The Sweeper

C. Thomas Howell shrugs through his role as a too-rough cop enlisted by an organization of vigilante officers in The Sweeper. Letting his goatee do most of his acting for him, he shows up for a series of explosions-and-flying-bodies set pieces that are refreshingly old-fashioned given Hollywood’s current love affair with computer F/X. Hey, stunt pilots still have to feed their kids, right? Besides, these scenes give the movie what little charge it can whip up. C