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OK, that's definitely not ASSAULT ON PRECINCT, nor NID DE GUEPES ( WASP NEST), even LES INSOUMIS, starring Richard Berry but on the same scale of GRIDLOCKED or BLACK SITE DELTA, schemes where police stations are under assault, a topic very often seen since John Carpenter's masterpiece, back in 1976. So, yes, it was a pretty good time for me, despite the bad acting and lousy directing. The army of mercenaries is laughable, they all look like football supporters rushing out of the stadium after the match to fight against the other team hooligans. Laughable, but I repeat, the basic scheme is not bad and Michael Jay White pretty good. By the way, I did not get if YES OR NOT, he died in the end. And what about the geek helping the baddies out with his computer...was he wasted or not? I guess so. Thanks Netflix for providing such films. There were so many looking like this one, i don't remember all of them, sorry. One last thing, I appreciated the way the couple of heavies - man and female - are presented, aboard the private jet, talking in a very intellectual way about the origins of the American Civil War, between North and South states taxes...Interesting for this kind of grade B films.

Eh yes, what a time it has come when films like this from low-budget B productions are becoming more interesting then new high-quality expensive modern films and series polluted by the woke trend. Although this is an already seen topic and there are a number of films very similar, this one still has its own dose of authenticity (a very small dose but it does). Acting is not the best, let's just say the atmosphere is not relaxed at least it seems so to me like that. Visually and sound it's not exactly the best, the shooting scenes are also pretty bad. The fight scenes and martial arts that run through the film aren't really bad, they're not superb either, but they're at a decent level. You know what, as such and despite all of the above it's again better than all the new expensive crap poisoned by the woke trend.

Meeting every single cliché from lingerie wearing fighting evil women, over stupidly ridiculous tries to depict 'hackers' - BTW, imitating Microsoft Windows isn't a step in the right direction up to the 'love story' happy end (despite the fact that a dozen of his closest friends just died).

I actually have no words; that's how bad of a movie this is.

What do you get when you assemble an amateur director and writers? S.W.A.T.: Under Siege

Sure this is a C-list, low production independent film, but it could have been much better, at least in a few areas. It seemed this was more of a failed low budget TV show production.

The story: done thousands of times - this being one of the worst The directing: amateur hour (and a half - run time). I have seen worse, but this film needed strong directing to get over all the other humps, and it wasn't there. The score: terrible. So bad in fact I noticed it every single time, and it did nothing to the scene but annoy me. Was it me, or did they try to get some of the original SWAT TV show jingle in there? The acting: atrocious - every single actor. Partial blame to the director, screenplay and casting director (see below). The editing: was there any? Where there was (fight scenes), it was too soon or too late. And for the first time, I will review two categories I've never reviewed before... casting & action choreography.

Casting: There was not even one actor that fit their character, especially the SWAT team. Since when are there that many women on any one SWAT team? Adrianne Palicki was the worst in her role, the most unconvincing, especially as the sexy (why?) Captain (fail). And Michael Jai White did not belong in this film, I could not stand that fake overly-deep voice he was trying to pull off.

Action Choreography (fight and gun-fight scenes ): the worst I have ever seen. Add to the fact the amateur directing and really bad editing, all the fight scenes were way too long and very fake and unconvincing. Michael Jai White is getting too old and out of shape for these type of films... he's no Jackie Chan, that's for sure. The girl cat-fight was the worst.

I expected more and got much less. Thank God it was only 1:29 min long. Don't waste your time with this unless you're really bored. Rating this film on its merits of a C-grade indie film, it's still only a 3/10.

An absolutely abysmal movie, I have nothing good to say at all about it -it has diabolical acting, script and action sequences - the lead man gets knocked out 3 times I think, the whole thing is laughable and if I was one of the "actors" in this film (and I use the term loosely) I would be ashamed to put it on my CV. Avoid like the plague.

Worst movie I've ever seen. The story, the acting, the shoting, omg, can't belive someone got paid for making this. Don't watch it. Move on, find another one.

Reasonable action, one or two twists, satisfactory encore. A good movie when one wants to relax and enjoy

Even though this cheap exercise was shot in Canada pretending to be somewhere Stateside, the clichés are in abundance ! The villian is British (as usual), the SWAT squad are liberally multi-ethnic (no Native American here though !), they never have a meal or coffee or go for a poop, they stand discussing strategies with th wanted dude for ages (cheaper than action !) .... I could go on but I am fed up with all of it !! So you make your choice ...

The movie lack of numerous characters, may be a low budget movie but it goes straight to the point. The movie has 1 topic and stays on track on that topic. Maybe that's why some people doesn't liked it much. There's no love story and there aren't numerous extras around. Like I said: it stays in one story line. I liked it because it doesn't have all those special effects from movies nowadays were you can tell that's fake or that's computerized. Yes, the fights are kind of slow but is because nothing is over reacted, everything looks like it should, if it was a real situation which I think it was a good change. It could of have better scenes but I think is worth watching. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

I actually enjoyed this movie - very happy with the quality and the premise - reasonably okay with the direction and dialogue. Granted it could have been even better - anything can be improved - but it was still an enjoyable film which managed to get us to care about some of the characters. Cinematography was good, fights scenes were good and happy enough to give it a 7/10. Sam Jaeger was great in the lead role and Adrianne Palicki is always a delight to watch - and even Michael Jai White did a surprisingly good job. Worth watching!

