The Sweeney: Paris

A remake of "Squad Without Limits" almost frame by frame, here we have the most efficient action scenes, even more dramatic and with few comic strips, the previous one had none, they tried to clean the police bar a little, softening the scenes of corruption, gave a good revamping in the version of 2012, slightly superior, except for the absence of the smoker kid, who turned into a pregnant smoker, a regular movie like the predecessor...

This one is a straight forward, no-frills action flick. No twists, no turns.

The cast is decent and the story is plausible without being too cliché laden. Nonetheless, for European audiences some of the action (and subsequently its impact on the "environment" and the consequences for the cops) might seem over-the-top. But we've learned to live with the fact, that "action cops" can blow up a building, to get a pickpocket. And it just earns them 3 weeks behind the desk.

Most of the dialogue is okay, some exchanges are even funny, without being silly. But it's not a Lethal Weapon/Die Hard kinda thing.

Directing goes okay even though some of the action sequences are a tiny bit hectic- the cuts made during editing look a bit like they were made on purpose to emphasize the intense exchange of gunfire. IMO here less would have been more. It would be more en par with the rest of the movie. But in general the overall pace is okay.

As mentioned, the story is a no-frills crime/thriller which is suitable for a decent action flick. Do not expect too much from it, though.

Unfortunately Jean Reno has gotten old. You can tell by the way he moves in several shots- also, when the action kicks in he is "magically" more agile, thanks to stunt people. But he still does well as an aging cop. I just do not like the full beard he is sporting in this one.

To sum it up, it's a decent French action flick, liberally borrowing from American action cinema in terms of craftsmanship.

A good movie take the big moment of this movie the heist is great entertainment. legendary film actors jean reno with amazing credential in movies.Why the bad reviews here it,s a amazing action movie.If you eliminate the low Budget this could be a huge movie.The Plot line is also weak but the "big" scene and the action is great.Anyway, I suppose, based on the reviews for this movie that France won,t produce more of those movies.If you go in not expecting much you may very well enjoy this great movie. if you go in expected the action movie of the year you may be disappointed.But still a great movie

If you watch this and you have a Deja Vu (how french of me), than you're onto something. This is a remake of the British movie "Sweeney". It's not point for point and it takes certain liberties (it's shorter for that matter than the original), but it does have a lot of moments too. The relationship between the Reno character and three other characters in this are nicely drawn out.

Not as fine as those that are shown in the British original. But the charming nature of the cast at hand here and the well shot action scenes, really give it a lift. The important parts have been transfered to this french version, but as said this is a smaller affair (no pun intended). If you've seen the Original you might therefor feel a bit cheated upon ... not unlike someone in this movie!

This is a fun cop movie and the French are very good at doing this kind of film.

Although I feel that Jean Reno is too old to do this role. He could be the commissioner, but I don't believe him as someone who could be in the middle of the action. I also don't believe in the romance. This thing of old guys with young women has to stop.