Movie Review - S.W.A.T.

This police thriller is possibly the best in Hollywood. The plot features Colin Farrell as SWAT officer Jim Street, partner to Brian Gamble, thwart a bank robbery, but at the cost of their jobs. Gamble is suspended from the LAPD, while Street only gets suspended from SWAT. The plot seems to be very confusing for the first half of the movie, but as the second half progresses on, the plot relaly takes flight, climaxing with tons of action and edge-of-your-seat drama. Street later gets recruited back into SWAT by Sgt. Hondo, played by Samuel L. Jackson. When Alex Montell, a fugitive drug dealer wanted in more than ten different countries attempts to bust out of the LAPD jail, Hondo and his team are charged with the difficult task of escorting Montell to a federal prison to await prosecution. The task gets even harder when Montell offers $100 million to save him. The movie's action scenes are perfect, though camera angles are sort of all over the place, breaking the "180 degree rule" in filming, thus rendering the audience disoriented at times. The intro is long, tedious, and not required. It seems like a waste of time for the first half, but as soon as the second half kicks off, the plot is amazingly spectacular and well-thought out. 4 stars given for bad camera angles, okay plot, and EXTRAORDINARY action scenes.