Review: SWAT (849 hits)
Category: Movies & TVRating: 0.66 on 11 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by EvilZurr <EvilZurr.at.gundamwing.net> (View user info) at 2003-08-09 02:13:17 EDT
i dont know why im writing this. mainly because i havent submitted in ages. just a warning: if i start ranting about symbolism or camera angles, feel free to blame my film studies class for ruining my movie experience...
ok well, i rarely see movies on their first nights, but one of my friends wanted to see a movie, so we settled on SWAT. the movie begins pretty interestingly, where the action starts right off the bat with an assault-weapon armed bank robbery stand-off between police and the robbers. SWAT is called in, and we quickly learn that these guys mean business. within a few minutes, the whole situation comes to a close when officers street (farrell) and gamble disobey orders and resolve the situation, despite wounding a hostage i the shoulder. gamble and street (whos names are symbolic of their attitudes) are called in by their CO, and the two men are brought down to the gun cage for disobeying orders and getting a hostage wounded. of course, the CO knows that the whole situation is gamble's idea (because gamble was the one who left his spot/shot the woman) and tries to get street to sell him out. of course, street is too loyal to do so, and decides that his friendship is worth more than SWAT. unfortunately, gamble thinks he was sold out and quits the force...
so from here on out there is a little montage of street working out (composed of him boxing topless, running with his dog on the beach, and projectile vomiting off of a lifeguard tower) and losing his girlfriend for unknown reasons. eventually, they get into his boring life running the gun cage with a fat 'mormon' (grr... see neverending post) guy who keeps breaking his religion by drinking Dr Pepper. "hondo" (sam jackson) comes back to the force and has a shot to create a new "hot" "ass-kickin'" SWAT team (i say "hot" and "ass-kickin'" because these words are repeated so many fucking times...) so that the LA-SWAT doesnt look so bad in the papers. well, hondo knows street has potential, but bullshits him along as he recruits ll cool jay, that hispanic chick from RE, the guy from sports night (who is an LAPD guy in the movie), and the brother of street's ex (also LAPD). with one more spot left, jackson decides to recruit street after some half assed jokes. the new SWAT is in position (hooray)
meanwhile, a french man lands in LA and is greeted by some mafia-looking people. he goes to see his uncle, and, despite the fun times they are having, kills him. he is then pulled over for a busted tail light and arrested because his car's owner is wanted for something... i dont remember. he goes to jail and he cant get out because his fake passport isnt checking out
so of course, the people train and, of course, the team is uber. they pass all their tests and yada yada, and then celebrate. street and sanchez (the chick) go out to get some drinks and run into gamble, who is shadier than usual. umm... the end
and so, the french dude is found out to be wanted in 12 countries for all sorts of stuff, and offers $100 million to whoever frees him from prison. needless to say, LA isnt the safest community. hell break loose.. a lot. shit happens; go see the movie
for review: the story has been done to death, featuring a good cop taking heat for his partner and eventually having to earn his way to the top because he is the uber-SWAT member. the whole 'diverse' team works around their personal faults and perseveres despite 'the man' holding them down. lots of over done jokes, LOTS of predictable events. of course, it also had some nice plot twists and great action/shootout scenes. this movie was great if youre purely into action and results, but lacking if you dig morals or plot.
overall, i give SWAT 7/10 for giving me a good 2 hours of entertainment despite crappy scriptwork. if you want a better review, go talk to stanton
User Reviews
Submitted by Insanethemind (user info) at 2003-08-10 15:39:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2003-08-09 23:00:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
So Chip....if it entertains, what's wrong with that? Plus, Bad Boys 2 had some humor, as did
Independence Day, which also had some dramatic scenes. Terminator 3 was less emotion, but it
had more of a thrill-type thing. They are actually different movies.
Don't be so dull.
Submitted by chipolatte (user info) at 2003-08-09 22:12:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
the movie looks like more of the same bullshit that's being pumped outta hollywood every day. It is the same as Bad Boys, Independance Day, Terminator 3, etc etc, just bottled in a different container. It's an excuse to shoot a lot of guns and cuss dramatically, while throwing in some sex now and then.
Submitted by Raimee (user info) at 2003-08-09 19:23:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It was really great.
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-08-09 14:46:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
chip, dont be dumb. SWAT is special weapons and tactics force (a noun)
go die now
+2 because i rock
Submitted by Jimmy23 (user info) at 2003-08-09 12:30:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I saw that movie last night too. I decided if it had more
A) Naked chicks
B) More shooting and overall killing
C) More Gun scenese
D) Less talking
E) Did I mention naked chicks?
F) Lots of killing
Basically thats it. I think I give it a 4 on the Die Hard scale. Die Hard was a great movie, little to no talking, and lots of killing. And the whole scene with that dead santa saying he got his christmas wish of an uzi? Priceless.
Submitted by chipolatte (user info) at 2003-08-09 12:14:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm not sure I can go see a movie where the title's grammatical prescence is ambiguous...is it a verb, noun, adjective, etc....
Submitted by JohnWilkesBooth (user info) at 2003-08-09 03:07:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Im getting kind of sick of collin farrell.
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-08-09 02:33:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
you DO realise that everything has been a sequel or a remake of another movie.. right? the only movie i really WANT to see is freddy v jason, because im a big fan and i had this debate with a friend a few months before the movie idea was released. jeepers creepers 2 had a pretty cool intro to the preview (the scarecrow scene), but the rest sucked. wait... yes, all movies are unoriginal.
did you know this movie is based off of an old 80s show? i didnt (because i was born in the mid 80s, i guess). that made me a little pissed off, but oh well
Submitted by shadowdragon (user info) at 2003-08-09 02:30:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
of couse its predictable and horribly scripted. that seems to be the theme for this summer.
hollywood is out of ideas. its been said before and it will be said again many times until somebody wakes up and writes something good.
Submitted by Headfirst (user info) at 2003-08-09 02:29:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
s.w.a.t. rocked my balls