S.W.A.T.

Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems routine, but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can break him free, criminals of various stripes step up for the prize.

Critics generally viewed the film as a competent but routine police thriller, with believable action and appealing character work offset by conventional execution.

• Hondo assembles and trains a mixed team of veteran officers and rookies before assigning them a major prisoner-transport operation.
• Jim Street seeks to return to active SWAT duty after being suspended because a hostage was shot during a bank robbery response.
• Alex Montell promises $100 million to anyone who helps him escape custody, turning his transport into a citywide pursuit.
• The team confronts armed criminals and rescuers across Los Angeles streets, transportation routes, and built-up metropolitan spaces.

• Heatshared police action, ensemble teamwork, urban crime conflict, and propulsive tactical set pieces
• Narcshared special-operations atmosphere, professional camaraderie, escalating criminal threat, and grounded action
• Training Dayshared LAPD setting, high-stakes criminal pursuit, and early-2000s action-thriller energy
• The Negotiatorshared team-based law-enforcement action, prisoner transport stakes, and commercial thriller pacing

Director

Clark Johnson

Release Date

2003-08-08

Runtime

117 min

Rating

6.2 / 10 (2824)

What is S.W.A.T. about?

A disgraced Los Angeles SWAT officer fights to regain his place on an elite team while stopping a crime boss whose multimillion-dollar escape bounty unleashes a citywide manhunt.

What is S.W.A.T. like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of S.W.A.T. as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is S.W.A.T. violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in S.W.A.T. as moderate.

What did critics think of S.W.A.T.?

Critics generally viewed the film as a competent but routine police thriller, with believable action and appealing character work offset by conventional execution.

Which films are like S.W.A.T.?

Films with a similar feel include Heat, Narc, Training Day, and The Negotiator.

How long is S.W.A.T.?

S.W.A.T. runs 117 minutes.

Where can I watch S.W.A.T.?

In United States, S.W.A.T. streams on YouTube TV, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.