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08/08/2003 Action, Thriller, Crime 1h 57m
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You're either S.W.A.T. or you're not.

Overview

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.

  1. Clark Johnson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Samuel L. Jackson

    Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson

  2. Colin Farrell

    Jim Street

  3. Michelle Rodriguez

    Chris Sanchez

  4. LL Cool J

    Deacon 'Deke' Kaye

  5. Josh Charles

    T.J. McCabe

  6. Jeremy Renner

    Brian Gamble

  7. Brian Van Holt

    Michael Boxer

  8. Olivier Martinez

    Alex Montel

  9. Domenick Lombardozzi

    GQ

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-09-25
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.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$80,000,000.00

Revenue
$207,700,000.00

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