Kevin likes to shoot people

Saw S.W.A.T. last night. Fairly good, dependable if somewhat formulaic. Farrell and L Jackson play the roles without any real struggle, but manage to give solid performances all the same. There are explosions and witty dialogue aplenty to please most action film fans.

The problem with this film is that it feels as though someone's trying to establish a franchise. The first half of the film is given up pretty much entirely to the formation of the team, which, if it were to be considered properly as a single entity, is too much. A lot of the screen time -- which could be given to more going up against the bad guys -- is wasted on introducing us to the main characters, and how they get into the team, when all we want to see them do is shoot people.

Like I say, it's not a bad film, it's not a particularly good one. I have a feeling that it's going fall into the 'faceless cop movie' section of my memory; I'll be able to remember certain scenes, but I'll be damned if I'll be able to remember what film they came from.

Later . . .