S.W.A.T. (film)
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S.W.A.T. is a 2003 action crime movie and is a take on the old television series of the same name.
Taglines
- Even cops dial 911
- Weapons are just the beginning
Cast
S.W.A.T. Team- Samuel L. Jackson as Sgt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson; "old-school" S.W.A.T., is brought back by the Chief of Police to head a new S.W.A.T. Team, former Marine
- Colin Farrell as Off. Jim Street; formerly assigned to S.W.A.T., reassigned to the "gun cage", recruited by Hondo, former Navy SEAL
- Michelle Rodriguez as Off. Chris Sanchez; frequent applicant of S.W.A.T. School, always turned down, exceptional hand-to-hand combat skills, recruited by Hondo
- LL Cool J as Off. Deacon "Deke" Kay; formerly assigned to Patrol, recruited by Hondo
- Josh Charles as Off. TJ McCabe; a S.W.A.T. officer who is assigned to Hondo's team, had worked with Hondo before.
- Brian Van Holt as Off. Michael Boxer; a S.W.A.T. officer who is assigned to Hondo's team, his sister dated Street for a while, had worked with Hondo before.
- Larry Pointdexter as Capt. Thomas Fuller; chief of SWAT Division, is not liked by most of the S.W.A.T. officers
- Reginald E. Cathey as Lt. Greg Valasquez; field commander of S.W.A.T. Division, old friends with Hondo
- Denis Arndt as Sgt. Howard; head of another S.W.A.T. team
- Olivier Martinez as Alex Montel; an international criminal, his family controls a huge drug empire
- Jeremy Renner as Former Off. Brian Gamble; Street's former partner who quits L.A.P.D. after he is demoted due to accidentally shooting a hostage, after violating a direct order not to engage the hostage taker.
Plot
Jim Street (Colin Farrell) is a hotshot cop for the Los Angeles Police Department. When his loose-cannon partner Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner) shoots a hostage, Gamble leaves the force, and Street is sentenced to the gun maintenance shop. When Sgt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson (Samuel L. Jackson) is called out of retirement, he puts together an element, made up of Street, Chris Sanchez (Michelle Rodriguez), Deke Kaye (LL Cool J), T.J. McCabe (Josh Charles), and Michael Boxer (Brian van Holt). Almost immediately, they get thrown into trouble as coldblooded Alex Montel (Olivier Martinez) kills his uncle (and possibly his father) for control of the family's drug empire. He gets pulled over for a broken tail-light on the car he stole from his late uncle. Since the car is in his uncle's name, the police, who have a warrant for his uncle's murder, arrest him and decide to hold him until they can confirm his identity. After they discover he is, in fact, an international criminal, he offers "$100 million to whoever gets me out of here." All hell breaks loose as multiple plans to get him to a prison are unravelled by different groups who want the money. The final showdown is between a crew led by Gamble and S.W.A.T. All ends well and Montel is finally brought to a maximum-security prison.Box Office
In the film's opening weekend, it earned $37,062,535. In total, it grossed $116,934,650 in the United States in 3,220 theaters and when including foreign grosses, it earned $207,725,639 worldwide.Trivia
- The tune the S.W.A.T. team sings while they celebrate their success after their first controlled test is the theme song for the original S.W.A.T. TV series.
- The S.W.A.T. officers who deliver the secure phone in the bank robbery scene were actual L.A.P.D. S.W.A.T. officers who were on scene as technical advisors. They agreed to put on their uniforms and do the scene "for fun".
- One consideration for a location for the plane escape was closing I405 Highway to land a Learjet on, but that was "out of their reach", so the filming crew shut down the 6th St Bridge from 6pm to 5am every night for filming. Because landing a Learjet on 6th St Bridge was obviously impractical, CGI effects were used for the plane's approach. The scene with the Learjet taking off was actually filmed, with the aircraft equipped with a V8 engine so it could be driven down the bridge.
- The Italian Job, Hollywood Homicide, and S.W.A.T. were all filmed in downtown L.A. at the same time.
- The opening scene was based on an actual 1997 LAPD shootout. In one shot, a man with a camera is clearly visible, taking footage of the action. The man was actually a cameraman for the film who wandered too far into the shot, but director Clark Johnson didn't re-shoot the scene because he decided that since the man looked like an actual news reporter, he contributed to the chaos of the situation.
- The bank in the bank robbery scene was an abandoned building scheduled to be torn down, so the film crew was allowed to film it, tear it apart, and do nearly whatever they wished.
- Director Clark Johnson makes a cameo appearance as Officer Deke's partner, who gets hit with a frying pan as Deke chases down a suspect. Johnson asked to be credited as "Deke's handsome partner."
- In Spain, the nationality of main villain Alex Montel was changed from Spanish to French. However, his Spanish passport can be seen in the Airport scene.
- Alex Montel is at one time arrested while laying on top of Alex Trebek´s star on Avenue of the stars in Hollywood
References
External links
- [}}}] at Rotten Tomatoes
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