Wednesday, July 25, 2012

2003 - S.W.A.T., bash, bat, biff, bop, drub


Up scaling the TV show with lots of mindless big screen action and a plot that was probably from a left over story from the original series.  S.W.A.T. is another mediocre example of a film that the world really didn't need.


The film has a decent cast with the emphsis on Colin Farrell as the young cop who can face down the various hostage situations.  This is a film along with Miami Vice, The New World and Alexander among others that tried to turn Farrell into a movie star.  But for whatever reason none of these really caught on so he's been doing eccentric character parts for the most part. S.W.A.T. also stars everyone's favorite bad ass Samuel L Jackson but he's oddly restrained in this film.

The action scenes aren't much to get excited about and don't even elevate the film to the level of a good time killer.  Overall the whole film is a waste of time not even remotely fun.

117 minutes.

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