The best movie in the police genre since 'Narc.'
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08/09/03
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S.W.A.T. (2003)
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Reviews Counted:160
Fresh:76
Rotten:84
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: A competent, but routine police thriller.
Theatrical Release:Aug 8, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $116,643,346
Synopsis: They’re the best of the best, the elite of law enforcement. And they’ve been recruited for their most dangerous mission ever. Inspired by the popular ‘70s television series, the... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Olivier Martinez, Michelle Rodriguez
Director: Clark Johnson
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Reviews for S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T feels as aimless and baseless as the flashy bullets it shoots around in arbitrary fashion. So here’s to saluting 2003’s arrival of the insufferable S.W.A.T: a (S)olely (W)asteful (A)ction-packed (T)easer.
08/09/03
Colin Farrell as Jim Street may well be one of the great screen performances.
08/09/03
A thoroughly unremarkable police action movie.
08/09/03
You can't get mad at it -- except for the two hours of your life it steals from you.
08/09/03
The director, a TV guy named Clark Johnson, doesn't shoot action very well, which is sort of a handicap.
08/09/03
S.W.A.T.” does little to reinvent the cop movie ... but it works within the conventions of the genre to deliver solid, reliable entertainment.
08/09/03
The movie doesn't contain a single original character or plot point, but it's entertaining -- and, oddly enough, kind of charming -- in its familiarity.
08/09/03
Dah’n DAH...dah’ndah, dah’ndah.... OK. It’s impossible to hum in print. So maybe, if you’re familiar with it, you can just imagine television’s “S.W.A.T.” theme providing the background as you read this.
08/08/03
"S.W.A.T." is exactly what it promises to be; a fun summer movie that doesn't leave you shaking your head in regret afterwards. Besides, a man in uniform is always a good thing, right?
08/08/03
Monotonous to the point of despair.
08/08/03
About as much mindless fun as you can expect from a good old fashioned American Western transplanted to 21st century Los Angeles.
08/08/03
Director Clark Johnson strives for realistic detail and action. Unfortunately, such adherence to technical purity proves to be a weakness for the movie.
08/08/03
Top CriticThere have been far worse movies this summer, but the best justification for seeing this spinoff of the mid-'70s TV series is if your date or mate is holding you hostage in the theater.
08/08/03
Top CriticIt's big, but not insanely overblown.
08/08/03
S.W.A.T. has blockbuster ambitions, but it develops characters and plot at a leisurely pace better suited to the small screen than the big one.
08/08/03
Top CriticAs summer popcorn movies go, you could do worse than S.W.A.T.
08/08/03
SWAT is better than Gigli, but so is most outpatient surgery.
08/08/03
Top CriticBolted for action but flabby all over, it is derived in a stupid, distilled sense from the 1975 ABC-TV show that enshrined a paramilitary elite unit of police, full of Vietnam vets and gonzo for firepower.
08/08/03
Despite the usual macho posturing and testosterone poisoning that are the hallmarks of such projects, S.W.A.T. finds some room for a comfortable lived-in quality among a small, likable cast that exudes terrific chemistry.
08/08/03
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