Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller. The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narrationvoice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters. Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppieviolence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge. However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.
Jim Street(Colin Farrell 饰)是洛杉矶S.W.A.T(反恐特警组)的一员，在和搭档Brian Gamble（Jeremy Renner 饰）执行一次人质解救任务时，由于Brian的失误，人质向政府要求赔偿，Brian一怒之下离开警队，Jim也被 调到别的部门，二人之间的友谊就此结束了。 6个月之后，Jim靠自己不懈努力终于回到S.W.A.T。此时的S.W.A.T由Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson（Samuel L. Jackson 饰）担任指挥官，有五名队员，并打破了没有女人的规则，出现了S.W.A.T.的第一名女队员——一位单亲妈妈 Chris Sanchez(Michelle Rodriguez饰)。 在Harrelson的指导下，五名队员接受几个星期的严酷训练之后，Jim和队友开始执行首次任务：看管声明狼籍的大毒枭.Alex Montel (Olivier Martinez 饰)——一个经营贩毒，军火走私，洗黑钱等罪恶勾当的罪犯。 Alex Montel被洛杉矶警察逮捕后，仍然打算在引渡之前逃脱法网，他通过媒体许诺：任何能把他解救出来的人将可以得到1亿美元的巨额赏金。为了得到这笔钱，亡命徒们展开了行动，其中包括Jim的老搭档Brian Gamble，S.W.A.T的队员们面临最艰巨的挑战，而关键时刻，队员的变节和上级领导的不信任，几乎将他们逼入绝境。
