The Sweeney

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Blu B Ever seen a Michael Mann film especially Heat? And if you have, than have you ever seen a film directed by Christopher Nolan? Than congratulations you've seen this already. The acting isn't good here. Everyone is super serious and lot so of the supporting cast ends up being wooden, emotionless, and very forgettable. The villian is barely focused on. Winstone is...alright I guess. He's not the most likeable guy but is clearly trying. His young partner is alright but forgettable. The music is super forgettable too and just sounds like every soundtrack you've heard for an actio flick the past 2 decades. The editiing and pacing aren't good either. This has 2 stories and neither are done particulary well. One involving Winstone and the crews personal drama and romance with Atwell which feels distracting more than anything. Second, the actual tracking down the bad guy and his crew story but gets very muddled and hard to follow. This has lots of expose and yet it either gets a bit hard to follow or to boring to follow. Over half this film is just people standing around talking. The ending does bring things together though and it makes sense but it's very messy and boring getting there. Cinematography is alright. It has that dull color saturation look which is alright. The robbery scenes are good. save for the big shootout in the middle which was a clear ripoff of Heat it felt like at times or too simliar. The ending car chase felt to over the top as well. Skip This though. It's boring and hard to follow at it's worst and derivitive at its best. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review Goomba B Another terrific Brit Cops/Gangsters movie with great action sequences Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/08/25 Full Review Darryl F The script really kills this movie. Stuff just happens without any logic, and then stuff happens to conveniently advance the story. It had all the elements to be a decent movie. It is well shot, well acted, but the story and the script are so weak that you will be asking questions about "How/Why is this happening?" Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/09/25 Full Review Gerard K If you are a fan of the original series you will be very disappointed. I was a fan of the original TV series from the 70's. It was probably the best t.v. cop series I've seen. It was gritty with a sense of realism . Win some, loose some, mistakes, people getting hurt physically hurt, emotionally hurt. with grey areas with a very real human factor.( ll former members of the actual Sweeny said that something that appeared in the series had actually happened ) When the film was announced I was really looking forward to seeing that kind of reality which has pretty much disappeared from films today. I was so disappointed, the film is basically the same as as any us action cop film but set in London ( which is even more unrealistic when you consider the limited access to firearms of U.K police) . Apart from the names and some aspects of personal interactions it is nothing like the series. So as a police action film it might get a 3 outvoted 10 but if you expect it to be anything like the series it is a 1. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/09/25 Full Review Rio C Watch some paint dry , cut your toe nails or count grains of rice that fill a cup Terrible movie Winston and Lewis usually good not in this No likeable characters, predictable plot when there was one. Most cop movies : shows miss the mark for procedure but this is ridiculous beyond words . Seriously find something else to do . Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/24 Full Review KEVIN S YOUR NICKED. AFTER THE NAME "THE SWEENEY" NOTHING RESEMBLES ANYTHING FROM THE 1970S TV SHOW. IF HAVEN'T SEEN THIS. DON'T. RAY WINSTONS WORST FILM EVER. SPORTED BY HIS GREAT GRANDSON. CARTER AND REEGAN THEY ARE NOT. WINSTONS REDICULOUS ACTING STARTS TO BECOME FUNNY IT'S SO BAD. THE FILM LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE ANYWHERE BUT LONDON. THE SCRIPT IS JUST AWFUL. THE ACTING SILLY. THE LOCATIONS ARE OTHER WORLDLY. DID NO. ONE CHIRP UP DURING THE MAKING OF THIS AND SAY "I THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME" AS IT'S AN INSULT TO THE ORIGINAL. NO ONE IS GOING TO BUY ANY OF THE CAST A PINT DOWN THE FULLHAM ROAD OR ELEPHANT AND CASTLE. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/23/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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