For it's genre this is fun well paced film. Story centers on a SWAT cop, Jim Street (Colin Farrell) who has been removed by an unreasonable boss because of a not so good hostage situation. Flash forward six months as SWAT is reorganized by Sergeant "Hondo" (Samuel Jackson) and Street is invited to the crew.The characters are the stronger than the overall story but the story is good enough.Based on the 1975 TV series of the same name and also starring LL Cool and Michelle Rodriguez.The budget for this picture was $80M and it made over $207M at the Box Office. Although it did well no blockbuster style sequel was planned thereafter, just a direct to video DVD, "SWAT: Firefight" which included a totally new cast.STORY/PLOTTING/EDITING: B minus to B; CHARACTERS/DIALOGUE: B plus; CINEMATOGRAPHY: B; ACTION SCENES: B; WHEN WATCHED: end of August 2012 (streamed); OVERALL GRADE: B.