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Genre | Action, Drama, Crime |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, AC-3, Dolby, Widescreen |
Contributor | Aleksandra Mikic, Ronnie Fox, Felix Vossen, George Anton, Joan Blackham, Michael Wildman, Jack Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Zora Suleman, Sonny Muslim, Paul Anderson, Allen Leech, Kara Tointon, Lee Whitlock, Nick Love, Nick Nevern, Alan Ford, Ray Winstone, Allan Corduner, John Warnaby, Matthew Thirlwall, Allan Niblo, Ed Skrein, Tony Lucken, Julia Deakin, Matthew Hilliker, Rupert Preston, Joshua Myers, Embargo Films; Vertigo Films, Caroline Chikezie, Steven Waddington, Plamen Bonev, Damian Lewis, Marina Niel, Max Bennett, Dean Harrison, Ben Drew, Ruby Wild, Alex Austin, Mark Killeen, James Richardson, Florence Brudenell-Bruce, Hayley Atwell, Kevin Michaels, Tayo Walker-Allen, Christopher Simon See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 52 minutes |
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Tearing up the streets of London, D.I. Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) and his partner George carter (Ben Drew) from the Flying Squad have their own way of operating, and when an old enemy makes a re-appearance on the London crime scene, they will do whatever it takes to get the job done. Directed by Nick Love (The Firm), THE SWEENEY is a stylish, exhilarating action thriller also starring Damian Lewis (Homeland) and Hayley Atwell (Captain America : The First Avenger).
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The Sweeney depicts the rough-and-tumble ways of the Flying Squad, the branch of the London police that handles armed robberies, especially when they can catch the criminals in the act. The Sweeney's leader, Jack Regan (Ray Winstone, Sexy Beast), doesn't much care about the rules so long as he gets the job done, which carries into his private life as well--he's having an affair with Nancy Lewis (Hayley Atwell, Captain America), the wife of a superior officer. Is it any surprise that that officer wants to bring him down? When a bank robbery leads to a shootout in Trafalgar Square, Regan finds his career in jeopardy, and only his loyal protégé George Carter (British rapper Ben Drew) can pull him out of it. The Sweeney has a gritty look, all blues and grays and craggy faces, but the plot is a mess; half doesn't make any sense and the half that does doesn't seem to matter. The movie is based on a British TV series of the same name and there seem to be a lot of nods to the show. Perhaps if you're a fan, the movie's emotional terrain will be more comprehensible. Drew and Atwell show a lot of charisma; Winstone is dependably brutish and has some nice comic moments that give his tough-guy persona a little depth. --Bret Fetzer
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : 26361000
- Director : Nick Love
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, AC-3, Dolby, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 52 minutes
- Release date : July 1, 2016
- Actors : Damian Lewis, Hayley Atwell, Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Steven Mackintosh
- Producers : Allan Niblo, James Richardson, Felix Vossen, Rupert Preston, Christopher Simon
- Studio : Entertainment One
- ASIN : B00B999E9O
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #117,400 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #11,197 in Action & Adventure DVDs
- #19,767 in Drama DVDs
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Kind of like Bad Lieutenant Soho. Grizzled veteran cop cuckolds one of his colleagues with an age-inappropriate co-worker, steals from crime scenes, uses unnecessary force more than the necessary sort, uses bad language in the office.
But by midstream, it’s a standard American-style hyper-shootout with automatic weapons and fast cutting action sequences. Anonymous bad guys who apparently carry thousands of rounds of ammunition. Girlfriend gets fridged just to further motivate the tough old cop.
And by the end, it’s another silly shoot-out morphing into a standard-issue car chase, edited to look more exciting that it really is. Tack on a ridiculous “happy” ending where the tough old cop gets his gun and badge back despite having committed dozens of chargeable offenses, felonies and assaults. Because he Always Gets the Job Done, you see. Ray Winstone, we loved you in so, so many British gangster pictures. But, man, you’re too old for this kind of thing. You’re not Clint Eastwood.
In my movies, I like to root for the good guy, sneer at the bad guy, and watch the good guy get the bad guy in the end. Not a complicated plot, I know, but this doesn't mean that I don't think characters should have depth and motivations. I think that those are core to a great movie. Sorry, I should rephrase, movies should have CLEAR motivations.
In this film, the motivations are so cluttered and seemingly misguided that I started to lose respect for everyone (good and bad). I really like Ray Winstone and Damian Lewis but I was constantly confused by their roles. I started questioning everyone's actions. This could have been a great crime movie but if you're looking for a good guy to just take down some bad guys "Man on Fire", or even "Safe" with Jason Statham, is a better choice. And for Prime users, Safe is FREE. That concludes the spoiler free part of the review.
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It's hard to root for the good guys when the good guys are crooked...and for seemingly NO REASON. At one point, one character seems to start to grow a conscience and then decides to forget it and go kill a bunch of people (albeit baddies) for his buddy. On top of that, it seems nobody minds. The general feeling I got from this movie is that it was made by a bunch of teenagers who thought, "Let's make a story about a squad of awesome and hardcore people. What makes someone awesome and hardcore?". After several Mountain Dew 2-liters, their answer was: "someone who does whatever they want and gets away with it because they are awesome and hardcore!!". Seems like circular logic to me and that's how this movie felt. Great heroes can be complicated and dark (see: Batman) but they are dark for a very good reason but they overcome their past issues and are ultimately logical and moral. These heroes were just thugs with a badge...
