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THE SWEENEY (Past Film)
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Completed - ENGLISH - Thriller, Action/Adventure - 108 minutes

Log Line

‘The Sweeney’ is London's elite crime fighting unit who always get their man - by fair means or foul. But when the unit is framed for corruption and closed down, the cops without badges are burning for revenge.

Previous markets

  • AFM 2011 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2012 (Line up)
  • AFM 2012 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Nick LOVE
Writer(s) : Nick LOVE, John HODGE
Cast : Ray WINSTONE, Ben DREW, Hayley ATWELL, Damian LEWIS, Steven MACKINTOSH, Paul ANDERSON

Producer(s) : Allan NIBLO (Vertigo Films), James RICHARDSON (Vertigo Films), Rupert PRESTON (Vertigo Films), Felix VOSSEN (Embargo Films), Christopher SIMON (Embargo Films)

Synopsis

Regan (Winstone) is London’s toughest cop and head of ‘The Sweeney’, an elite crime fighting unit who always get their man. When Regan’s nemesis – a master criminal named Allen (Paul Anderson) – turns central London into a battle ground and his unit are framed for corruption, Regan and his young partner Carter (Drew) find themselves removed from duty and thrown to the mercy of the underworld. The Sweeney are now cops without badges, and burning for revenge.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

Start of shooting : October 2011

CANADA ENTERTAINMENT O
GERMANY SQUAREONE ENTER
HUNGARY ADS SERVICE LTD
KOREA (Sou Apr 17, 2014 ATNINE FILM CO.
KUWAIT KUWAIT NATIONAL
UNITED ARA FRONT ROW FILME
UNITED KIN UNIVERSAL PICTU
UNITED KIN CHANNEL FOUR TE
USA ENTERTAINMENT O


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