| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"...a silly movie jumble of violent images, macho banter and dim platitudes." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...one of the best cop thrillers since Training Day." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"Technically clever but emotionally bankrupt..." more... |
C- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...an action movie that knows how to do its job." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"...the camaraderie is realistic and heartening, the escape plan is exciting..." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"...S.W.A.T. is such an abominable waste of time and resources that I barely know where to begin." more... |
D |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"...lacks even the self-referential irony of the Charlie's Angels movies and its occasional stabs at levity are uncomfortably leaden." more... |
C |
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell |
"The filmmakers have top-loaded the movie with a back story that, sweetly, someone is under the illusion an audience would care about." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The movie is a high-octane, brain-dead action picture that happens to feature cops as the characters." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"The whole thing evaporates while you're watching it." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...full of unfulfilled promises." more... |
D+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...offers plenty of bangs for your bucks yet leaves no lasting impression." more... |
C |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...mostly misfires." more... |
C |
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