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
Ray Winstone had a role as CIA agent Darius Jedburgh in the "Edge of Darkness" remake, replacing Robert De Niro. In 2012 he played the role of Detective Inspector Jack Regan in a remake of "The Sweeney". Winstone stars also in the slasher-thriller film Red Snow, directed by Stuart St. Paul and based on a short film by Adam Mason. In 2011, Winstone starred in the British independent film "The Hot Potato", a comedy thriller about two men who come into possession of a lump of uranium. The film, which is set in the East End of London in the 1960s, also