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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:
 Dumb and not entertainingly dumb either March 5, 2005
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ugh! SWAT is a miserable film. I remember when I was a kid and I'd play at Cops and Robbers with other kids. We'd run around with invisible guns indiscriminately shooting at each other. SWAT has that same mentality and is aimed at the same age group. It's not a movie, it's shamefully disguised pro-NRA propaganda. For all the gun glorification and random violence (PG-13 rated violence remember, as they want to expose this drivel to the little kiddies) there is not one subtle moment that tells us guns are dangerous. Here they are just toys and shooting people is just fun.
I shouldn't really complain so hard as for the first whole hour of this film NOTHING happens. It's all devoted to pointless character building which never rises past cliched stereotypes (Michelle Rodriguez expands her range by playing an unhappy, scowling Latino-something she hasn't played before) and is totally ditched with the abrupt, anti-climatic ending.
SWAT promises action and the not-quite high concept plot of a crime-lord offering anyone who can break him out of custody a $100 million reward is never fully realised. We could have had 2 whole hours of excitement but we barely get 45 minutes. It's a slow, boring film with absolutely NOTHING to recommend it. Plus it all seems very 70's. I felt embarressed watching it.
The DVD is in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby 5.1 sound. There are extras but do I care?
 (Insert Sound Effects and Explosion Here) February 24, 2005
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Boom! Crash! Bang! Boom! Rat-a-tat-a-tat! There - I've just summed up S.W.A.T. for you. Starring Samuel L. Jackson (the second coolest black man in Hollywood) and Naughty Boy of The Moment, Colin Farrell, this run of the mill police shoot 'em up is average. And by average I mean that when something is supposed to go boom, it does. There's little to no ingenuity, little to no originality, heck, they even brought the catchy S.W.A.T. theme back (updated of course). The good guys are cool, the bad guys are bad, and that's about the size of it. The one thing that really bothered me was seeing the wonderful Michelle Rodriguez co-starring as the stereotypical Tough Latina Girl (tm). After a wonderful screen debut in "Girlfight" (go rent it now!), she has yet to star in anything resembling good since then. "Resident Evil", "The Fast and the Furious", "Blue Crush". In every single one, she's Tough Latina Girl, and that's just a shame. It was also a treat to see Jeremy Renner as the S.W.A.T. cop gone bad, as I'd seen him audition and get the role in Bravo TV's "The IT Factor" a year earlier. So the bottom line is - if you're looking for a good film, then try elsewhere. If you're looking for something to stare at on your television screen for an hour or two, without any danger of thought or emotion, then S.W.A.T. will do just fine, but if you like your police work with character and emotion, go rent "Homicide" directed by David Mamet.
 Three hot guys in one hot movie February 13, 2005
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
When I saw this I didn't know what I was watching until I saw who was in it. I never thought I would like a movie like this. But this movie had me at the edge me my seat the whole time and I was like what is going to happen? I can't believe how good this movie is I think it one of the best movies I have seen this year.
 Very funny and a good bit of SWAT action... but..... January 25, 2005
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
...check in your brains at the door on the way in. Grab a soda and just plop yourself down in front of some laughs and action for the next two hours or so.
SWAT is VERY FUNNY! There is lots of laughs in this no-brainer action flick. The premise is simple. SWAT members get discharged for messing up an op. SWAT members get back together under the command of L. Jackson. SWAT are assigned to protect and transport a high-profile international criminal to jail..... the catch.... he just offered 100 Million dollars to whoever can bust him out. Que everyone from the Russian mafia to the street gangs trying to take on the SWAT team as they transport the prisoner.
Again SWAT is a no-brainer! The story is total hogwash, but damn if it aint fun! ... and it is. There is lots of SWAT action and comedy along the way. It does take some time to get going but as long as you do not take it too seriously (and the film makers didnt!)... you will be in for some fun.
It might not be the SWAT we where hoping for (the director of the remake Dawn of the Dead turned it down because they would not produce a R rated movie) but makes good action family viewing for older members.
Overrated January 10, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The fact that this story is hardly plausible undermines it, and you have to take it for what it is.... An action film with a thin excuse of a story.
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