One of my all time favorites.

It is a performances centric movie

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

S.W.A. T.: Firefight is a movie geared for those who like action movies with details. It is a good movie to watch with friends. The pace of the movie is a little slow for an action movie. The build to the action is slow.It is not one of the better action movies, but it is okay. For this movie you can get a pizza instead of popcorn. You can watch this movie anytime. The actors work together to make the plot believable. The movie is easily forgettable within an hour or so of the ending. If you and your friends want a movie that will not interfere with your socializing, this is the movie for you. Enjoy your movie and your pizza. I give it 3 thumbs up out of 10.

Although the original SWAT may have embellished the realms of reality a little, it was a movie I was still able to watch and enjoy to the most. This sequel however is really in the league of TV drama over any type of well researched and feasible movie plot execution. No doubt the money is there in the props and gear, but the execution is not beyond what I would expect to see on commercial TV in the middle of the day.I'm not adverse to stretching the realms of reality a bit, I enjoy the old Bond films as well as things like Die Hard 4, but the stretches of the reality in those films are within an expected context and add to the experience more in their own out there and comedic fashion. In this movie however everything is pitched as though it is supposed to be dead serious, so if you're a person who has even half a clue, or an ounce of respect for that matter, of what these guys do in real life, then this movie will most likely eat at you the entire way through. If it was made in the 80's, then maybe it would have been right at home.There was either little real world advice sought on the production of this, or it was totally ignored, since there is very little at all aside from the uniforms and the odd technical reference which made any correlation between them and their real world counterparts, especially so in their discipline and conduct. You could see this coming as soon as the opening credits rolled and we see a clip being filled with spent ammunition.So unfortunately I think we've just set the public impression and fear of what real SWAT teams are back about 20 years thanks to this movie, and I can now see a great many children being spanked and sent to their room for even suggesting any aspiration of being a SWAT officer when they grow up.Alas movies are not supposed to be documentaries. So the one main comparison for me that comes to mind between the quality of SWAT: Firefight vs the original SWAT movie is the difference between Behind Enemy Lines with Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman and the later WWE produced sequel Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia. If you're the type of person who enjoyed Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia without grinding your teeth the entire way, then SWAT: Firefight will probably ride well with you. Otherwise if you're the type of person who more enjoyed the first Behind Enemy Lines and enjoys a bit more believability in your story and some well researched details to what they are representing on screen, then this will probably just have you infuriating and wishing for that 90 minutes of your life back again.

OK, let me first say that this is my first ever review - I was compelled to write one based on simply how BAD this movie is. The only reason I didn't give it a 1 is because I have seen worse. Another reason I felt angry enough to write a review is because I normally like these kind of movies. Normally all you have to do is include something like SWAT, SAS or Marines in the description of the movie and point me towards it and I will lap it up. Unfortunately however, SWAT: Firefight only succeeded for me in one regard - it has SWAT in its title. The story is just weak, really weak. Just when you feel it is about to get going, it literally ends. Its cliché to an extreme and about as predictable a movie I have ever seen. I wont go on but to summarize, this is just a bad movie. If you want some decent SWAT like viewing entertainment, I recommend Flashpoint (Canadian TV Series) or possibly watching paint dry could also be considered a viable alternative.

Just watched this movie, and I must admit, I loved the first S.W.A.T movie so much, that I have watched it many times.This one, I will only ever watch again, to see a bit of CQB training to get my LARP on.It's OK, but story is simple, standard, and not surprising at all. Feels like it was made by a third rate director, who just graduated one of the better film schools, but who did it all by the book.Film is clear, good shots, and action is easy to follow. But again, it's textbook shots, so nothing there at all to impress me.Acting was sub standard, with no depth to the characters, and nothing to really make you interested in them. Only character they actually started giving a bit of depth, was the guy who was eating all the time. And then they didn't focus on him any more.So for my first review, i give it a 3. Worth watching if you like swat action. If not, stay away, you will regret it.I'm still going to buy it, but only because I like SWAT movies.