S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011) (V)

Director:

Benny Boom

Writers (WGA):

Reed Steiner (screenplay)
Reed Steiner (story) ...
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Release Date:

1 March 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Expert S.W.A.T. leader Paul Cutler goes to Detroit on a special assignment to train and certify the city's S.W.A.T...

Plot Keywords:

Hostage | Revenge | SWAT Team | Tough Cop | Training

Cast

Gabriel Macht	...	Paul Cutler
Robert Patrick	...	Walter Hatch
Carly Pope	...	Kim Byers
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Inspector Hollander
Kristanna Loken	...	Rose Walker
Matt Bushell	...	Danny Stockton
Nicholas Gonzalez	...	Justin Kellogg
Micah A. Hauptman	...	Richard Mundy
Shannon Kane	...	Lori Barton
Gino Anthony Pesi	...	Wayne Wolport
Kevin Phillips	...	Kyle Watters
Dennis North	...	Captain Simon
Brad Bukauskas	...	Slater Harrington
Yuri Sardarov	...	Bulgarian Man / Mr. Krav
Darcy Leutzinger	...	Mike / L.A. SWAT
Iris Frank	...	Trish Maywell
Tim Holmes	...	McKittrick
Tru Hang	...	Asian Man
Douglas Lee Cook Jr.	...	Bomb Squad Leader
Tony Yayo	...	Carlos
Ricky Wayne	...	Agent Royce
Ele Bardha	...	Agent Ellison
Janae Stinson	...	Watch Commander
Thomas Taylor	...	Officer Taylor
Darius Franklin	...	LAPD Officer
Ravyn Lotito-Douglas	...	Hostage #1 (as Ravyn Lotito)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arnold Agee	...	Teen Hostage (uncredited)
Asim Ahmad	...	Carl Santos (uncredited)
Anton Ambrose	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Josh August	...	Bus Patron (uncredited)
John P. Chittick	...	DPD - Officer (uncredited)
Michael B. Clark	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Will Clarke	...	DPD SWAT (uncredited)
Katina Crumpton	...	Hostage (uncredited)
Sabrina Dungan	...	Stoner at Party (uncredited)
Isaac Ellis	...	Buddy# 1 (uncredited)
Steven Hauptman	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Jay Hawkins	...	Buddy #2 (uncredited)
Giles Key	...	Forensic Tech (uncredited)
Chameria Law	...	News Reporter (uncredited)
Antonio L. Miller	...	Business Executive (uncredited)
Tiffany Osborne	...	L.A. Girl #1 (uncredited)
Patrick Potochick	...	SWAT Team Driver (uncredited)
Ivan J Puentes	...	Bus Patron (uncredited)
Ray Daniel Rogers	...	Forensic Tech (uncredited)
Corlandos Scott	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Lauren Mae Shafer	...	Hostess (uncredited)
Ashley Siloac	...	Hostage Girl at Party (uncredited)
Tony Stef'Ano	...	Bus Patron 1 (uncredited)
Melody Teodoro-Kurtis	...	Bus Patron (uncredited)
Jojuan Westmoreland	...	Bus Patron (uncredited)
Amanda Wright	...	L.A. Girl #2 (uncredited)

Directed by
Benny Boom

Writing credits (WGA)
Reed Steiner		(screenplay)
Reed Steiner		(story) and
Randy Walker		(story) &
Michael Albanese		(story) (as Mike Albanese) &
Ed Arneson		(story)

Produced by
Rui Costa Reis	....	executive producer
Eliad Josephson	....	executive producer
Amanda Lewis	....	producer
Neal H. Moritz	....	producer
Jeni Mulein	....	co-producer
Scott Putman	....	executive producer
Dyan Traynor	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Paesano

Cinematography by
Don Davis

Production Design by
Bruton Jones

Set Decoration by
Selina van den Brink

Costume Design by
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck

Makeup Department
Amber Crowe	....	additional makeup artist
Kimberly Jones	....	makeup department head
Jayne Laube	....	key makeup artist
Jeannette Moriarty	....	key hair stylist
John Tarro	....	hair department head

