An enjoyable non-stop action film , I enjoyed this movie - very happy with the quality and the premise - reasonably okay with the direction and dialogue . This moving picture follows a locally born and bred S. W. A. T. sergeant and his team of highly-trained men and a woman as they solve crimes in Los Angeles. At the beginning two cops, Officers Jim Street (Colin Farrell) and Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner) foil a bank robbery holdup by shooting a female hostage, the two are kicked out of SWAT . Samuel Jackson as Sgt. Hondo is the new leader of LAPD the special weapons and tactics units , and he has to recruit members . The old School boss cop Hondo thinks second chances are just a-OK. Now Hondo (Samuel L Jackson) joins a brave unit , and the new SWAT team consisting of : Michael Boxer (Brian Van Holt) , T. J. McCabe (Josh Charles) , Deacon 'Deke' Kaye (LL Cool J) , and a female cop, Christina 'Chris' Sanchez (Michelle Rodriguez) , they have a hard and big mission: escorting Alex Montel (Olivier Martinez) . He and his boys have to guard captured drug lord and move him into federal custody only . Alex has an open offer of one hundred thousand dollars to anyone who can dfree him . Even cops dial 911 !. You're either S. W. A. T. or you're not !.
Thrilling and nail-biting movie with action-packed , violent struggles , shootouts , kinetic energy , very high body-count and swiftly paced . Inspired by the television series and the feature film, 'S. W. A. T.' stars Samuel L Jackson a locally-born-and-raised S. W. A. T. tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles , along with Colin Farrell as a former Navy SEAL and policeman who's alisted to elite team . Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue , Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson strives to bridge the divide between his two worlds and acclimate to his new duties . The movie in itself is not bad , but decent the acting is pretty good, here's the reason why its getting such bad reviews . The main actors all received S. W. A. T. tactics , fire arms , and live fire training for the film , in fact Colin Farrell was also given L. A. P. D. driver training in the Ford Crown Victoria . The characters are believable and the actors seem suited for their respective roles . I must admit that I watched this movie mainly because of the actors who include the SWAT members : Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell , Michelle Rodriguez , LL Cool J , Josh Charles , Jeremy Renner , Brian Van Holt and other familiar secondaries, such as Olivier Martinez , Reg Cathey , Larry Poindexter , Dennis Ardnt , Lucinda Jenney, E. Roger Mitchell , Jay Acovone , Shannon Sturges and Rod Perry's came as L. L. Cool's father. I never got bored from the beginning to the end , nice action, agreeable story and fine acting. All the actors did their job, someone better than someone else. Reasonable action, one or two twists, satisfactory encore . An acceptable movie when one wants to relax and enjoy actually . Granted it could have been even better - anything can be improved - but it was still an agreeable film which managed to get us to care about some of the roles. Cinematography by cameraman Gabriel Beristain was adequate , as well as thrilling musical score by Elliot Goldenthal and decently made by director Clark Johnson who choreographies very well the crossfire and fights scenes and that's way I'm happy enough to give it a rating 6/10 . I really enjoyed it!
Other films and series about this special team are the following ones : ¨SWAT firefight¨ (2011) with Gabriel Macht , Robert Patrick , Carly Pope, Giancarlo Esposito, Kristanna Loken , Matt Bushell.¨S. W. A. T.: Under Siege¨ (2017) with Sam Jaeger , Adrianne Palicki, Michael Jai White , Ty Olsson . And TV series : ¨SWAT (1975-1976)¨, (37 episodes) , created by Robert Hammer , developed by Rick Husky with Steve Forrest as Lieutenant Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson , Robert Urich , Rod Perry , Mark Shera . ¨SWAT¨ (2017-2023) , 127 episodes with Shemar Moore as Sergeant Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson , Alex Russell , Kenny Johnson, David Lim , Patrick St. Esprit.
Thrilling and nail-biting movie with action-packed , violent struggles , shootouts , kinetic energy , very high body-count and swiftly paced . Inspired by the television series and the feature film, 'S. W. A. T.' stars Samuel L Jackson a locally-born-and-raised S. W. A. T. tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles , along with Colin Farrell as a former Navy SEAL and policeman who's alisted to elite team . Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue , Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson strives to bridge the divide between his two worlds and acclimate to his new duties . The movie in itself is not bad , but decent the acting is pretty good, here's the reason why its getting such bad reviews . The main actors all received S. W. A. T. tactics , fire arms , and live fire training for the film , in fact Colin Farrell was also given L. A. P. D. driver training in the Ford Crown Victoria . The characters are believable and the actors seem suited for their respective roles . I must admit that I watched this movie mainly because of the actors who include the SWAT members : Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell , Michelle Rodriguez , LL Cool J , Josh Charles , Jeremy Renner , Brian Van Holt and other familiar secondaries, such as Olivier Martinez , Reg Cathey , Larry Poindexter , Dennis Ardnt , Lucinda Jenney, E. Roger Mitchell , Jay Acovone , Shannon Sturges and Rod Perry's came as L. L. Cool's father. I never got bored from the beginning to the end , nice action, agreeable story and fine acting. All the actors did their job, someone better than someone else. Reasonable action, one or two twists, satisfactory encore . An acceptable movie when one wants to relax and enjoy actually . Granted it could have been even better - anything can be improved - but it was still an agreeable film which managed to get us to care about some of the roles. Cinematography by cameraman Gabriel Beristain was adequate , as well as thrilling musical score by Elliot Goldenthal and decently made by director Clark Johnson who choreographies very well the crossfire and fights scenes and that's way I'm happy enough to give it a rating 6/10 . I really enjoyed it!
Other films and series about this special team are the following ones : ¨SWAT firefight¨ (2011) with Gabriel Macht , Robert Patrick , Carly Pope, Giancarlo Esposito, Kristanna Loken , Matt Bushell.¨S. W. A. T.: Under Siege¨ (2017) with Sam Jaeger , Adrianne Palicki, Michael Jai White , Ty Olsson . And TV series : ¨SWAT (1975-1976)¨, (37 episodes) , created by Robert Hammer , developed by Rick Husky with Steve Forrest as Lieutenant Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson , Robert Urich , Rod Perry , Mark Shera . ¨SWAT¨ (2017-2023) , 127 episodes with Shemar Moore as Sergeant Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson , Alex Russell , Kenny Johnson, David Lim , Patrick St. Esprit.