Sweeney! (1977)
The first of two films made in between series three and four of the tv series The Sweeney.
If you think the series is rough, tough and politically incorrect then you ain't seen the movies.
Regan (John Thaw) is even more hard bitten than usual, (Just ask Diane Keen's escort girl) as he is framed on a drink driving charge and suspended from the police force as he and Dennis Waterman's Carter find themselves in a deadly political conspiracy.
Michael Coles, who you might recall from Hammer's seventies, London set Dracula films, is excellent as a sadistic thug hot on the duo's trail and we witness some very bloody shoot outs in the streets, offices blown up, prostitutes murdered...Basically just another day in the life of the Sweeney!
The Network dvd print is stunning to look at, the only way the blu-ray could improve things is if it reached out from the screen, grabbed you by the balls and growled "Tinkerbell, You're nicked!"
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