adonis98-743-186503 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. team. After a hostage is killed during an assignment, the victim's boyfriend, a highly specialized government agent, decides to take revenge on Cutler and his team. S.W.A.T.: Firefight is better than it gets credit and actually a pretty good sequel to the 2003 film starring Samuel L. Jackson plus that Terminator Reunion between Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) and Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3) was easily the best part of the entire movie easily. (10/10)

Wizard-8 I strongly suspect that this direct-to-DVD sequel to the movie S.W.A.T. was set primarily in Detroit not because the screenwriters thought it would add color, but because at the time the movie was filmed, Detroit was offering a generous tax rebate to movies that filmed in the city. Actually, the Detroit backdrop *does* add a little color, giving the movie an interesting background you seldom see in movies. Unfortunately, that's about all that's positive to say about this movie. It's a cheap-looking effort. The low budget is no excuse - I've seen some amazing-looking movies shot on low budgets. Robert Patrick (what happened to his career?) is pretty much wasted in his monotone part. The worst thing, however, is how boring and tedious the whole enterprise feels. There's hardly any action, and the action sequences are brief and unexciting. Apart from the backdrop, the only other positive thing to say about this in-name-only sequel is that it makes the disappointing original movie look better.

steve3038 I will keep this one short. I picked this film based on two things:1) I loved the original. 2) I thought SWAT 2 would be just as entertaining.Well guess what... It was. Although the actors are relative unknowns, they shine in this film. The story is believable, the characters are magnetic and the sound and explosions are great. How on earth the previous IMDb reviewers came to collectively rate this film a 2 / 10 still has me scratching my head. I just watched two absolute shocker movies (Hunt to Kill and Wall Street 2), which looked like they'd been made with a handy cam (similar to Blair Witch Project). Let me assure you, the directing and producing of SWAT 2 is as good as the original SWAT movie.SWAT 2 is not in the class of an AVATAR or TITANIC (which are currently rated around 8.2 on IMDb), but it is easily as well put together as any action movie involving Sylvester Stallone or Jason Statham. The acting is A1 and the film flows seamlessly. Nothing is cut as previous reviewers have stated and the movie is entertaining from start to finish. The relationships that form in the movie are intriguing and controversial; exactly what you'd expect from a SWAT movie.The original SWAT is currently rated at 5.9 on IMDb. It should be noted that SWAT 2 has a completely different storyline to the original (with the main character being a tactical response group instructor). Had this film included Samuel L Jackson or another high-profile character it would have ended up at the box-office.Overall this film is very good and in my opinion a solid 7 / 10. Loaded with action and suspense, the characters will intrigue and entertain you and leave you wanting more. Very much a boys flick (with the exception of the relationship that forms), SWAT 2 is 90 minutes of genuine entertainment.

Argemaluco In 2003, the film S.W.A.T. was another one of the many rehashes based on popular TV series and, in my humble opinion, it was not one of the best nor one of the worst ones; it was simply entertaining but forgettable. So, it was surprising to me to find out that, 8 years later, someone decided to make a straight-to-DVD sequel of that movie, surely with the intention of starting a low-cost franchise, with a famous title and a similar narrative formula to the ones from some modern TV programmes which combine cop action, melodrama and some special effects. But even more surprising was the fact that I found S.W.A.T.: Firefight very entertaining and much better than the original, mainly thanks to Benny Boom's efficient direction and the competent performances.S.W.A.T.: Firefight might not be completely original, but the screenplay is well structured, and I think I liked it more as a cop drama than as an action film. To start with, I liked the relationship developed between the main character and the officials from Detroit. The actors have a good chemistry with each other and they make a friendship forged between them after three years of high risks and mutual confidence in their abilities credible. The screenplay keeps the internal conflicts based on indiscipline and sexist ideologies to the minimum. In other words, S.W.A.T.: Firefight does not show the cops as spoiled kids with high-level guns, nor as invincible superheroes, but as responsible adults who understand the dangers they live day after day, and the responsibility they have with the citizens. Even the occasional romantic scenes are made with subtlety, even if their only function is establishing a "damsel in danger" with the intention of adding suspense to the movie's ending.What takes me to one of the best elements from S.W.A.T.: Firefight: the villain. Robert Patrick brings another one of his honest and credible performances in that role, and I also appreciated the way in which that character was written, because he is not a maniac with the only intention of conquering the world, but a man with a mysterious past trying to avenge the death from a loved one. Of course that that does not justify his violent actions, but it brings him a less arbitrary motivation to the one we saw in many other action films.Even though Patrick steals the show, I also have to mention the solid performance brought by Gabriel Macht in the leading role. I honestly could not swallow this actor in other movies I saw him (The Spirit, Whiteout and Love and Other Drugs), but in S.W.A.T.: Firefight, he brings a genuine and sincere humanity to his character. As for the direction, I liked the style and the way in which the action scenes were filmed. In conclusion, S.W.A.T.: Firefight is a very competent action film which ended up being much better than I expected, and which I consider to be worthy of a recommendation.