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S.W.A.T. (Full Screen Special Edition) (2003)
Good Condition
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, French
Dubbed: French
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Columbia Pictures
DVD Release Date: December 30, 2003
Run Time: 117 minutes
S.W.A.T. crams onto a single DVD two commentary tracks, deleted scenes, featurettes, and excellent technical specs, including an exciting sound mix. The first commentary track is a combination of informative but subdued remarks by director Clark Johnson spliced with a track by Samuel L. Jackson and five other actors (but not Colin Farrell) together. The comments by the actors are infrequent, raucous, and forgettable. There's also a commentary track by four of the writers, who discuss how they were writing S.W.A.T. when the North Hollywood shootout (on which the opening scene is based) took place, and what writers think about actors who improvise. The making-of featurette gives plenty of exposure and credit to the real-life S.W.A.T. officers who helped with the film, and a featurette on the original TV series is interesting, even though it's basically an advertisement for the DVD set. --David Horiuchi