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Columbia Pictures
Original Film
S.W.A.T. Collection
You're either S.W.A.T. or you're not.
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems routine, but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can break him free, criminals of various stripes step up for the prize.
John Chard
Sep 25, 2014 · via TMDB
Competent actioner. S.W.A.T. is neither here nor there, in that if it was made ten years earlier it would in all probability be better thought of. The problem is that there is such a long line of action movies that entertain without pushing the boat out, some, like S.W.A.T., throw a good cast list at it and hope that carries the film through, others just go over the top with the pyrotechnics and think that is job done. Abandon hope of something fresh and exhilaratingly kinetic and S.W.A.T. passes muster. The plot of S.W.A.T. basically sees Samuel L. Jackson put in charge of a crack team of five cops with attitude and guts. Their main mission, after all the training and baring out of character's respective traits and psychological make-ups, is to ensure an imprisoned drug kingpin doesn't get broken out of jail after said scum-bag offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of said police custody. Cue crash, bangs, double-crosses and a face from the past coming back into the picture after being telegraphed by an incident that opens the film. Along with Sam are Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Josh Charles and Brian Van Holt. Oliver Martinez slips into the slimy villain shoes and Jeremy Renner does another one of his unhinged characterisations. Director Clark Johnson never breaks free of his TV roots, because the film often feels like a glorified TV episode, but his action construction is competent and he has decent actors to keep the film from sinking down among the dead men. Competent is the key word here, it's a decent time waster for the action movie fan, but really it feels like the action movie hadn't advanced much from the previous decade. A shame because there was much potential in the story. 6/10
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Samuel L. Jackson
Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Colin Farrell
Jim Street
Michelle Rodriguez
Chris Sanchez
LL Cool J
Deacon 'Deke' Kaye
Josh Charles
T.J. McCabe
Jeremy Renner
Brian Gamble
Brian Van Holt
Michael Boxer
Olivier Martinez
Alex Montel
Domenick Lombardozzi
GQ
Reg E. Cathey
Lt. Greg Velasquez
Larry Poindexter
Capt. Thomas Fuller
Page Kennedy
Travis
James DuMont
Gus
Denis Arndt
Sgt. Howard
Lindsey Ginter
Agent Hauser
Octavia Spencer
Neighbor in Alley
Noel Gugliemi
Latino Thug
Clark Johnson
Deke's Handsome Partner
Matt Gerald
Nick
Ken Davitian
Uncle Martin Gascoigne
Ashley Scott
Lara
Benjamin King
Customs Agent #1
Alex Trebek
(voice)
Reed Diamond
Officer David Burress
Reed Diamond
Officer
Neal H. Moritz
Driver
Max Thayer
Desk Officer
Jeff Wincott
Ed Taylor
Marcio Rosario
Dispatcher Garcia
Jay Montalvo
Spanish Newscaster
Michael Papajohn
Bistro Gangster #3
Gregory Sporleder
Robber #1
Esther K. Chae
Reporter #2
Bruce Gray
Mr. Richard Segerstrom
Lucinda Jenney
Kathy
E. Roger Mitchell
Agent Kirkland
Jay Acovone
Lear Jet Pilot
J. Grant Albrecht
Desk Officer #2
Peter Allas
Bistro Gangster #1
Frankie J. Allison
Robber #2
Dianne Barone
Newscaster #1
Joe Bucaro III
Robber #3
Andi Chapman
Customs Agent #2
Martin Dorsla
Hip Cop
Jamal Duff
LAPD Officer at Subway
Jessica Winther
Reporter #4
Colin Egglesfield
LAPD Officer
Steve Forrest
S.W.A.T. Truck Driver
Kenneth Franklin
Young Deputy
Garry Guerrier
Gamble's Thug
Michael Gregory
Limo Driver
Michael Guarnera
Paramedic
Steven Hack
Injured Bank Manager
Bishop Don Magic Juan
Archbishop Don 'Magic' Juan
Brendan Wayne
S.W.A.T Techie
Jenya Lano
Monique
Brian Leckner
Cashier
Iris Little Thomas
Bank Supervisor
