Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Sweeney
It's an over-weight British "Dirty Harry" (Ray Winstone) leading a team of detectives nicknamed "The Sweeney" which is short for "Sweeney Todd", a slang term for "The Flying Squad" apparently. His less than legal methods and tough guy tactics while searching for some dangerous thieves puts him and his squad in jeopardy under the scrutiny of Internal Affairs. It's coppers and robbers with daring car chases and blazing gun battles in the streets of London, but the British accents and slang terms makes it a bit hard to follow some of the dialog. Alien did like the characters and the film's raw energy without that Hollywood feel.
Alien gives it 3 "baseball bats & axe handles" stars out of 4.
It's an over-weight British "Dirty Harry" (Ray Winstone) leading a team of detectives nicknamed "The Sweeney" which is short for "Sweeney Todd", a slang term for "The Flying Squad" apparently. His less than legal methods and tough guy tactics while searching for some dangerous thieves puts him and his squad in jeopardy under the scrutiny of Internal Affairs. It's coppers and robbers with daring car chases and blazing gun battles in the streets of London, but the British accents and slang terms makes it a bit hard to follow some of the dialog. Alien did like the characters and the film's raw energy without that Hollywood feel.
Alien gives it 3 "baseball bats & axe handles" stars out of 4.
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