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So we start off with a couple of cops who are loose cannons. One disregards orders and the other, Collin Ferrell reluctantly backs him up. When they get reprimanded for their reckless behavior one gets fired and Ferrell gets relocated to being in charge of the weapons locker. Guess what happens? If you said that he has to redeem himself and prove his worth then you guessed right.
This is an entertaining enough if bland and fairly unremarkable and by the numbers action film. Samuel L. Jackson is Samuel L. Jackson. There are some other characters like LL Cool J and Michelle Rodriguez but they don't really have much to do.
The bad guy is a bit unusual in that the original bad guy has no connection to the SWAT team. Of course the person that helps him does so it isn't that unusual. There are also the necessary lighter bits such as when they have to deal with what they call a "Polish hostage" (which is apparently when someone barricades themselves in and says that they will kill themselves if the cops come in) by tearing a big hole in the wall. There's not much reason to see this. If it was on tv it would be worth watching if nothing else was on and you didn't want to get up to put in a dvd or something.
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a Polish hostage?
I'd like a Polish sausage.
but to each his own...
