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S.W.A.T. | Year: 2003 Classification: Action Directed: - Clark Johnson Actors/Actresses: - Samuel L.Jackson as Hondo - Colin Farrell as Jim Street - Michelle Rodriguez - LL Cool J SWAT Inspired by the 1970s action-packed TV series with the catchy theme song, this modern-day "S.W.A.T." stars Colin Farrell as Jim Street, an L.A.P.D. cop who joins the department's elite special weapons and tactics unit commandeered by Hondo (Samuel Jackson). They're up against a drug lord (Olivier Martinez) who's offering a million dollars to the first person who Great Action, Lousy Execution Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrel star in this modern update of the 70's super cop TV show. Overall, the film's concept was solid even if the execution wasn't so. THE STORY Sgt. Dan "Hando" Harrelson (Jackson) recruits and trains a team of L.A. cops for their elite S.W.A.T. division and must lead them into the field when an ultra-rich European crime leader puts out a $100 million prize to the person that gets him out of prison, of which there are MANY takers. THE COOL STUFF The trailers pretty much showed the great stuff. Watching the S.W.A.T. team take on all the baddies during the SECOND HOUR of the film once the bounty is put out was probably some of THE best action you'll see in any film as the bad guys come up with bold and ingenious ways to try to collect the bounty. Awesome stuff. Best Scenes 2.The motorcade attack 3.The Bridge Fight THE CRITIQUE The most frustrating thing about the movie was that it took them a WHOLE HOUR to set up the best parts. The movie is easily broken up into two parts: HOUR ONE focuses on Hando putting the team together and training them (which is at parts fun but otherwise blah) and HOUR TWO which focuses on them trying to deal with the guys trying to bust out the evil French cartel leader (which is when all the awesome happens). Basically, if the team had been built up in a half hour and the next hour half focused on the S.W.A.T action the movie would have been a lot better. The movie basically looked like a souped up TV show pilot, which would be cool on its own, but is not really there for the big screen. To put it bluntly, the pacing was horrible, hour one was pretty boring and hour two rocked. THE DVD EXTRAS While the movie itself may have lacked a little the DVD extras are just light years beyond a lot of the other new releases out there, especially the sound editing features here. Here's what we get: 1.Director and Cast Commentary Track 2.Screenwriters and Technical Consultants Commentary Track 3."Anatomy of a Shootout" - 8 ½ minute featurette about filming the bank shootout scene including the contrast in camera styles (news coverage format vs. traditional screen format) 4."SWAT - TVs Original Supercops" - 6 ½ minute retro featurette on the original 70's TV show including interviews with the original cast 5."The Making of SWAT" - 21 minute feature on the movie including information on casting, the characters, real life SWAT training, the SWAT lifestyle and SWAT equipment. 6.8 deleted scenes (mostly rubbish scenes) 7."6th Street Bridge: Achieving the Improbable" - 5 minute featurette on making the Bridge Scene including CGI and live action shots. 8."Sound This movie stinks Collin Farell can't act for sh.... 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... Buy S W A T at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on S W A T Search with the Priority Search Engine on S W A T This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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