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S.W.A.T.
MEANRANK
56/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4555
- IMDb #4330
- Rotten Tomatoes #3716
- Metacritic #4059
- Letterboxd #4698
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3884
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3866
- Metacritic Critics #3850
- Metacritic Audience #4072
- Criticker #3632
- Douban #1952
- Kinopoisk #2709
- AlloCiné #4816
- Trakt #3967
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 27, highest is Google on 80.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A renowned drug kingpin is captured and offers a massive cash reward to anyone who can free him from police custody. The task of transporting him falls to a newly assembled S.W.A.T. team, who must work through their internal conflicts and trust issues. They face relentless assaults from every would-be hero and criminal in the city attempting to claim the bounty, testing their skills and teamwork to the limit.
Details
- Director
- Clark Johnson
- Writers
- David Ayer, David McKenna, Jim McClain, Ron Mita
- Released
- 8 August 2003
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $80.0M
- Box office
- $207.7M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →2 wins from 5 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| BET Awards 2003 | Best Actor | Samuel L. Jackson | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2003 | Best Film | S.W.A.T. | Nominee |
| California on Location Awards 2003 | Location Professional of the Year - Features | Mark Benton Johnson (Shared with Holes ) | Winner |
| Irish Film & Television Academy 2003 | Best Lead Actor – Film | Colin Farrell | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards Mexico 2003 | Best Colin Farrell in a Movie | S.W.A.T. | Winner |
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5 awards — S.W.A.T.
×| Location Professional of the Year - Features | Mark Benton Johnson (Shared with Holes ) | Winner |
| Best Colin Farrell in a Movie | S.W.A.T. | Winner |
| Best Actor | Samuel L. Jackson | Nominee |
| Best Film | S.W.A.T. | Nominee |
| Best Lead Actor – Film | Colin Farrell | Nominee |