The Sweeney displaying "1979". In "Sweeney 2" (1978), George and Jack eventually find themselves going to the island of Malta in order to track down a group of particularly violent armed robbers who have been committing bank and payroll robberies all over London and kill anybody that gets in their way, even members of their own gang, Jack & George were assigned the case by their recently convicted chief inspector as his last order, as he is about to be charged with corruption. In "The Sweeney" (2012) the setting moved to the present day, with Regan being played by Ray Winstone, Carter
Sweeney! first film "was successful, so we're helping fill the demand by making another one". Sweeney! Sweeney! is a 1977 British crime film, made for the cinema as a spin-off from the television series "The Sweeney" which aired on ITV from 1975 to 1978. The film did well enough at the box office that a sequel, "Sweeney 2", was released in cinemas in 1978. The film followed DI Regan and DS Carter as they became embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the British government, Charles Baker (Ian Bannen), is about to secure a huge deal