6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Sweeney 2 (1978)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.6
Overview
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Overview
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film champions a pragmatic, results-oriented approach to law enforcement, emphasizing the need for strong, decisive police action to combat crime, which aligns with right-leaning values of order and individual accountability.
The film features primarily traditional casting without intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, consistent with its genre and era, and does not incorporate explicit DEI themes as central to its plot.
Secondary
Sweeney 2 does not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's plot is entirely centered on the Flying Squad's pursuit of criminals, with no related portrayals.
The film is a crime drama centered on male police officers and criminals. While female characters are present in supporting roles, none are depicted engaging in or winning direct physical combat against male opponents.
Sweeney 2 is a direct sequel to The Sweeney TV series and the first film, continuing the stories of established characters like Jack Regan and George Carter, who maintain their original male genders. No established characters from the prior canon were portrayed with a different gender.
Sweeney 2 is a direct sequel to The Sweeney TV series and the first film, featuring the original actors (John Thaw and Dennis Waterman) reprising their established roles as Jack Regan and George Carter, respectively. No established characters were recast with actors of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.5
Critic Ratings
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