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- The film received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 46% based on 65 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's consensus states: "Ray Winstone exudes tough-guy bravado, but this cop thriller otherwise feels thoroughly generic."
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The Sweeney (2012) Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Hayley Atwell. Synopsis: Based on the 1970's TV Show of the same name, The Sweeney is London's Metropolitan Flying Squad, cockney rhyming slang Sweeney Todd. The Squad's purpose to investigate and prevent armed robbery and other serious armed crime.
The Sweeney is a 2012 British action drama film, inspired by the 1970s The Sweeney, the British television police drama of the same name, but set in contemporary London. Written and directed by Nick Love, from a story by Love and John Hodge, it is based on the characters created by Ian Kennedy Martin.
Mar 1, 2013 · Brutal but effective crime drama based on '70s UK TV series. Read Common Sense Media's The Sweeney review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Nick Love
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Entertainment One
Jun 29, 2012 · A seriously muscular and stylish bit of cops-and-robbers action, British crime drama The Sweeney delivers adrenalin-pumping thrills’n’spills as a tough team of London police take violent measures...
The Sweeney: Directed by Nick Love. With Ray Winstone, Plan B, Hayley Atwell, Steven Mackintosh. A hardened detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police. Based on the '70s UK TV show.
- Nick Love
- 2 min
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Jason Best Movie Talk. Love stages the action with a panache that belies the film's relatively modest budget and the big-set piece...
British television is steeped in tales of cops and robbers, from the charm of Dixon of Dock Green through to regular doses of The Bill, with tales of good cops, bad cops and everything in between the lynchpins of primetime drama.