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S.W.A.T. (2003) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give S.W.A.T. (2003) a score of 2.5918 out of 4

based on (326) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(192)

Good

(89)

Fair

(19)

Poor

(1)

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MovieWeb (Brian Gallagher)

Cop movies set in Los Angeles seem to be everywhere this year, from lighter yarn like "National Security" and "Hollywood Homicide," to more serious fare like "Dark Blue" and "A Man Apart." The lastest in this L.A. cop genre, "S.W.A.T." a remake of the...read the complete S.W.A.T. (2003) review at MovieWeb (Brian Gallagher)

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Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)

A nice touch is provided in the final stretch as Johnson has his cast use their S.W.A.T communication headgear as actual dialog mikes, allowing for an even greater depth to the experience. This helps the audience feel even more a part of the chase, as...read the complete S.W.A.T. (2003) review at Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)

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Chicago Tribune

"S.W.A.T." is a cop thriller for moviegoing masochists. It's a big, near-incoherent action thriller best suited for audiences who don't mind being pummeled into submission. Technically clever but emotionally bankrupt, based on the short-lived 1975-76 TV...read the complete S.W.A.T. (2003) review at Chicago Tribune

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filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)

Is it that Samuel L. Jackson’s character is nicknamed “Hondo”? Could it be the sequence where Colin Farrell goes running on the beach, appears to flirt with a dog and later explosively vomits, all of it set to the Rolling Stones’...read the complete S.W.A.T. (2003) review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)

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Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)

A prototypical new-millennium summer movie, S.W.A.T. is no more than an extended trailer for itself....read the complete S.W.A.T. (2003) review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)

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