S.W.A.T.: Firefight

S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011) is an American action thriller you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Benny Boom and starring Gabriel Macht as Lt. Paul Cutler. It runs a tight 89 minutes and picks up the S.W.A.T. franchise in a new city with a new threat.

Cutler is shipped from Los Angeles to Detroit to whip the local S.W.A.T. unit into shape. The assignment is supposed to be routine. It isn't. A protected ex-government operative named Walter Hatch — played with cold focus by Kristanna Loken — decides Cutler and everyone around him needs to die. Robert Patrick plays the new captain Cutler clashes with, and Jancarlo Esposito rounds out a cast that makes the most of a lean budget.

The film is franchise product, squarely in the action mold — no ambiguity, just tactics, pressure and a climax that earns its runtime. For viewers after a solid direct-to-video thriller from 2011, it delivers the job. Stream S.W.A.T.: Firefight online on iFILM.