S.W.A.T. is a 2003 American action crime thriller film directed by Clark Johnson and written by David Ayer and David McKenna, with the story credited to Ron Mita and Jim McClain. Produced by Neal H. Moritz, it is based on the 1975 television series of the same name and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Josh Charles, Jeremy Renner, Brian Van Holt and Olivier Martinez. The plot follows Hondo (Jackson) and his SWAT team as they are tasked to escort an imprisoned drug kingpin/international fugitive to prison after he offers a $100 million reward to anyone who can break him out of police custody.
The idea for a film adaptation of the 1975 S.W.A.T. TV series was conceived in 1997. Michael Bay, Rob Cohen, Antoine Fuqua, Michael Mann, Joel Schumacher, Tony Scott, Zack Snyder,[3] Roger Spottiswoode, Marcus Nispel,[4] and John Woo were all approached to direct the film before Clark Johnson signed on. They passed because they were all busy with other projects. Oliver Stone was also involved as a producer at one point.
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Mark Wahlberg was the first choice for the role of Jim Street, but turned it down in favor of portraying the lead role in The Italian Job. Paul Walker was originally cast and had even started training for the part, but had to drop out due to filming on 2 Fast 2 Furious.[5] Colin Farrell eventually replaced him in July 2002.[6] Vin Diesel was offered to portray Deacon "Deke" Kaye, but passed because he was in production with The Chronicles of Riddick and LL Cool J was then cast in September 2002.[7] At one point during the early stages of development, Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered for the role of Dan "Hondo" Harrelson, but he declined and Samuel L. Jackson took the part.[citation needed]
Filming took place on location in Los Angeles. The bank robbery in the film's opening was choreographed to closely resemble the North Hollywood shootout of 1997. It was filmed at an abandoned building at the corner Workman St and N Broadway in Lincoln Heights.[8] The unit's training scenes were filmed at the city's historic Ambassador Hotel; the building was demolished in 2006.[9][10] The film's climax was shot on the former Sixth Street Viaduct,[11] once one of Hollywood's most popular bridges for location filming.[12]
In its opening weekend, S.W.A.T. grossed $37,062,535 playing in 3,202 theaters, with a $11,574 average per theatre and ranking at #1, beating out fellow new release Freaky Friday ($22,203,007).[15] The biggest market in other territories being Japan, United Kingdom, Spain and Germany, where the film grossed $16.9 million, $9.7 million, $7.1 million, $6.47 million respectively.[17] At the end of its box office run, S.W.A.T. grossed $116,934,650 in North America and $90,790,989 in other territories, resulting in a $207,725,639 worldwide gross.[15][18]
Reception for the movie was mixed. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 48%, based on 168 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's consensus reads, "A competent, but routine police thriller."[19] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 45 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "Mixed or average reviews".[20] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on a scale of A to F.[21]
A direct-to-video film titled S.W.A.T.: Firefight came out in 2011. None of the main actors reprised their roles.[24] A second direct-to-video movie titled S.W.A.T.: Under Siege came out in 2017.
"S.W.A.T." is a well-made police thriller, nothing more. No Academy Awards. But in a time when so many action pictures are mindless assaults on the eyes, ears and intelligence, it works as superior craftsmanship. The director, Clark Johnson, is a veteran of TV both as an actor and director, and supplies a well-made film that trusts its story and actors. What a pleasure, after a summer of movies that merely wanted to make my head explode.
Margolin: Yeah, there was definitely one day where it felt like everything was working against us. We were filming late at night on Halloween. I was in a witch's hat that Richard Roundtree did not think was working for me. (laughs) But I still decided to keep it on. We were shooting a scene in front of little P.O. box-type place in the Valley. And there was what turned out to be an active crime scene right beside us.
Zoe, as a producer, do you deal with a lot of interruptions in your workday?
Worth: I've noticed that when I'm trying to do a legitimately creative task, it's hard for me to change over between writing and producing. If I'm writing, I need to do that before I do anything else. I wake up early and get some of that done. But same would go for other tasks like reading a draft from Josh or another filmmaker. Deeper, focused, creative work that has to do with story I do first to open the day.
