The Sweeney (2012 film) Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 47% score based on 60 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's consensus states: "Ray Winstone exudes tough-guy bravado, but this cop thriller otherwise feels thoroughly generic." "The New York Times" wrote, "Marred by an overbearing musical score and an undercooked plot (by the director, Nick Love, and John Hodge), “The Sweeney” nevertheless looks a lot classier than its characters. Simon Dennis’s photography is glossy and crisp, and a lengthy foot chase — making excellent use of the National Gallery — is inventively choreographed." Metacritic reports a 48 out of 100 rating
Sweeney 2 the euphemism of the time, a "rough diamond". He frequently clashes with his superiors, often for no other reason than that they're middle class, and hence are in charge of the likes of him. His immediate boss is a public school educated paper-pusher, who wouldn't know one end of a gun from the other, and is - in Regan's view - completely unfitted to command an armed unit. Regan himself is a hard case, but completely professional. The film tones-down the violence and nudity of the previous film, "Sweeney!" (1977), making this sequel more akin to the television series on