Don't waste your time or money on this one.
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