- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Warner
- DVD Release Date: 25 Aug 2003
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00009P9M9
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35,209 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
- #10 in Film & TV > Television > TV Series > The Sweeney
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Sweeney!
- Audio: Mono
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Running time: 93 mins approx.
- Colour
- Language: English
- Region Code: 2
Sweeney 2
- Audio: Mono
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Running time: 104 mins approx.
- Colour
- Language: English
- Region Code: 2
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Sweeney!
John Thaw is Regan, a heavy-drinking womanizer, tough as old boots and bitterly resentful of the interference from his know-nothing superiors. Regan’s partner is Carter (Dennis Waterman), younger, slicker but no less hard than his boss. Together they make up the meanest, toughest and best-known team to ever hit the small screen. Now sit back and enjoy their first big screen outing. Shut it!
John Thaw is Regan, a heavy-drinking womanizer, tough as old boots and bitterly resentful of the interference from his know-nothing superiors. Regan’s partner is Carter (Dennis Waterman), younger, slicker but no less hard than his boss. Together they make up the meanest, toughest and best-known team to ever hit the small screen. Now sit back and enjoy their first big screen outing. Shut it!
Sweeney 2
Sweeney 2 gets off to an exciting start and the suspense of how Regan and Carter are going to nail the crooks is kept up to the very end. But the compulsive appeal of the movie for repeated viewing lies in the crisp, salty dialogue written by Troy Kennedy Martin (creator of the TV series Z Cars) and the sardonic humour that Thaw and Waterman bring to the partnership of Regan and Carter. Nothing can shake their loyalty to each other or tempt them into accepting bribes for bending the law.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
It is always very difficult to migrate the small screen success to the big screen, but here this cult '70s cop drama really gets the treatment that it deserves. The first offering is laden with many actors now household names, and shows a young Lynda Bellingham as a high class call girl (difficult to imagine after 'All creatures great and small!) with Barry Foster (Van der Valk) as her pimp and ruthless press agent for a Government minister. The action is fast and opens up the characters of Regan and Carter Well. Colin Welland also makes an appearance, as he did in the second series.
It is in the follow up Sweeney 2 however that it all comes right with the dream team of Kennedy Martin, Clegg and Childs giving the characters all they should have. In addition The music score by Tony Hatch adds a lot to the suspense. The language is more in keeping with gritty coppers on a serious crime investigation, plus there is gratutious nudity so popular in the period.
The Action is always interesting and realistic, and putting the two films back to back is the best way to see the developments and realisation of the scripts and characters. Highly recommended, paricularly if you have the video versions already as these editions are far superior. The 5 star rating given is in the context of Sweeney productions rather than as a world cinema ranking. Its' appeal is more to fans than the general public
It is in the follow up Sweeney 2 however that it all comes right with the dream team of Kennedy Martin, Clegg and Childs giving the characters all they should have. In addition The music score by Tony Hatch adds a lot to the suspense. The language is more in keeping with gritty coppers on a serious crime investigation, plus there is gratutious nudity so popular in the period.
The Action is always interesting and realistic, and putting the two films back to back is the best way to see the developments and realisation of the scripts and characters. Highly recommended, paricularly if you have the video versions already as these editions are far superior. The 5 star rating given is in the context of Sweeney productions rather than as a world cinema ranking. Its' appeal is more to fans than the general public
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a good look at seventies criminality and the perceived methods of fighting it on a shoestring budget.
perhaps wishful thinking when it comes to dealing with the felons. my advice is like it says on the packet,SIT DOWN SHUT IT AND WATCH IT OK!
perhaps wishful thinking when it comes to dealing with the felons. my advice is like it says on the packet,SIT DOWN SHUT IT AND WATCH IT OK!
This is the first time I have used Amazon to purchase goods. Having a
natural resistance to distance purchasing, sight unseen, I was prepared for
all sorts of outcomes. However the experience has been tremendous. I ordered
the item around 13 November. I received email acknowledgement and this was
followed by an available tracking process if I chose to use it. The product
arrived on Monday 29 November. It is exactly as advertised, a double DVD of
Sweeney and Sweeny 2, original and sealed. It was well wrapped and travelled
well.
My first buying experience through you has been very successful and I hope
to buy more products through Amazon.co.uk
Once again, many thanks
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natural resistance to distance purchasing, sight unseen, I was prepared for
all sorts of outcomes. However the experience has been tremendous. I ordered
the item around 13 November. I received email acknowledgement and this was
followed by an available tracking process if I chose to use it. The product
arrived on Monday 29 November. It is exactly as advertised, a double DVD of
Sweeney and Sweeny 2, original and sealed. It was well wrapped and travelled
well.
My first buying experience through you has been very successful and I hope
to buy more products through Amazon.co.uk
Once again, many thanks
Richard
Most Recent Customer Reviews
SWEENEY 1&2 MOVIES...
HAVING JUST RECENTLY RE-WATCHED THE SWEENEY MOVIES, I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW WELL THEY HAVE HELD UP-THE LATE JOHN THAW-JACK REGAN, WITH HIS SIDEKICK DENNIS WATERMAN-GEORGE... Read more
Published 22 months ago by sam lowry
Seven quid! Watch it NOW.
Just open the drawer on your DVD player, drop in the Sweeney DVD - and then SHUT IT!
Published on 18 Aug 2004 by DAVE MANN
Rounds out the collection, but otherwise not much cop
In the several-decades-long tradition of popular British TV series going to feature films, hit 1970s police show The Sweeney span off into the two quick-&-dirty theatrical releases... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2004
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