S.W.A.T.

"The movie's ambition is essentially to be the same kind of police movie they used to make before special effects upstaged human beings."

"The filmmakers have top-loaded the movie with a back story that, sweetly, someone is under the illusion an audience would care about."

"It (is) reasonably entertaining for the first half-hour, after which your eyelids will be heavy."

"What the movie has is Jackson, Farrell, Rodriguez, Cool J and Martinez -- good actors who deserved a real movie."

"Routine action film of no particular distinction... it's sad to see Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell wasted on such insipid and predictable characters."

"Solidly entertaining without being spectacular."

"There’s no narrative kick, and that combined with the lack of basic cinematic storytelling skills... make S.W.A.T. a real headache."

"While S.W.A.T. hits on practically every cop movie cliche, it just seems to work. Part of this may be because it makes no apologies for using them."

"Johnson uses the flashy, up-to-the-minute editing and camera stunts action fans expect, but keeps the mayhem on a recognizably human scale..."

"A brash, brain-free actioner, S.W.A.T. sees Colin Farrell give another star turn with so-so material."