Such a frustrating disappointment

Expected more

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

As the title would suggest, THE SWEENEY: Paris is a straightforward remake of the British crime film THE SWEENEY, starring Ray Winstone. I didn't like the British version because of the direction by Nick Love, which I thought was entirely lacklustre. The good news is that THE SWEENEY: Paris is much better, with a tighter script and much better-directed action scenes. The story is nothing new and merely involves the usual cops and robbers stuff, with three big set-pieces dotted amid the story. Said set-pieces are gloriously violent, with massive shoot-outs on the scale of HEAT and some aggressive hand-to-hand combat thrown into the mix too. It's definitely a film for those of us who enjoy watching bad guys getting their heads smashed in with baseball bats.The lead role is taken by the aged-but-still-got-it Jean Reno, who is a delight and much better than Winstone was. Reno is well supported by an engaging cast that includes a nice role for Caterina Murino, once a Bond girl and still deeply attractive after the passage of years. The other characters seem to have better depth than usual for the genre too. THE SWEENEY: Paris has the edge over the last French action thriller I watched, RABID DOGS.

I looked forward to seeing this movie as I like Jean Reno very much. Unfortunately, this movie was a bit of a disappointment. The premise was nice, having a police squad which does what it needs to do in order to stop crime, even if this means using some non-standard methods. Unfortunately, the action scenes showed that they do not seem at all professionals. For example, in the final showdown where the bad guys are heavily armed, there are two members of the squad who insist in using a baseball and an iron bar to beat some of the bad guys. Not to mention one of the initial scenes where in order to put down one of the bad guys Jean Reno comes with an excavator through a wall... Why??? How absurd is that? Then it comes the chase in Paris where the squad runs after the bad guys, but to my surprise the police is nowhere to be found even if they exchange gunshots in populated public places... Then, instead of sealing the parking, Jean Reno and his lover go alone in the dark, searching for the bad guys, providing a perfect opportunity for the girl to be killed... Another point is the dialogs, which do not seem at all natural. It feels that they are cut and pasted together, and even if I'm not French, I can tell that the accent of some of the actors is at least bizarre (Margaux, for example). Another fact which made the movie so dull is seeing Jean Reno walk. It is so obvious that he is old, too old to portray a cop which leads a brigade which fights crime directly.

I can't believe it. How can anyone may find this crime action flick worth? How? What a deception for me. After I watched the trailer, I expected the worst, I expected a pure comedy like LETHAL WEAPON, but it is not. You have here some comedy lines but that's all. The main problem is else where. Everything here is predictable, dull, a total mess. Benjamin Rocher gave us several years ago a short film called RIVOUALEN which was a true masterpiece, and after he made LA HORDE, a very exciting horror film too. And I don't understand why he made this juicy straight to garbage can crap. When I go to see a crime flick speaking of Sweeney and bank robbers, I expect a brutal, bloody, crepuscular, dark, bleak feature, as JP Melville did 40 years ago, or Olivier Marchal gives us since 15 years now. I don't expect such a crap. What's happened to Benjamin Rocher? The scene where Jean Reno is hit by a car, thrown in the air and then gets away with only a scratch on his forehead, I realize how deep in s... this movie dove. Run away from it !!!

The squad is a a great movie.A great action movie.The movie has great action scenes.The movie has great fight scenes.The movie has great car chase scenes.The movie is also funny the movie has lot,s of funny moments.The movie has a great cast a lot of Young actors.the movie is a remake of the movie the sweeney.The story is similar to the movie heat.the director did a great job directing the action scenes all the action scenes are great.jean reno is great in this movie.It,s one of it,s best action movies with león the professional nikita crimson rivers ronin.It,s great that jean reno is back in action movies he is great is those movies.He should make more action movies.jean reno is a great actor.