Sorry "The Sweeney", but you are the one who is "nicked" in this case.
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Der Vorgesetzte Frank Haskins (Damian Lewis) vermutet, dass die Truppe auch mal ausserhalb der Legalität agiert, doch solange der Erfolg stimmt, ist für ihn alles in Ordnung. Allerdings hat der pedantische Inspektor Ivan Lewis (Steven Macintosh) von der Dienstaufsicht ein extrem kritisches Auge auf Regan. Möglicherweise ahnt der Bürkrat auch, dass Regan ein Verhältnis mit seiner Frau Nancy (Hayley Atwell) hat. Doch Zeit die Sache zu klären ist leider nicht vorhanden.
Beim Raub auf ein Juweliergeschäft wird eine Kundin erschossen. Bei den Ermittlungen stoßen sie auf eine Räubertruppe aus Osteuropa, die nach dem Juwelier eine Bank ausrauben will. Doch Jack, George und die Kollegen kommen zu spät, um den Raub zu verhindern. Alles sieht nach der Handschrift von Regans langjährigem Widersacher Francis Allen (Paul Anderson) aus, doch es gibt keine Beweise...
Wieder mal ein blöder deutscher Alternativ englischer Titel "The Crime Good Cop/Bad Cop" für Nick Loves harten Polizeithriller "The Sweeney" - eine Neuauflage der englischen Kult-TV Serie aus den 70er Jahren. Die harten Typen bei der Spezialeinheiten sind wesentlich realistischer als Cops aus amerikanischen Filmen, das liegt vor allem an den mitreissenden Darstellungen durch Ray Winestone und Ben Drew, die trotz einiger Klischee-Eigenschaften den Film mühelos tragen können.
Das Action Highlight ist eine 10 minütige Schießerei und Verfolgungsjagd auf dem belebten Trafalgar Square im Herzen der britischen Hauptstadt. Dieser Film mit seinen atmosphärischen Bildern sowie den schönen und drohenden Großstadtpanoramen ist sehr gutes, schnörkelloses Actionkino vom Feinsten.
Zwischen 4 und 5 Sternen.
発生するが、特捜隊(スウィーニー)は、過去の事件データーから、主犯を割り出し・捜査・及び 身柄を
確保するが、主犯格は自身のアリバイを主張する。そのアリバイを覆す証拠が揃わない以上・主犯格を含む・
メンバー全員は釈放をされてしまう。その後に・銀行が襲撃される。上層部からの制止命令を振り切り、
チームは単独で現場に向かい、市街で武装強盗団との激しい銃撃戦を繰り返し、一般市民を巻き込んだ末に
失態を行い・特捜隊は解散の危機に迫るが・・・。
ロンドン警視庁に属する精鋭の特捜隊を主体にした作品。1970年代に民放で放映をされた『ロンドン特捜隊
スウィーニー』の映画版だそうだ。大昔の深夜に民放で放映をされていたドラマで、観たような覚えもある。
英国の警察ドラマということで、珍しい作品だったのかも知れない。
肝心の映画版の方は、ド派手なポリス・アクションです。作品の冒頭から飛ばす勢いで、金塊武装強盗団を
逮捕する目的で、倉庫に車で突っ込みます。各・要員の装備も・銃と野球のバットを持った者がいる。
警察官の装備とは程遠いが、後に・このバットが内部調査で問題になる。警察官の行動から外れた行為を
繰り返し、強盗団を半殺し状態にさせる。あまりの暴力に笑いが出るが、その行動は・私服を着た・軍警察の
特殊部隊風。銃撃戦でも、市民の巻き添えには関心がないようで、武装組織の制圧を主任務に考えているようだ。
そんな連中が・任務で失態し、特捜隊の解散の危機に迫られるが、一部の警察官が、上層部の制止命令を無視して、
強行捜査を続行する話だ。
昼・夜のロンドンの街を舞台に活動する特捜隊だが、ロンドンは治安の悪い街だが、同時に・格好良い街なので、
作品中では絵になっている。また・欧州の車が多数出てくる。欧州の車・格好良いですな。ド派手な銃撃戦と
WRCを思わせる、ド派手なカーチェイスも作品の見所の一つだ。
特捜隊とは、規則無視の暴力集団のような組織で、ド派手に動いてくれるので・面白い。
警察映画としては、出来の良い部類に入ると思う。
一つ注文を付ければ、ド派手な銃撃戦で、弾庫(マガジン)を交換する場面が欲しかった。使用済み弾庫を
放り投げてくれれば、更に・良かったような・・・(笑)
作品とは関係ないが、大昔に放映された・似たような特捜ドラマで、『ザ・プロフェッショナルCI-5』
英国内務省直轄の捜査組織だが、(多分・英国ドラマ)あれも・格好良かった。
主人公の捜査官が、銃撃戦がリアルだとか、当時の銃専門誌で紹介をしていたような・・・?