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Overview
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Release Date:
8 August 2003 (USA)
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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
Awards:
4 wins
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4 nominations
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(50 articles)
Jeremy Renner Talks The Hurt Locker
(From Thompson on Hollywood. 10 December 2009, 10:53 AM, PST)
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(From Screen Rant. 27 November 2009, 8:26 AM, PST)
(From Thompson on Hollywood. 10 December 2009, 10:53 AM, PST)
Will Jeremy Renner Be Hawkeye?
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One of the better tv-series-to-big-screen-adaptations
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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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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, language and sexual references.
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Runtime:
117 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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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
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EASTER EGG: Go to Deleted Scenes from Special Features. When "Hondo reviews files at home" is highlighted, press left twice, and up once. This will highlight Street's shield. You can see the footage from the real high speed chase that happened on the 6th street bridge while filming.
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Goofs:
Continuity: During the final action scenes in the film, Gamble is meant to be wearing black gloves but several times when he uses the hostage and has the fight with Jim he is not wearing them.
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Quotes:
Chris Sanchez:
Just because I bought you a drink doesn't mean you're getting laid tonight.
Street: So, what does two drinks mean?
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Street: So, what does two drinks mean?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Guns, Guts and Justice: An Inside Look (2003) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Figure.09
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Why was Alex Montel arrested?How well does the film corrospond with how the S.W.A.T. act in real life?
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S.W.A.T. (2003) *** Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Josh Charles, Jeremy Renner, Brian Van Holt, Olivier Martinez, Reg E. Cathey, Larry Poindexter, Ashley Scott, Denis Arndt, Reed Diamond, Lucinda Jenney. Better than anticipated big-screen adaptation of the 1970s cult classic police drama about the elite Special Weapons and Techniques division of the LAPD skillfully directed by tv veteran Clark Johnson (who cut his chops on 'Homicide: Life on The Street' and 'The Shield) with the focus on an oily French baddie (Martinez) making a routine prison transfer a dicey situation when he proclaims to give $100 M for his release from the cops custody ensuing all sorts of pitfalls and unexpected turns along the way. The screenplay by Ron Mita, Jim McClain and Davids Ayer and McKenna keep things lively but allow the action to occur gradually after each new member is incorporated into the fold, and (finally) Farrell proves his worth as a leading man in a big Hollywood film as the head-strong yet by-the-book disgraced member looking for redemption and Jackson as his no-nonsense leader of the pack. Expertly choreographed action sequences and some needed humor add to the mix of the been-there-done-that histrionics that naturally unfold