Greetings from Lithuania."S.W.A.T." (2003) is an action flick and nothing more - it doesn't try to be anything else, nor it is - its what it promises to deliver it delivers. The plot is pretty good, although yes sometimes sometimes formulaic but it does work. Performances were also pretty nice for this material. The more tight direction of this movie i think would have made this movie better, but it is OK flick for what it is. And by the way i noticed in once scene, one ultra short scene Octavia Spencer - yes, the same Oscar winning actress in one small scene, that was really coolOverall, "S.W.A.T." has nothing original nor super exciting, but it delivers what it promises - action flick and nothing more. On that account, it works.

I remember seeing this when it first came out and really enjoying it. This time around though it viewed as just your average action thriller. Entertaining enough, and easily watchable but also pretty mindless. Good cast though; Sam Jackson is always cool, I enjoyed Colin Farrell as a demoted special weapons and tactics team member and Jeremy Renner as a hothead SWAT member gone bad.I did like the set up of an imprisoned drug lord offering up a 100 million dollar reward for anyone who can break him out, this of course sets up the obligatory guntoting mercenaries and big action sequences throughout downtown LA, its a cool idea.The training sequences were fun too as 'Hondo' assembles his elite team and he and Farrell provide some pretty entertaining banter as they drive around collecting and introducing the new rookies (LL Cool J & Michelle Rodriguez.) Olivier Martinez plays the bad guy here, he was okay, doesn't really do much. The police politics were cliché and on that note boring. Lots of shoot-em-up action but mindless as a whole. 11/24/15

Title: SwatCondensed Storyline: A drug lord gets captured and offers a cash reward in the millions for anyone who breaks him out of police custody. He the tries to make the same bargain with the SWAT officers who are transporting him, so he pits the team against themselves. Notable Acting: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell and LL Cool J all did a great job at acting their parts, the others were good, but didn't steal my attention as much as the others did. Noticeable Camera work: Establishing shots of the locations Worms eye view of the helicopter Birds eye view of the swat van rolling in 180º rotation while they are on the roof of the bank POV shot of the worm cameraIncorrect Science: A sniper tries to take down a helicopter using a .50 Caliber Rifle, he tries hooting at the rotor and takes down the helicopter. This is incorrect or highly unlikely at best because the air around the blades is displaced so much that the wind around them would throw any bullet off course. In the sewer scene the SWAT guys try and use a claymore mine to blow the hinges of a door, this is also incorrect because claymore mines are a type of fragmentation weaponry, this means they fire out shrapnel and are used for their injuring power and not their explosive power. Overall Feel: You get to see the fall of two SWAT officers and then see their re-birth once they complete training again and get to grow with their new group. Along with seeing how some of them turn on each other at a moments notice. It starts out as a buddy cop movie but then changes into something different. It is still similar to that formula, but it is altered. So that makes the movie interesting and fun to watch ultimately. My review is short because this movie is hard to find online and my ISP has blocked most of the streaming sites I normally use.

I mean...really...how are you going to accomplish that? After you get the bad guy from the clutches of the law then what do you do to collect? Take a suitcase to some foreign country and then deposit the money in the bank? And yet...people in S.W.A.T. world are happy to seek the reward that is broadcast to be paid. It's yet another lazy Hollywood writing shtick.It's also as lazy as a police officer chasing a LA Laker clad criminal for city blocks only to have a conniption because Samuel Jackson catches the crook for the cop. The police officer and the criminal...after blocks of running...have no shortness of breath. There is not a single bead of sweat on the temple or forehead. Then they immediately discuss a job on the S.W.A.T. team and the cop accepts. No discussion of pay or benefits or Police Union hiring requirements. Nope! This film epitomizes big money, lazy writing and film making...as well as being full of product placement ad after product placement ad. Hollywood mailed it in 100% with this dreck and then they wonder why their films tank.