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There's something nasty at the heart of government - foreign
agents are working to undermine a cabinet minister in order
to fix the price of oil. Along the way people get hurt, things
get broken and people jump out of cars shouting and fighting...
Turning
The Sweeney into a film must have seemed like a good
idea at the time as the show was riding high in the popularity
stakes. However, the transfer to the big screen was also accompanied
by an upping in the villain stakes which undermines much of
the charm of the show. Instead of it being about seedy coppers
fighting seedy criminals Sweeney! takes to the international
stage and promptly looses it.
Thaw
and Waterman are once again excellent as Regan and Carter
but at times their grubby antics seem to belong in another
film - a good one - because at heart Sweeney! is a bit of
a stinker. There just isn't enough plot to go around and the
padding slows proceedings to a grind by mid way through the
action.
On
the plus side, Regan gets to be his nasty best and the finale
is first class; could Regan get any nastier? But overall this
is a poor attempt at bringing a great show to your local cinema.
However,
Sweeney! performed well at the box office and so we
got Sweeney 2 which just ended up proving what the
first film did - Regan and Carter work best on TV. This plotless
mess meanders around for 90 minutes with no great intention.
Regan and Carter get to travel abroad, which might have been
nice for the actors, but taken out of Hammersmith the duo
look slightly silly. Bad suits in the sun doesn't make for
great entertainment.
So
do you buy this disc? Yes, because The Sweeney, even
at its worst, still has it moments, even if here they're few
and far between. Roll on the box sets of the TV series.
Anthony
Clark
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