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S.W.A.T. (2003) -- An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.
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Overview

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Director:
Clark Johnson
Writers (WGA):
Robert Hamner (characters)
Ron Mita (story) ...
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Release Date:
8 August 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
Even cops dial 911 more
Plot:
An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Samuel L. Jackson ... Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson

Colin Farrell ... Jim Street

Michelle Rodriguez ... Chris Sanchez

LL Cool J ... Deacon 'Deke' Kay (as James Todd Smith aka LL Cool J)

Josh Charles ... T.J. McCabe

Jeremy Renner ... Brian Gamble

Brian Van Holt ... Michael Boxer

Olivier Martinez ... Alex Montel

Reg E. Cathey ... Lt. Greg Velasquez (as Reginald E. Cathey)

Larry Poindexter ... Capt. Thomas Fuller

Page Kennedy ... Travis
Domenick Lombardozzi ... GQ

James DuMont ... Gus

Denis Arndt ... Sgt. Howard

Lindsey Ginter ... Agent Hauser
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, language and sexual references.
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Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish | French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:12 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | India:A (cinema release) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The actors all received SWAT tactics, weapons and live fire training for the film. Colin Farrell was also given LAPD Driver Training in the Ford Crown Victoria. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The scene where the helicopter is shot down with a sniper rifle, shows one of the helicopters rotors flying off and sticking in the area of the stair-well, however when it returns to the same camera angle, the rotor is gone but the hole is there. more
Quotes:
Hondo: You know what? I think he might be Polish.
Deke: Unbelievable.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Incident at Loch Ness (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Samuel Jackson more

FAQ

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
'Die Hard' continues to influence to this day..., 1 September 2003
Author: Walter Frith from Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA

This movie is no doubt influenced by the 'Die Hard' series. In this case, 1990's 'Die Hard 2' where the plot involved a drug dealer. A drug dealer in this case offers 100 million dollars to anyone who can bust him out after he is captured. Naturally, everyone with a greedy agenda, including some people that really make things sticky for the good guys, try to spring him. This film has a nice gradual build to its eventual payoff and Colin Farrell and Samuel L. Jackson are in good form. I only wish that their characters had been a little better developed. It's nice to see a movie where a character has a particular manner, saying or habit that makes their personality instantly recognizable. This is one of the better films to be based on 70's television. Certainly better than the 'Charlie's Angels' films (rubbish).

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