S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell swagger through S.W.A.T., a guns-and-big-trucks macho extravaganza based on the 1970s TV show of the same name, about the police teams brought in to take care of extremely dangerous situations. Jackson plays a sergeant brought out of retirement to form a new squad, which includes rebellious Farrell (The Recruit) and tough babe Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight, Blue Crush). After a lot of training and head-butting with a smarmy police captain, the squad gets assigned to transfer the head of a European crime cartel (Olivier Martinez, Unfaithful) who's declared on television that he'll give $100 million to anyone who gets him out. Every scumbag in Los Angeles descends to claim the money, turning a routine transfer into a bullet-filled gauntlet. Despite some gaps in logic and a generic flavor, S.W.A.T. will satisfy most action-movie junkies. Also featuring LL Cool J and Josh Charles. --Bret Fetzer

Production: Columbia Pictures
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
PG-13
Year:
2003
117
$116,643,346
Website
6,798 Views
Even Cops Dial 911.
You're either S.W.A.T. or you're not.

[Brian Gamble and Jim Street argue over the aftermath of the bank robbery that has threatened to get them dismissed from service]

Brian Gamble:
Terrible day, I need a cocktail.

Jim Street:
I'm staying.

Gamble:
[In disbelief] You're what? After that?

Street:
In time, Fuller will have some new asses to chew on, and he'll put us back on the team.

Gamble:
Fuller, is a cop pincher in this department, brother and he's never gonna give us a second chance.

Street:
So, what are you gonna do, piss away the hard work you did to get here?

Gamble:
Piss WHAT away, Jimmy? The cage? C'mon man, we're better than that and you know it. Wanna join me? Oh, I guess that a real partner wouldn't have to ask that would he?

Street:
A real partner would stood up for what he did at the bank.

Gamble:
I saved that hostage.

Street:
You disobeyed the hold.

Gamble:
No. I saved that hostage.

Street:
[shouts] You disobeyed the hold! You made that decision yourself, and you shot a hostage, Jesus Brian!

Gamble:
[Shocked] Woah, you sounded a lot like Fuller. Isn't that what you were talking about in there, you rat me out, you cut a deal to get back on the team, Jim?

Street:
Did I cut a deal?

Gamble:
Yeah, did you?

Street:
How many times have I cover up for you and all your goddamn stunts?

Gamble:
[shrugs] That's what a real partner ... [picks up badge] You just picked a paycheck over me, bro. [tosses badge to Street]

Street:
You just picked yourself over everything else.

Gamble:
You wanna stay here, be Fuller's b*tch? You go right ahead, but I can't do it, nope can't do it. Goddmanit goddamnit god-[slaps locker in anger]-damnit, Jim.

Street:
We were partners for five years, and this is how you wanna end it?

Gamble:
Nuh, uh. I didn't end it. You sold me out to the press.

Street:
You know, I never realize until now how full of sh*t you are. [tosses badge back to Gamble, who comes over and grabs Street by the shirt in anger]

Gamble:
F*** you, and SWAT. [pushes Street back and breaks a mirror behind him]

[Jim Street and Brian Gamble are in Captain Thomas Fuller's office, facing punishment for their stunt with the bank robbery]

Brian Gamble:
That woman is alive because of what we did.

Capt. Thomas Fuller:
Yeah, alive and suing the city for millions. The Chief said if he's gonna pay, somebody else does, too, and it sure as hell isn't gonna be me.

Brian Gamble:
C'mon Fuller we get...

Capt. Thomas Fuller:
[Interrupting] *Captain* Fuller.

Brian Gamble:
Captain Fuller, we get two seconds to make a decision! You get two months to sit there and tear it apart?!

Velasquez:
SWAT means "Special Weapons *And* Tactics". Where were your tactics out there?

Jim Street:
Saving a woman from getting shot. That's where are tactics were.

Gamble:
Every cop in this department knows that we did the right thing.

Fuller:
Sometimes, doing the right thing isn't doing the right thing.

Sgt. Howard:
What the hell does that mean?

Fuller:
[stern] Sergeant... [turns to Street and Gamble] You disobeyed a direct order, end of story. You're both off SWAT.

Velasquez:
Captain. They're two of our best officers.

Fuller:
Well I'm not sticking them back in the field after a stunt like that.

Brian Gamble:
[Becoming angry] Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know that saving lives was goddamn stunt!

Fuller:
[angry] Hey, you've got a big mouth, and apparently you're quick on the trigger, and *that* is why your ass is in a sling!

Velasquez:
Captain Fuller, if you're really gonna put them off SWAT at least keep them in the division. Give'em a shot at getting back.

[Everyone pauses. Fuller looks at Velasquez, then back at Street]

Fuller:
Fine, stick'em in the gun cage. Get'em out of my sight.


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