“The best British action movie in years”

-- XFM.com

“Utterly brilliant”

-- Heyuguys.com

“Explosive action”

-- The Daily Mirror (UK)

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ACT LIKE A CRIMINAL TO

CATCH A CRIMINAL …

FOLLOWING ITS MARCH U.S. THEATRICAL RELEASE, LONDON’S ELITE CRIME-FIGHTING FORCE BRINGS OLD SCHOOL, BARE-KNUCKLE TACTICS TO BLU-RAY/DVD IN THIS STYLISH ACTION THRILLER STARRING RAY WINSTONE AND GOLDEN GLOBE® WINNER DAMIAN LEWIS (“HOMELAND”)

THE SWEENEY

Street Date: April 2, 2013

SRP: $19.98 (DVD)/$24.98(BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO)

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Tearing up the streets of London, THE SWEENEY is a stylish and exhilarating action thriller proving sometimes you have to act like a criminal to catch a criminal.  Directed by Nick Love and based on the popular 1970s U.K. television show of the same name, the U.K. box office smash (opening theatrically in the U.S. this March) is based on the Sweeney Flying Squad, London's elite crime-fighting force – a branch of the Metropolitan Police specializing in tackling armed robbery and violent crime.  Led by legendary Detective Jack Regan (Winstone) and his loyal partner, the group is not afraid to use old school, bare-knuckle tactics to bring down the modern underworld. Now, with a master criminal on the loose and a major bank heist in progress, Regan will do whatever it takes to get the job done, even if that means defying the orders of his boss (Lewis) and taking the law into his own hands.

CAST

·         Ray Winstone (The Departed, Hugo)

·         Damian Lewis (“Homeland”, Dreamcatcher)

·         Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger, Cassandra's Dream)           

·         Musician Ben Drew (“Ill Manners”, “X Factor”)

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Type: DVD/Bluray/DVD Combo

Catalog #:  (DVD) EOE-DV-7343/(Combo) EOE-DV-7425

Running Time: 112 mins.

Rating: R

Genre:  Action/Adventure

Aspect Ratio: (BD) 1080p High Definition 1.78:1/(DVD )16 x 9 (2.35:1)

Audio: (BD) DTS 5.1 Surround/(DVD) 5.1 Dolby Digital

Language: English w/ SDH Subtitles

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