Review of The Sweeney (2012) by Grant S — 25 Feb 2014
Great series defamed by a remake-movie.
The Sweeney was a great TV series in the 1970s. This is a very lacklustre 2012 movie which does absolutely no credit to the original series.
I was hoping for a tight, gritty, realistic drama. Instead I got contrivances, and cliche after cliche. Hardly realistic at all, and often seems more like a vigilante movie than a cop drama. It sometimes felt like a Dirty Harry or Deathwish movie.
Not all bad. Some of the action sequences were quite good, and some of the repartee was amusing.
Performances are pretty wooden, as you would expect from a gung-ho police drama. Ray Winstone is...Ray Winstone. Always good to see Hayley Atwell...
This review of The Sweeney (2012) was written by Grant S on 25 Feb 2014.
The Sweeney has generally received mixed reviews.
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