S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T. is a 2003 American action-crime-thriller film directed by Clark Johnson, and is based on the 1975 television series of the same name. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, and Jeremy Renner. It was produced by Neal H. Moritz and released in the United States on August 8, 2003.
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| Running time | 117 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $70 million
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| Box office | $207.2 million
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Street: That was easy.
Chris: My kid's having a birthday party tomorrow.
- Roger Spottiswoode was attached to direct an adaptation of the TV series in the late 90s.
- Jim Street has a movie poster of Bullitt (1968) in his apartment. It's visible briefly behind him as his girlfriend is moving out. In real life, Steve McQueen is one of Colin Farrell's idols.
- Not only was Steve Forrest on t.v., he was the driver at the end of the movie,relieving Colin Farrell of his "limo duties".
- Alex's uncle's car (which Alex is driving after he has killed his uncle) has the same license plate number (2WAQ233) as Cindy Campbell from Scary Movie 2 (2001).
- The ending scene was filmed at a California State Prison in the desert, and during filming, the prison guards had a situation with the inmates and had to go into lockdown, with half the film crew inside the front gates and half of them outside. Three hours later when the lockdown ended, filming resumed.
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