a5c7b9f00b Follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant who is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles. I was a huge fan of the original in the 1970's - I agree with all the other reviews about the technical errors. They really need a technical adviser with more experience.<br/><br/>CBS should have come up with a better vehicle for Shemar Moore - I loved him in Criminal Minds.<br/><br/>Since they have used most of the original character names, as an homage to the original series, it would be great if the remaining living cast members, Mark Shera, Rod Perry and James Coleman could have cameos or recurring roles if the are available and willing and the show survives.<br/><br/>The background music was a nice remake of the original theme as well as the full blown orchestration at the end. If you like action and adventure, but don't care about realism, then this might be the show for you. In the first half hour of the show they show so many policy violations that the entire team would be on restricted duty. Uniform officers with beards, pulling the SWAT vehicle right into the middle of the shooting scene, no backup and closing off of the area, firing the team leader without any investigation or trial board, and the last I knew LAPD does not accept lateral transfers, so Officer Street would have to go through the Academy, break in, be off probation, then apply for SWAT and pass all the testing, and that doesn't cover all the violations! I wish the show well, but I don't expect it to became a docudrama of truth.
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