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S.W.A.T.
Promotional poster for S.W.A.T
Directed by	Clark Johnson
Produced by	Dan Halsted Chris Lee Neal H. Moritz
Written by	Characters: Robert Hamner Story: Ron Mita Jim McClain Screenplay: David Ayer David McKenna Uncredited: George Huang Lem Dobbs Chris Morgan Craig Fernandez
Starring	Samuel L. Jackson Colin Farrell Michelle Rodriguez LL Cool J Olivier Martinez
Music by	Elliot Goldenthal
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	August 8, 2003
Running time	117 min.
Language	English Spanish French
Budget	US$ 80,000,000.00
IMDb profile

S.W.A.T. is a 2003 action crime film and is based on the television series of the same name. It was directed by Clark Johnson and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, and Michelle Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on August 8, 2003.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 2.1 S.W.A.T. Team 2.2 L.A.P.D. Command 2.3 Enemies 3 Soundtrack 4 Box Office totals 5 References 6 External links

The film begins with a hostage situation in Los Angeles (loosely based on the 1997 North Hollywood shootout). Officer Jim Street, a hot-shot cop from the Los Angeles Police Department and his S.W.A.T. Team are sent to stop a gang of robbers who have taken over a bank. His high-tempered partner and close friend Brian Gamble disobeys a direct order from their lieutenant, and accidentally wounds a hostage. Gamble and Street are demoted by Tom Fuller, the SWAT captain. Gamble quits following an argument with Fuller. Street is punished, taken off the S.W.A.T. team and sent to work in the "gun cage," where he looks after gear and weapons.

The Chief of Police calls on Sergeant Dan "Hondo" Harrelson to help re-organize the S.W.A.T. division. Hondo is transferred in, and soon puts together a diverse team, including himself, Street, Chris Sánchez, Deacon Kay, T.J. McCabe, and Michael Boxer.

Meanwhile, a drug lord by the name of Alex Montel kills his father and uncle for control of the family's crime empire. The L.A.P.D. stop Montel for a broken taillight, detain him, and eventually learn he is an international fugitive through Interpol. As they are transferring him, his associates, dressed as LAPD officers, assault the County Sheriffs bus Montel is on in an attempt to free him. Hondo's S.W.A.T. team foils the assault. As Montel is being brought into the police station in front of a group of reporters, he yells to them “I will give one hundred million dollars to whoever gets me out of here.”

The L.A.P.D. makes plans to transfer Montel into federal custody. They plan to fly him away, but Gamble shoots down the helicopter. The police next send out a large convoy, which is attacked by gang members. It turns out to be a decoy, and Hondo's team has spirited Montel away in two S.U.V.s. However, T.J. has been plotting with Gamble, and the two succeed in taking Montel from the other officers. Hondo and the rest give chase, and there is a final fierce battle, Gamble's group against the S.W.A.T. team. Hondo's team is victorious. T.J. kills himself rather than be captured, and there is a vicious hand to hand fight between Street and Gamble, with Street emerging the eventual victor when he kicks Gamble under the wheels of a passing train. Gamble's head is run over and he is instantly killed. The S.W.A.T. team delivers Montel to a federal prison awaiting trial.

• Samuel L. Jackson as Sergeant Second Grade Dan "Hondo" Harrelson. In the beginning of the film, Hondo is an inactive member of S.W.A.T. He is brought back by the Chief of Police to head a new SWAT Element. He is a former Recon Marine . His new team, fully recruited and assembled by himself, is:
• Colin Farrell as Officer Jim Street. He is originally assigned to S.W.A.T., but after an incident with his partner he is removed from the team and placed in the "gun cage." After Hondo sees how well he can shoot, he is recruited for Hondo's new S.W.A.T. team. He is a former Navy SEAL and uses a M4A1 on SWAT missions.
• Michelle Rodriguez as Officer Chris Sánchez. She was a frequent applicant to S.W.A.T, who has applied 3 times but rejected each time due to the captain's sexism. Hondo persuades him to allow her to be on his team. She carries a MP5 on SWAT calls. She has a daughter named Eliza.
• LL Cool J as Officer Deacon "Deke" Kay. A Patrol officer, he is also recruited by Hondo. In the SWAT team, he is armed with a Shotgun as he is the rear-guard of the team.
• Brian Van Holt as Officer Michael Boxer. He is a S.W.A.T. officer who also has worked with Hondo before. His sister was involved with Street and broke up with him after he was transferred to the gun cage. He is armed with a M4A1
• Josh Charles as Officer TJ McCabe. He is a member of the LAPD SWAT. He initially has problems with Street, but as they are continually forced to work together, they become more of a team.

• Larry Poindexter as Captain Thomas Fuller. He is Commander of Metropolitan Division (Home of the LAPD SWAT) D Platoon and disliked by many S.W.A.T. officers. Code name R-commander.
• Reg E. Cathey as Lieutenant Greg Velasquez. He is field commander of D Platoon (SWAT) and old friends with Hondo. Code name 10-David.
• Denis Arndt as Sergeant Howard, head of another S.W.A.T. element.

• Olivier Martinez as Alex Montel. He is an international criminal and his family controls a huge drug empire which values into the billions.
• Jeremy Renner as former Officer Brian Gamble. He is Street's former partner who quits L.A.P.D. after being demoted due to, while violating a direct order not to engage an enemy, shooting a hostage. Gamble later takes advantage of Montel's offer of reward to anyone who can free him by forming a group of other ex-S.W.A.T. members to free him and then escape to Mexico. Gamble feels that his ex-partner betrayed him in the captain's office, which makes the extraction of Montel personal.

Elliot Goldenthal composed the movies soundtrack, See: S.W.A.T. soundtrack

• Budget - US$ 80,000,000
• Total Domestic Grosses - US$ 116,934,650
• Total Overseas Grosses - US$ 90,790,989
• Total Worldwide Grosses - US$ 207,725,639^[1]

1. ^ S.W.A.T. (2003). boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved on April 23, 2006.

• S.W.A.T. Official Site
• S.W.A.T. at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by American Wedding

Box office number-one films of 2003 (USA) August 10, 2003

Succeeded by Freddy vs. Jason