The correct title is: S,W.A.T. - Ostromállapot The hun title featured here is for the movie SWAT-Firefight

"S.W.A.T.: Under Siege" should delete its writer's credit and replace it with a line crediting everybody who has written an action film in the past. The plot draws heavily from "Assault on Precinct 13" and "Safe House," with a lot of familiar tropes seen in dozens of genre films. What few mild surprises the plot offers generally happen off-screen, although it is not easy to predict which characters will die, who will kill whom and the order of their demises. The biggest surprise seems borrowed from "Showdown in Little Tokyo" and is surprising only because the film hadn't yet developed the characters – although, to their credit, it is a great improvement on the SILT scene. The bad guys who are really good and the good guys who are really bad could have simply worn T- shirts identifying themselves. The dialogue alternates between pretentious, execrable, familiar and unnecessary. Production values are generally adequate, although marred by over-reliance on distracting jiggly-cam shots.

However, the fight scenes are capably executed. Michael Jai White is highly proficient and other cast members demonstrate considerable skill as well, including Marsden, Zagorsky, Jaeger and Palicki. The fight choreography is competent, although uninspired. The special effects incorporated into the numerous gun battles are handled well.

Advocates of diversity in films should be encouraged by the ethnically diverse cast. However, skeptics will note that most of the Asian, Hispanic and black performers are in background roles and underutilized. The director seems to have attempted to give a couple of them more screen time with prolonged noble demises, but the shots seem more distracting than empowering. White delivers his dialogue with a heavy accent and another character is given an urban 'tude, but as in many films with large casts, the diversity seems more a result of casting decisions than screen writing choices.

89 min. of my life that I won't get back. A poor script, fight scenes like slowmotion, I wish there was something good to say, because I like Michael Jai White, but there isn't.

It's one of those films that ends up on t.v and you start watching and before the first commercial break you realise you've made a huge mistake with the remote. A cliche to say that you "carried on watching hoping it would get better" ... and it doesn't! Absolute pathetic drivel.

Not bad .It's just similar to bollywood movie khaki 2004 movie

There may be other people that disliked it but I for one enjoyed it.. Actors from other shows and movies I have seen.. I like watching actors I have seen in other roles..

The one thing that does annoy me though is that it a Canadian movie filmed in Vancouver BC and as usual it is being used a a U.S. City... Can't the Americans use the real American city for the movie shoot? The plate on the Swat Van says Washington... SO USE WASHINGTON unless your willing to say you are in CANADA..

CANADA is NOT the U.S. and is NOT a U.S. State, therefore stop renaming Canadian cities to suit your movies!!!

Should be a much better film with some of the actors they have, but this feels like they showed up to an abandon location and wrote and directed this movie in one day. It's not even a train wreck that you can't look away from, it is just plain horrible.

This movie is exactly what a B-movie should be:Fast and fun.The plot is easy to follow,there no twist or turning point surprise me,non of the characters annoying or make stupid decisions.The kill count is high and see Michael Jai White kick plenty of ass is as awesome as ever cause this is one of his better movie in while some time.There not much flaws i can pinpoint out of this movie beside the extremely dumb bad guys and how not a single person in this movie have cell phone.Overall it a fun time and i definitely need check out other S.W.A.T movie

Just finished watching the movie and the only thing keeping me away from shutting it off was Michael J White and Adrianne Palicki. The rest of the acting was plain horrible, the actors never even attempted to act as if they were members of the SWAT team, they basically looked like office workers who were suddenly forced into SWAT gear. This alone made it hard to keep watching. All in all, it's one of those movies you'll watch if you're in the mood for some action, watching MJW kick some ass and got nothing else to do. I'd hardly think you'd choose to watch this a 2nd time.

I never got bored from the beginning to the end... good action, decent story and good acting. All the actors did their job, someone better than someone else, but still... some problems with the martial arts, but nobody is perfect... Michael J White was the best, but it's not a surprise. I love reading the reviews of many people unable to enjoy anything, full of anger, pissed of, full of poison, poor guys, you have a real bad life! BTW... you are the only to pay the consequences of your bad mood and attitude... don't think to affect anybody else than yourself... if you don't know that, it means you should learn something about awareness. For those who like action movies and are not expecting always Oscar movies, and are able to appreciate the small things, give a try then. I can't say that you won't be disappointed, but at least you decided whether or not this movie has been worthy of your time. Reading the opinion of other people and after that, deciding of not watching the movie, it doesn't make any sense... it's like to say: "I don't like the avocado" without trying that.

The worst movie of its kind I've ever seen. the most amateur swat team in cinema