# The Sweeney (2012)

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**Runtime**: 112 min
**Genres**: Action, Crime
**Directed by**: Nick Love
**Written by**: John Hodge, Nick Love
**Starring**: Ray Winstone, Plan B, Hayley Atwell, Damian Lewis, Alan Ford, Steven Mackintosh

> *Act like a criminal to catch a criminal.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You pull an all-nighter as Jack Regan then storm out at dawn to hunt down a crook from your old files. Carter slides into the passenger seat just as you spot the bloodied safe from last night’s smash-and-grab. A uniformed superior calls seconds later with a direct order to lay off.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, raw

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