The Sweeney (2012 film)
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| Directed by | Nick Love |
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| Screenplay by | Nick Love |
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The Sweeney by Ian Kennedy Martin |
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| Music by | Lorne Balfe |
| Cinematography | Simon Dennis |
| Edited by | James Herbert |
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| Distributed by | Entertainment One |
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112 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Budget | £3 million |
| Box office | $7.7 million |
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. Directed and written by Nick Love, and co-written by John Hodge, it is based on the characters created by Ian Kennedy Martin. It stars Ray Winstone as Jack Regan, Plan B as George Carter, and Damian Lewis as Frank Haskins, with Allen Leech and Hayley Atwell.
The story focuses on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police. The Squad's purpose is to investigate commercial armed robberies, along with the prevention and investigation of other serious armed crime. The title is derived from Sweeney Todd, which is Cockney rhyming slang for "Flying Squad". The film was released on 12 September 2012.
Flying Squad officers Detective Inspector Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) and Detective Constable George Carter (Plan B) arrive at the scene of a warehouse robbery; four armed men are attempting to steal gold bars. After Regan and Carter capture the robbers, Regan takes some of the gold bars to give to his informant Harry (Alan Ford). Detective Chief Inspector Ivan Lewis (Steven Mackintosh) from Internal Affairs starts to scrutinise Regan's activities, unaware that Regan is having an affair with his estranged wife, Flying Squad officer Nancy Lewis (Hayley Atwell).
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