S.W.A.T.: Firefight
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| Directed by | Benny Boom |
| Produced by | Amanda Lewis Neal H. Moritz |
| Screenplay by | Reed Steiner |
| Story by | Reed Steiner Randy Walker Michael Albanese Ed Arneson |
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Gabriel Macht Carly Pope Robert Patrick Shannon Kane Giancarlo Esposito Kristanna Loken |
| Music by | John Paesano |
| Cinematography | Don Davis |
| Edited by | David Checel |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
S.W.A.T.: Firefight is a 2011 American direct-to-DVD action crime film directed by Benny Boom, and sequel to the 2003 film S.W.A.T., based on the 1975 television series S.W.A.T.. This film does not feature any of the original cast nor are there any mentions of the previous film.
Sgt. Paul Cutler (Gabriel Macht) is an ex-military L.A.P.D. S.W.A.T. officer and considered to be one of the best, even holding a record of having no civilian casualties for ten years. After successfully rescuing hostages with no casualties, Cutler is requested to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. with an updated training curriculum from the F.B.I.'s Hostage Rescue Team training program. Shortly after arriving in Detroit, Cutler immediately imposes his authority and has a rough time with the Captain (Giancarlo Esposito) of the department as well as one of the senior S.W.A.T. leaders Justin Kellogg (Nicholas Gonzalez). During the middle of a training exercise, the team responds to an emergency call when ex-government agent Walter Hatch (Robert Patrick) is holding his girlfriend (Kristanna Loken) hostage.
The girl is rescued but takes Officer Kellogg's handgun and asks Cutler to move so she can shoot Hatch. When Cutler tries to calm her down, she puts the gun to her head and commits suicide. Cutler's 10-year record with no hostages lost is broken and it takes its toll on him. The rift between Cutler and Kellogg escalates at a local bar, where Cutler makes a bet for Kellogg to beat him in a higher score with an arcade machine in exchange for Cutler leaving the city. Kellogg loses the bet, and is instead reassigned to "Charlie Company". Due to low manpower, Cutler enlists military squadmate Lori Barton (Shannon Kane) to assist his training. As the training goes on, Hatch steals a binder which contains details of tactics and information on the members. Meanwhile, Cutler starts a passionate relationship with Kim Byers (Carly Pope), the Detroit PD's Psychiatrist. The phone calls from Hatch now increase and he kidnaps Kim after planting a bomb under Cutler's car and shooting a member of the S.W.A.T. team. The Captain orders Cutler to return to Los Angeles, where Hatch wouldn't be able to target him.
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