Firearms expert Patrick McNamara postulated that Samuel L. JacksonThe $207 million crime film has so many mistakes and mistakes that it gave it 1 star. Jackson's best films include many strong action sequences starring the actor, such as his role as Jules Winnfield in pulp Fiction. The actor also has many other high-octane films like Hitman's bodyguard, The Hateful Eightand Kingsman: The Secret Service. Although he doesn't always get the highest levels of action in all of his films, he has still been in many exciting films throughout his career.
However, while not everything he's known for is action, some of the films in Jackson's long-running franchise fall into this category. This includes smaller series like Stem films, to his highly successful role as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His multifaceted work in the genre has shown him as everything from the main hero to a mentor with his own storyline. However, a 2003 film showed him in an exciting leading rolebut which was not entirely faithful to the reality of the matter.
SWAT receives 1 star for expert firearms accuracy
The film's training sequence isn't very realistic
According to McNamara, one of Jackson's least realistic action films is SCAMa film adaptation of the 1975 crime drama of the same name. The film sees the lead actor playing Sergeant Dan “Hondo” Harrelsonwho leads his team to take drug kingpin Alex Montel (Olivier Martinez) to prison, while the criminals try to free him for a $100 million reward. Although the film was a box office success, grossing $207.7 million against a budget of $70 million, it holds a 48% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating mixed reviews.
Now, talking to Insider for your series How real is this?McNamara analyzed SCAMTraining scene from , which shows Officer Jim Street (Colin Farrell) leading his team during exercises. At 8:28 am, the real firearms expert criticized an unnecessary roll made by one of the police officers, saying that it doesn't make sense for them to do something like that if they want mobility in a real scenario. He also pointed out the lack of realism in the shooting range scene.from weapons malfunctions being ignored to an officer"winning"training. Check out what McNamara had to say, along with the full video, below:
One of the SWAT officers, during his movement from Point A to Point B, does a small roll. Nonsense. The objective when moving from one point to another is to get there! It's difficult to shoot a moving target, you need to eliminate predictability and mobility equals survivability. Don't play a role.
You can see this is called a failed ejection. So the round extracts, the brass extracts, but they didn't eject. He keeps squeezing the trigger. Trained gun owners will not do this. The sound and feel of this malfunction is very, very unique. So, if you keep trying to fire a gun without being able to eject, you will squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, forever. Nothing will happen. Always. It's not a catastrophic malfunction, but it's very, very easy to fix!
Then there was something else that really drove me crazy about the scene. First of all, the bullet holes looked ridiculous, big tears in the paper and everything. They looked nothing like bullet holes in the paper. And then you wouldn't have an RO [Ranger Officer] stick your finger in the hole and announce, "This guy is the winner! This guy didn't meet the standards!" Whatever, like that. It's very unrealistic. They would be there checking the targets themselves.
I would rate this clip a 1 [out of 10]. Action movies, you have to suspend reality. When an action film has, say, a police or military focus, I think you need to be more careful with realism. This one was full of buffoonery.
What SWAT's lack of realism in its training scenario says about the film
Its unrealistic nature likely extends to the rest of the film
Although SCAM focuses on a real law enforcement group, McNamara's expert opinion on his training scenario indicates that the same lack of realism may extend to the entire film. The film's mixed reviews include some saying that the action scenes were believable, but it appears that some of the more important establishing sequences didn't pass the test. The film still remains one of the Jacksonanyway, given its lukewarm reception and status as a remake of a TV show.
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