In the opening scenes of Mosul, rookie Iraqi Kurdish policeman Kawa (played by Tunisian actor Adam Bessa) is recruited on a corpse-strewn battlefield by the grizzled and ruthless Major Jasem (Iraqi-American Suhail Dabbach), leader of the Nineveh SWAT team. The film follows the team on a hellish journey across Mosul, encountering sudden death and tragedy at every intersection as the Major pursues a mysterious mission with apparently little official support.
Prior to the credits, Mosul lists twelve members KIA from 2016-2018, not counting the 26 murdered by ISIS during the capture of Mosul in 2014. However, the SWAT did not lose as many soldiers killed in one day as is depicted in the film.
S.W.A.T. is the 2003 feature film adaptation of the 1975 television series of the same name. Directed by Clark Johnson, the film stars Samuel L. Jackson as Sgt. Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson, an "old-school" LAPD SWAT officer who leads a newly-recruited team as they find themselves assigned to escort a notorious international crime lord who has promised anyone $100 million to break him out of police custody. Two unrelated DTV sequels would follow: 2011's S.W.A.T.: Firefight and 2017's S.W.A.T.: Under Siege. S.W.A.T. would again be adapted as a weekly television series (using elements and characters from the film as well) that stars Shemar Moore and premiered on CBS in the fall of 2017.
The primary sidearm of the Los Angeles Police Department's Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) officers in the film is a variant of the M1911A1 pistol known as the Kimber Custom TLE II made by Kimber Manufacturing, Inc. The pistols are fitted with a Surefire 310R weaponlight (distinguishable from the 610R by the minimal protrusion past the muzzle). During a training mission simulating a hijacked airliner, the team uses several of these weapons modified to fire Simunitions, identifiable by the orange markings on the grip and weaponlight. Alex Montel (Olivier Martinez) and Brian Gamble's (Jeremy Renner) men are also seen using standard TLE IIs without weaponlights.
Beretta 92FS pistols are seen as the standard-issue sidearms of LAPD patrol officers, notably seen in the opening of the film in which the officers totally outclassed by the assault rifles and heavy body armor wielded by the bank robbers (the sequence was inspired by the real-life 1997 North Hollywood Bank of America Shootout, represented in the TV film 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout, released in 2003, the same year as S.W.A.T.), prompting the mobilization of the SWAT team. GQ (Domenick Lombardozzi), one of Montel's cronies, is also seen using one fitted with a suppressor when attempting to liberate him from a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department inmate transport bus. Several officers playing the role of terrorists during a training mission are also armed with Berettas that have been modified to fire paintballs and are identified by the orange markings on the bottom of the magazines.
A Browning BDM is used by one of the bank robbers in the film's opening sequence. The robber uses the pistol to threaten a female hostage before being taken out by Officer Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner).
The M4A1 Carbine is one of the primary weapons carried by LAPD SWAT in the film. Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner) and his men also are seen with them later in the film. The M4s are fitted with Trijicon TA47 ACOG scopes on the carry handles and Surefire M500AB weaponlight handguards.
Some of the first firearms seen in the film are the AKM and AKMS. The assault rifles appear in the hands of bank robbers in the opening scenes of the film, which is based off the infamous 1997 North Hollywood Bank of America Shootout (represented in the TV film 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout), where a pair of AK-toting bank robbers dressed in heavy body armor wreaked havoc on the outgunned Los Angeles Police Department. Several AKM and AKMS rifles also appear being used by gang members who ambush a police convoy in an attempt to liberate Alex Montel. Two of the AKMs used by the robbers have high-capacity drum magazines (designed for the RPK light machine gun) instead of the standard 30-round box magazine.
At one point in the film, an LAPD helicopter arrives to transport Alex Montel to the federal prison, but is shot out of the sky by one shot to each of the chopper's two engines from a McMillan M88 single shot sniper rifle fitted with a suppressor and extra ammo sleeves being wielded by Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner) from a van in a parking garage several hundred yards away.
Several SWAT snipers are seen using Remington 700PSS sniper rifles fitted with Leupold Mark 4 scopes and Harris bipods during the film. First during the bank robbery scene where SWAT sniper Sgt. Yamoto (Daniel Ichikawa) takes out one of the robbers trying to start the getaway car, and again trying to locate the source of the shots that took out the police chopper. The team is also seen practicing with them during their training, shooting playing cards at long range in a unusual game of poker, these rifles featuring a camouflage paint scheme as shown below. 0852c4b9a8
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