Production Management
Daniel A. Mondschain	....	production supervisor
Scott Putman	....	unit production manager
Bill Wohlken	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Ellis	....	first assistant director
Michael A. Pinckney	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jim Buford	....	set dresser
Sean Clouser	....	construction coordinator
Kathy Fennessy	....	set decorator buyer
Fred Gannod	....	props
Michael Grady	....	set dresser
Kemper Harris	....	on-set dresser
Jason Helton	....	plasterer
Bill King	....	graphic artist
David Kozlowski	....	stand-by scenic
Vikki M. Magdich	....	construction assistant
Justin Mutschler	....	set dresser
Andriy Pereklita	....	assistant property master
Sarah M. Pott	....	set designer
Aferdita Redmond	....	lead scenic
Bobby Rhodes	....	set dresser
Vicki Stefanopoulos	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Dean Andre	....	sound recordist
Jithu Aravamudhan	....	sound editor
Jithu Aravamudhan	....	sound effects editor
Brian Armstrong	....	assistant sound editor
Benjamin L. Cook	....	supervising sound editor
Craig Dollinger	....	boom operator
Joe Dzuban	....	supervising sound editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Paul Hammond	....	mix technician
Matthew Kallen	....	mix technician
Ryan Lukasik	....	foley assistant
Steven Morrow	....	sound mixer
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Jeffrey A. Pitts	....	sound effects editor
Jacob Riehle	....	dialogue editor
Courtney Schade	....	post-production sound coordinator
John Sievert	....	foley artist
Tim Tuchrello	....	sound editor
Randy Wilson	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Richard L. Hill	....	special effects foreman: pyrotechnics
Joe Pancake	....	special effects supervisor: pyrotechnics
Dean Tyrrell	....	special effects foreman
Robert Tyrrell	....	special effects foreman
Russell Tyrrell	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Paul Andraos	....	visual effects producer
Ron Ayers	....	video assist utility
Craig Edwards	....	compositing lead
P.J. Foley	....	visual effects producer: Dilated Pixels
Ciril Koshyk	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Dakota Anderson	....	stunt double
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts
Lance Gilbert	....	stunt performer
Jessica Harbeck	....	stunt double: Carly Pope
Jay Hawkins	....	stunts
Angela Meryl	....	stunt double: Shannon Kane
Mike Smith	....	stunt coordinator
Ronn Surels	....	stunt double: Gabriel Macht
Ronn Surels	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael W. Anderson	....	lighting technician
Big Pete Atkinson	....	additional second camera
Brad Baker	....	second assistant camera
Christopher Bottoms	....	camera operator: "a" camera
James Frank Brown	....	key video assist operator
Jesse Cecchini	....	grip
Michael J. Conner	....	best boy electric
Nick Cutway	....	second assistant camera: additional
Michael Dzialowski	....	first assistant
William Eichler	....	camera operator: "b" camera
William Eichler	....	steadicam operator
Joe Elrom	....	digital imaging technician assistant
Geoff Ernst	....	electrician
Kevin Fannon	....	grip
Alicia Gbur	....	still photographer
Kevin D. Hewitt	....	camera operator
Erik F. Hill	....	dolly grip
Andrew Hoehn Jr.	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Bill Hong	....	camera car operator
Brad Irvin	....	lamp operator
Brian Kelly	....	electrician
Brad Knopf	....	lamp operator
Kenny Kondratko	....	grip
Reed Koppen	....	first assistant camera
Chris McLeod	....	grip
Dan Mikulski	....	grip
Cory O'Dea	....	grip
Trevor Rios	....	second assistant camera
James Shuryan	....	electrician
Anthony 'Spike' Simms	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Brittany Burke	....	casting associate
Ryan Hill	....	extras casting
Kathy Mooney	....	casting director: Michigan
Janet Pound	....	casting director: Michigan

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kristi Hoffman	....	set costumer
Stanley Moore	....	costume supervisor
Vicente Parada	....	key costumer
Earl Tanchuck	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Paul Carlin	....	digital intermediate editor
Lucas Hardy	....	digital dailies
Dave Hussey	....	digital intermediate colorist
Thomas Han Ul Park	....	additional editor

Music Department
Joshua Johnson	....	musician
Braden Kimball	....	composer: additional music
Braden Kimball	....	music scoring mixer
Braden Kimball	....	score recordist
Kier Lehman	....	music supervisor
Skye Lewin	....	temp music editor
Jeff MacDonald	....	main title music
Greg Vines	....	music editor
Aragorn Wiederhold	....	musician

