This was so over the top, it was almost funny, but came across as ridiculous. I do like the 'all action nonsense' genre, as long as it's not too stupid. This crosses the line into the peoples republic of cockney 'too stupid' I recall the original series was at least plausible (ish) but this goes into a rather weird parody of 'cockney villains and tough cockney coppers, innit mate" Rather a waste of some talented actors Watch once if you're bored or need a laugh 6/10

Winstone trying to look athletic AND sexy, a twelve year old playing Carter who sounds like he's on Mogadon and reading from a bad translation of the script, and zero originality. Apart from that...Dreadful acting, unrealistic action scenes (hint: bullets keep on flying after they miss a target), an elderly man who is a fatal attraction for a much younger woman and dialogue out of the bottom drawer. A colleague and I always used to joke when in a works vehicle, trotting out all the old Sweeney catchphrases, and even though everything 'cockerney' simply leaves me cold I quite enjoyed the original. It was helped by the fact that there were people working on it with skill, talent and originality. All I can say to the makers of this film is "Shat it, you slaaags!"

I really had to review this to vent my spleen. How bad is it? Let me count the ways. Long and rambling with no real plot. Doesn't the writer know about the three act structure? It was obvious from the start that there was another reason for the incident at the end of the jeweller robbery but it took the Sweeney a long time to figure it out. Winstone and his tough Cockney geezer stuff is so boring particularly now he's a fat old git. And fat old its don't get young women except in the movies and on TV and why couldn't we see her arse instead of his fat old one? The proper tension between Haskins and Regan that was in the TV series isn't there. Damian Lewis as Haskins just seems to share a lot of sympathy for Regan's approach whereas Haskins in the TV series always had an eye on upstairs, probably because he was a Superintendent not a DCI like Lewis is. And Carter in the series was a sergeant not a DC as in the film. No constable not enough a DCI could afford to live where Carter lives. They use the term 'Officer' and 'gun and badge' and 'You have the right to remain silent' which are all American terms...Did they think that would help them succeed in America when 'Sarge' and 'Inspector' and a different caution would have been understandable? And overuse of Canary Wharf is a sign of low budget and totally unrepresentative of London. It's easier and cheaper to film in CW than in real London and as a result too many films and TV feature the grim background. Carter is a joke, looks like a bum and looks like he couldn't fight out of a paper bag. The music at the end has an arrangement that nods slightly to the great theme of the TV series. I only watched it to the end because I was stuck in a strange country and had paid money to download it. What a lot of rubbish.

I had seen many clips of the classic legendary 1970s TV series starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, so a reboot film was an interesting concept, and the choice of leading actor was a good idea, so I hoped it would be worthwhile enough, despite mixed reviews. Basically slobbish, old style DI Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) and young protégé DC George Carter (Ben Drew, aka Plan B) are police officers working for the Flying Squad, they have unstable methods for catching criminals, this annoys Internal Affairs officer DCI Ivan Lewis (Underworld's Steven Mackintosh), but also Regan is having an affair with Lewis's estranged policewoman wife Nancy (Captain America's Hayley Atwell). Information about a planned robbery in a private bank is given to Regan, this ends up in carnage when Regan disobeys the orders of DCI Frank Haskins (Homeland's Damian Lewis) during the shoot-out in central London, following this he is stripped of his badge and briefly imprisoned. Regan suspected the robbery was carried out by his long-time adversary Francis Allen (Paul Anderson), but he has an alibi, evidence links violent Serbian criminal Makin Trebolt (Kevin Michaels) to the crime, the criminal kills Nancy, and Regan obtains a fake badge and illegal weapon to go after the thugs, some are caught and interrogated, and information is gathered that helps Carter gain his career back and have Regan pardoned. It finally comes to a car chase with Makin and guilty Allen being pursued by Regan and Carter, the vehicles crash, Makin is fatally wounded by Carter by gunshot, while Allen is heavily injured, with Regan approaching and at gunpoint he says to him his iconic catchphrase, "You're nicked!", in the end the Flying Squad is reinstated, with Regan and Carter walking away to solve their next crime. Also starring Lock, Stock and Two Barrels' Alan Ford as Harry, Caroline Chikezie as DC Kara Clarke, Downton Abbey's Allen Leech as DC Simon Ellis, Sleepy Hollow's Steven Waddington as DC Nathan Miller and EastEnders' Kara Tointon as Megan Barret. Winstone is indeed the right man to be the gritty character Thaw was before him, with some extra swearing of course, and Drew does alright as an actor rather than a rapper, I could not keep up with much of the story to be honest, but it doesn't matter, the fight, guns shooting and chase sequences make up for it, especially the final sequence in the caravan park, with bits and pieces filmed and performed by the Top Gear team, as for the film in whole, it's not such a bad crime thriller. Okay!