S.W.A.T [DVD]

and it doesn't disgrace the original tv series, unlike most.I watched the original series when I was a child, it was shown late at night and I can vividly remember waking to the sound of the siren at the start of the show and by the time the theme music stopped I was dangling over the edge of the banister on the stairs, looking through the open door at the tv screen. Ah bliss.Samuel L Jackson plays Lt (now Sgt) Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson (previously played by Steve Forrest, who makes a special guest appearance at the end of the film as the SWAT driver);Colin Farrell plays Jim Street (who was played by the late great Robert Urich in the series);Rod Perry makes a special guest appearance in the bar after the team successfully pass the course, his part of David Deacon 'Deke' Kay is played by LL Cool J aka James Todd Smith;TJ McCabe (previously played by James Coleman) is now played by the very underrated Josh Charles;The character of Dominic Luca (played by Mark Shera) has been made into 2 separate characters - Michael Boxer (played by Brian Van Holt) and Chris Sanchez (played by Michael Rodriguez). I found the Sanchez character unnecessary to the story.For some strange reason Coleman and Shera are the only survivors from the original SWAT team not to be asked to appear in a blink and you'll miss them moment guest star moments. In fact Coleman comments on this on the review for the series box set on the amazon.com site. The series (for anyone who is interested is only available in the US on region 1, but it is not embedded so will play on my hp computer).The plot is split into two main parts - Street's fall from grace when he follows friend and partner Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner) into a hostage situation where orders are not followed and Gamble ends up shooting a hostage on live tv. Then there is Harrelson - Harrelson is old school and is brought in to set up his own SWAT team as a bit of good publicity for the LA police department. The trouble is that Harrelson and his boss (Capt Thomas Fuller - Larry Poindexter) have a past. It is this team development that takes up the first part of the film.The second part of the film involves the discovery that the police have been holding the wanted head of a crime cartel called Alex Montel (Olivier Martinez). Harrelson and his newly formed SWAT team are assigned to transport the wanted man to Federal holdup add to this the fact that Alex offers 100 million dollars to anyone who can help him escape and so the fun starts.I'll admit now that I am not a fan of either Farrell or Jackson but this is a film that I completely enjoyed, and I've watched it a number of times without tiring of it. A 5 star piece of escapism that may make me change my mind about Farrell and Jackson.It's nice to see that we have a mass of extras with this dvd which makes a nice change.

If you want to watch a good action film and you have not seen this film before then hesitate no longer rent it first. You will what to buy this so you can watch it time and time again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bog Standard Plot.Two Or Three Faces In The Cast Are Familiar.The Plot Moved Along Steady Enough.Entertaining Enough; But Predictable Ending.

one of my all time favourites , great movie with great story line . i would say classic now. a must watch.

Amazing film. Every actor/actress is intense and captures you in their character. Story line just layers up nicely.

This film is the story of a police officer (Farrell) who is kicked off SWAT due to a reckless partner. He then eventually gets back in - cue the montages of recruiting officers and then training. Eventually the new team prove themselves and become involved in the capture of a notorious criminal offering a huge payout to anyone breaking him out.There are a lot of cliches - such as the hero's girlfriend reluctantly leaving him, the irate police captain ranting at the reckless-yet-brave officers, the renegade and so on - and all the machismo posturing means it's not exactly brain-taxing, but this is still an enjoyable action film. There are a couple of funny lines, the action ramps up well, Samuel L Jackson is always good value for money, and Jeremy Renner is on fine "evil" form as the baddie. Worth a watch, but I'd say buy second-hand or rent rather than rush to own it.

such a good movie and watched this myself more than five times great flick

Really quite good ... enjoyed it