Transportation Department
Linda Barnes	....	driver: cast
Mike Bilkovic	....	production driver
William Hissong	....	driver
Kurt Knudsen	....	transportation coordinator
Raymond Landino Jr.	....	driver
Dean Miller	....	griptruck driver: pre-production
Robert'Bob'Rice Sr.	....	production van driver
Christina Schmidt	....	dot administrator
David Schmidt	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Sam Arthurs	....	armorer
Michael J. Babcock	....	set production assistant
Mary Berry	....	production coordinator
Raffi Bogosian	....	additional set production assistant
Melissa Bradac	....	set production assistant
Pamela Chizema	....	second accountant
Geralyn Clark	....	production staff
Sharon L. Craig	....	production accountant
Alex Fields	....	assistant location manager: Detroit
Benjamin H. Gordon	....	key office production assistant
Amy K. Green	....	second assistant accountant
Alicia Hamilton	....	stand-in: Shannon Kane (as Alecia McGill)
Tiaka Hurst	....	unit publicist
Michael S. Jones	....	location manager
Paul Amadeus Kim	....	digital dailies (as Paul Kim)
Kelly Kirstein	....	stand-in
Kef Lee	....	stand-in
Darcy Leutzinger	....	technical advisor
Megan Meganck	....	key craft services
Alan Murphy	....	accounting clerk
Sahir Rashid	....	set production assistant
Paul Rathburn	....	chef
Bridget Reddeman	....	location assistant
Pete Rinehart	....	craft service assistant
Jason Roby	....	key set production assistant
Darryl Lucky Rodgers	....	assistant: Mr. Boom
Tiffany Stone	....	stand in: Carly Pope
Tiffany Stone	....	stand in: Carly Pope
Sophia Tapia	....	payroll accountant
Carolyn Tolley	....	script supervisor
Ashley Van Esley	....	assistant: Mr. Macht
Marc T.S. Zakalik	....	production secretary
Michael A. Zakalik	....	assistant: Mr. Putman
Sabrina Dungan	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Stage 6 Films (presents)
• RCR Media Group (as RCR Partners) (presents)
• Original Film

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Dilated Pixels (visual effects)
• Salt
• Tyrrell FX & Rentals

Other Companies

• 360 Communication Rentals  junxion box rentals
• 360 Communication Rentals  walkie rentals
• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• Mid America Cine Support  camera dollies
• Mid America Cine Support  grip and lighting equipment
• Post Haste Sound  post-production sound services
• Reel Action FX  armored vehicles
• Road Rebel  production travel
• Stubz Enterprises  police car, ambulance and trailer rental

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language

Runtime:

Argentina:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #46382) | Australia:MA (2011) | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Company:

Stage 6 Films

Trivia:

Writers Randy Walker, Michael Albanese and Ed Arneson are all retired Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officers.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the telephone conversations when Hatch is firing the .50 cal rifle, every shot he fires gives no recoil, not even a rustle of fabric on his shirt. The recoil of a such a weapon is widely documented and even with recoil dampeners should still be visible.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bad Movie Beatdown: Half Past Dead 2 (#3.19)" (2011)

Minor Mistake

I've watched this movie and seen the other reviews, first lets me tell you a little about this movie.

Its basically about a SWAT team leader who's never lost a hostage, he gets called in to train a SWAT team for FBI certification in Detroit. When on call with this team things go badly and a hostage dies. Without giving too much away I'll say that there's a bad guy who doesn't take too kindly to the hostage dying, and makes this team leader his primary target, and everything pretty much goes from there.

Now for the review, the movie in itself is not bad, the acting is pretty good, here's the reason why its getting such bad reviews. What I imagine happened was that the director of this movie was told after it was created that.. it was simply too long, and it had to be cut down. Naturally he cut it as short as he could. The problem is that in cutting it he took out the most important elements of the movie, the leading up to the ending part, and the actual ending. Up to where the movie escalates into running out of time, its very good, but as soon as it gets to the point of where the main character is racing the clock, its missing.. well everything.

The bad guys are literally 2 people, they aren't anywhere near as badass or as hardcore as it was portrayed, because it takes about 2 min to neutralize both of them, they make the main bad guy out to be really smart when in fact his "setup" was nothing short of childish, i.e. anyone with half a brain would have thought out a further trap plot then he did, from these things I can only conclude that there is a mass amount of movie missing, if there isn't however then the director knows nothing about how to end a movie and thats where the bad reviews come in.

8/10 because besides for the ending its actually a pretty decent flick.