film details
The Sweeney
1hr 52mins
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Hayley Atwell, Damian Lewis, Paul Anderson, Steven Mackintosh, Steven Waddington, Kara Tointon
Directed by: Nick Love
The plot: Flying Squad hard man DI Jack Regan and sidekick Carter hunt a gang of European thieves led by slippery Francis Allen. Tensions within the department explode when tenacious Internal Affairs officer Ivan Lewis embarks on a personal crusade to bring down Regan, who just happens to be bedding Lewis's wife. Section chief Frank Haskins protects Regan as much as he can but Lewis has a vendetta and he will stop at nothing until the Flying Squad is disbanded.
Orange movie-goers' reactions
- " Brilliant film modern adaptation violent well worth seeing " — Phil, 52, Birmingham
- " Granted not Winstones greatest but a cracking film that i really enjoyed. lots of action. its tongue in cheek cos i am sure the Flying Squad don't cause that much damage. well worth a watch" — Andy, 40, South London
- " Exhilating film. Well cast and creative will see again when It get to the USA ray w. amaZing " — John, 60, Lafayette. La
- " Good film, but the main disappointment is the predictable storyline. Ray was his usual enigmatic self, which pleased the wife. Ben Drew was not bad either. Plenty of expletives; somewhat excessive at times. " — Whufcnutt121, 0
- " This film was dreadful, there wasn't a sentence which didn't have four letter words peppered throughout. It was so bad that we walked put." — caroline, Halesowen
- " Great movie " — fjufj, fhjf
- " Such a terrible film, it was a waste of money on my part and a waste of time for anyone involved" — liam walton, 17, Wolverhampton
- " Poor casting disappointed unrealistic film :-( " — Tony, 51, Thanet
- " Absolutely amazing best film of the year so far. *****" — dan, Stoke
- " Nice come back. " — Jay, 43, Beds
- " We're the Sweeney son and we haven't ad any dinner. Brilliant with a nice smidgen of violence" — Mussy, 40, Leeds
- " Poor, very poor - I was expecting so much more. The casting director must have been on his break, Ray Winstone was not a good choice, he looked geriatric." — rwlh1950, 62, N Wales
- " Since the release date last week. I've seen this masterpiece 3 times now, it's a definite leave your brain at the door film.... But I absolutely loved it ... A must see " — Johnny , 33, Gillingham Kent
- " I really enjoyed it, I thought one of the scenes was a little stretched but other than that I thought it was a rather good film " — Chloe, 18
- " Better than coranation st." — mel, 45, burnley
- " Enjoyable though hard to believe out of shape Ray is able to keep up. Winston hams it up wtith cockney slang." — Jodi, 35
- " Seen it last night not that good its a tv film really and plan b is not a good acter at all best part about the film is the ford focus" — dean, 32, dudley
- " An absolute blast from start to finish, the action is relentless the plot changes clever, Ray Winston at his best well hard and witty, plan b was bang on :-)" — andy, 40, essex
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Scotsman
"Love has ingeniously ?managed to stretch his tiny ?5 million budget to create a glamorous, glossy action flick."
Empire
"The action's arresting but the dialogue's not much cop in this well-played and enjoyable hardboiled British police thriller."
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