Larry McCormick
As Himself
Neal H. Moritz
Luxury Car Driver
Devika Parikh
Jail Intake Reporter
Rod Perry
Deke's Dad
Ken Rudulph
Reporter #1
Ben Siegler
Sheriff's Deputy
Richard Steinmetz
S.W.A.T. Negotiator
David St. James
Polish Hostage
Shannon Sturges
Mrs. Segerstrom
Max Thayer
Desk Officer #1
Atticus Todd
Gangster #2
Andy Umberger
Deputy Chief
Jamison Yang
Broker
Bridget Powers
Bridget The Midget
Eric Strickland
Lawyer
Mike Piccirillo
Art Department Coordinator
Gabriel Beristain
Director of Photography
Todd Grossman
Epk Camera Operator
Anette Haellmigk
Second Unit Director of Photography
Christopher Lawrence
Costume Design
Allan A. Apone
Makeup Artist
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Makeup Department Head
Toby Bronson
Set Costumer
Craig Hosking
Aerial Coordinator
Damon Caro
Fight Choreographer
Cliff Fleming
Pilot
Stephen McLaughlin
Score Engineer
Al Goto
Stunts
Allan Graf
Stunts
Chris Palermo
Stunts
David Leitch
Stunts
Doug Coleman
Stunts
John C. Meier
Stunts
Michael Runyard
Stunts
Clark Johnson
Director
Lars P. Winther
First Assistant Director
Bill Purple
Second Assistant Director
Michael Tronick
Editor
Randi Hiller
Casting
Sarah Halley Finn
Casting
George Huang
Co-Producer
Louis D'Esposito
Executive Producer
Todd Black
Executive Producer
Neal H. Moritz
Producer
Matthias Gohl
Music Producer
Elliot Goldenthal
Original Music Composer
Steve R. Nelson
Production Sound Mixer
Stephen McLaughlin
Scoring Mixer
David Ayer
Screenplay
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Pulp Fiction
Léon: The Professional
Memento
The Usual Suspects
Blade Runner
Heat
Chinatown
The Big Lebowski
Die Hard
Mulholland Drive
The Terminator
Boyz n the Hood
The Big Sleep
Blood Diamond
Lost Highway
True Romance
Training Day
First Blood
Barton Fink
The Bourne Ultimatum
RoboCop
Jackie Brown
They Live
Lethal Weapon
Fracture
Beverly Hills Cop
Point Break
The Driver
Speed
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Thirteenth Floor
Rush Hour
Brother
Face/Off
Lethal Weapon 2
Creed II
Strange Days
Super Tobi jagt Dr. Lu
Hollywood Unplugged
Miracle Mile
Carry-On
The War of the Worlds
The Prowler
Rush Hour 2
South Central
Lethal Weapon 3
The Bodyguard
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Street Kings
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Lethal Weapon 4
Beverly Hills Cop II
2 Fast 2 Furious
Shoot 'Em Up
Rush Hour 3
Armored Car Robbery
Devil in a Blue Dress
Licence to Kill
Dead Bang
Internal Affairs
Predator 2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Willenbrock
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Dark Blue
Message from the King
Nick of Time
Blue Thunder
Rambo III
American Gigolo
Assault on Precinct 13
Wonderland
Gleaming the Cube
Aloha Bobby and Rose
Cake
Trancers
The Mexican
The Hunter
Breathless
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
The Million Dollar Hotel
Beverly Hills Cop III
Destruction: Los Angeles
The Wrong Husband
Marlowe
A Dangerous Profession
Borderline
Private Parts
Fatal Blade
Beowulf & Grendel
My Gun Is Quick
Eating Cars
Be Cool
Out of Bounds
The Roommate
Doe
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Daybreak
Double Dragon
Overkill
L.A. Vice
Beowulf
Terrified
The Night Stalker
Independence Night
Steel
Sunsplit
House of the Dead
Only in L.A.
Claude
Famous
Untitled Zack Snyder LAPD Film
Sunset Boulevard
Tumor
My Darling California
Thieves Highway
Prison Break: The Final Break
Wardriver
The System
Shot Caller
Hostile Takeover
Lethal Weapon 3
The Black Book
Muzzle: City of Wolves
Nowhere to Run
Tango & Cash
The Commuter
Code 8 Part II
Romeo Must Die
The International
Nick of Time
Trigger Point
All the Devils Are Here
Body Brokers
God Is a Bullet
Wake of Death
Black Site
Detective Knight: Rogue
Run
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Until Death
Absolution
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