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| S.W.A.T. | 
| Category: Movie
Buy New: $5.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  200 reviews
Sales Rank: 6831
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 118 minutes
ASIN: B000JPDJUY
Theatrical Release Date: August 7, 2003
Release Date: November 14, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 S.W.A.T January 22, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Aint nothing great about this movie. I think it moved along real slow. Not even that much action. This movie kinda sucked. If you want to save some time, just stay away from this movie. It isnt nothing great. It isnt worth the rent either. Wasnt really an entertaining movie, thats all I have to say about it.
 Not just a shooter August 19, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I went into this film expecting another cop shooter, which is fine. However, I was left with a sense of greatness. I am not saying this is a top 5 film in the action enre, but it certainly is a must see for action film fans. A lot of fun and worth watching over again.
serviceable cop film July 6, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Loosely based on the TV series of the same name, "S.W.A.T." is an entertaining, if essentially formulaic, police procedural set on the ribboned thoroughfares and sizzling pavements of metropolitan Los Angeles. Samuel L. Jackson plays an LAPD veteran called back to the force to handpick and train a crack SWAT team made up of promising neophyte recruits. Colin Farrell, LL Cool J and Michelle Rodriguez are the actors who make up part of that team.
The creators of "S.W.A.T." have done a pretty decent job given the limitations of the genre. It's true that the plot is standard issue stuff for the most part and the characters have little opportunity to distinguish themselves and develop. However, the dialogue is frequently crackling and the performers go through the motions with seriousness and conviction. The action scenes are also well handled, even if they do go a bit overboard from time to time, a problem endemic to virtually all action films these days, not just this one.
Chances are you probably won't remember a thing about "S.W.A.T." much past its closing credits, but it's a fun enough ride while you`re watching it.
lacked some heart June 20, 2005
This was a good action flick but I felt that there was nobody encouraging eachother on the SWAT team or anybody doing anything or saying anything with heart. The film was one of the best action films out there though and I did like the scene where the young swat memebers are training to be on the team. The end of the movie is pretty cool and Samuel L. Jackson played a great leader for the SWAT team just like he was a great coach on Coach Carter. When guns or bombs go off the sourround sound is exhilirating. The commentary was dissapointing though. Buy it if you like action flicks. God bless you and America.
Efficient but mechanical thriller June 11, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When the mean streets of Los Angeles start spiralling out of control the response from City Hall is to start a new crack SWAT team headed by Dan " Hondo " Harrelson -played ably by Samuel L Jackson ,despite his being almost visibly on auto-pilot ,so few are thr dramatic demamds of the role .He recruits disgraced former SWAT man Jim Street ( Colin Farrell) and the rest of his team are the politically correct mix of Latino woman ( the always excellent Michelle Rodriguez),black male (L L Cool j ) and another white male officer (Jeremy Renner).This is not merely P.C but an obvious play for the widest possible ethnic appeal to the movie .Indeed ,this is a very calculating and calculated picture -the villain is French ,thus playing to the US dislike of that nation ( a perfectly sensible dislike in my view ;I dont trust them further than i can throw 'em )
The baddie is duly capyured but the fun really starts when he offers $ 100 million to anyone who can bust him out of jail .This is the cue for all hell to break loose -bullets fly ,helicopters explode and cars are driven pell mell on the way to a climax of carnage and blood.
The actors all do well even allowing for the miniscule acting demands made upon them but I suspect the ability to look good in combat gear was the prime requirement for their getting the job .The action scenes are staged well and other than a slight saggging in the mid point of the movie this does at least hold the interest
One for those who like heavy metal on the soundtrack ,lots of loud bangs and fast cutting .Subtle it ain't but its okay mindles popcorn movie making and does pass the time in an adequate manner
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