Remember S.W.A.T. No, of course you don’t. It wasn’t the best movie in the world, and it was entirely and utterly forgettable if the lukewarm reviews plastered all over the internet have anything to say about it. However, it did feature a cast of Colin Farrell, Samuel L Jackson, Jeremy Renner and Michelle Rodriguez, and it netted Sony a cool $200 million, so it wasn’t all bad. Apparently “wasn’t all bad” just screams sequel material for Sony, and thus the idea for S.W.A.T.: Fire-Fight was born.

The screenplay for Fire-Fight was written by Reed Steiner, a man who you may remember for his work on Nash Bridges, The District, The Shield, Invasion, and NCIS. Granted, this is all TV stuff, but its cop drama nonetheless. He will be teaming up with Benny Boom, the director for Next Day Air. So yeah, the movie appears as if it will have credentials, but, unfortunately credentials don’t sell a blockbuster if the basic premise is flawed.

Why do we say this? Well let’s take a look at the plot. The movie takes place in Detroit where “LAPD Lieutenant Paul Cutler finds himself the target of a homicidal genius who is protected by government officials.” Fans of the original are probably saying “wait a minute, there was no character’s named Paul Cutler in the original S.W.A.T. It’s not a big deal when directors change , and we didn’t particularly expect original director Clark Johnson to return for a S.W.A.T. sequel, now that he has moved on to things such as The Wire, however, thus far it appears as if none of the original cast is returning. So that means no Colin Farrell, no Oscar Nominee Jeremy Renner, no mothafuckin Samuel L. Jackson.

What does this all mean? Mmmm, we hate to break it to you, but (whisper) straight to dvd? The cast has moved on to bigger and better things, and the plot doesn’t seem to revolve around the original characters anyway. Honestly, we can’t fathom why Sony would rather dredge this up for a feeble sequel attempt, rather than let it die and rest in peace as the cult classic it was always known for. They can’t seriously be hoping to make a big profit with this … can they?

Production on Fire-Fight will begin in April 2010. Be on the lookout for the full version of S.W.A.T. Fire-Fight, playing in a grocery store bargain bin near you.

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