S.W.A.T. is one of the better cop genre movies that has come out in a while, mainly because it had some story behind it.
The story begins with Colin Ferrell and his S.W.A.T. partner working a hostage situation. The hostage is injured and the two are given the chance to take a demotion or quit the force altogether Ferrell accepts the demotion in hopes he can once again become a S.W.A.T. member. Samuel L. Jackson plays the cliche veteran-who-comes-out of-retirement, charged with giving the LAPD a better image after the hostage disaster. He finds the hot shot Ferrell working in the armory and promotes him, once again, to S.W.A.T. status. So, Jackson makes his elite squad of top-notch S.W.A.T. members, and their first job is to escort Alex Montel to a new location. During the trip, Montel offers a $100 million reward to viewers tuned in to the prisoner transfer to anyone that helps the him escape from police custody.
The last 45-minutes of the movie revolve around Montel’s possible escape and the S.W.A.T. team’s ability to foil attempts at breaking him out.
The soundtrack was also a huge plus, although it’s nothing compared to the campy ’70s throwback theme song of the original TV show. “S.W.A.T.” is a good action-cop-thriller that most people will enjoy on some level, but if you miss it in the theater, don’t worry about it. It won’t win any awards, but it’s better than the rest of the recent movies from that genre. It’s a pretty solid movie, but it’s nothing new.
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