The Sweeney - review

Ray Winstone is well cast, but that's about the only thing this remake gets rightNick Love is a talented British director whose feature-length version of the ITV small-screen classic has its strong points. Ray Winstone is good casting as Regan, the old-school copper who isn't fussed about playing by the rules etc. Winstone gives it some welly, often using the technical term "slag" or rather "slaaaaaaaaag," while Love creates a terrifically ambitious shootout in Trafalgar Square with a lot of chu...

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