''Renegades'' is a 2022 British

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directed by Daniel Zirilli, starring

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and Billy Murray.

Plot

When a retired

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soldier is murdered by an international drug gang in London, four of his veteran SAS comrades set out to avenge him, dispensing their own brand of justice on the streets of London.

Cast

as Rifleman Carl Burton *

as Major Carver *

as Major Frederick Peck *

as Anthony Goram *

as CIA Agent Donovan *

as Sanchez *

as Judy Carver * Billy Murray as Major George "Woody" Woodward * Paul Barber as Sergeant Robert Harris *

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as Hartigan * Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott as Detective Moore *

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as Apollo Jackson *

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as Palmer * Andy Gatenby as Andre * Paul Kennedy as Collins * Lara Pictet as Sofia * James Chalke as Savo * Jon Xue Zhang as Blaze * Nick Khan as Skiver * Tom Tidiman as Genas * Danny Bear as Yakveni * John Craggs as Billy

Production

The film was shot in London with filming wrapping in October 2021. The film-makers described '' Harry Brown'' and ''

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'' as influences on the film.

Release

The film was released for streaming in the United Kingdom on 1 October 2022.

Reception

The film has received mixed reviews. Leslie Felperin, reviewing the film for ''

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'', gave it two out of five stars. Felperin stated that the fim 'belatedly cashes in on the 2010s trend for “geri-action” films' and resembled American fisticuff- and gunfire-packed thrillers such as the ''

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'' and '' Expendables'' franchises, which were also built around former big-name actors supplementing their pension schemes. Felperin criticised the dialogue within the film which, in their view, sounded 'as if it was written by one of those newfangled AI chatbots, or maybe an actual human being who aspires to write as well as an AI chatbot but is not there yet'. In contrast, a reviewer for ''IndieWrap'' stated that the film was 'marked by high stakes, gory shootouts and spectacular explosions' and was 'a highly engaging and spectacularly entertaining action film that succeeds in more ways than one'. Similarly, Chris Ward described the film as 'a very enjoyable movie' and stated that it was a 'mash-up of '' Expendables'', '' Death Wish'' and every Cockney geezer crime movie you have ever seen'. In his review of the film, which he gave a B−, Jim McLellan stated that British entries in the geezer action genre range from the serious '' Harry Brown'' to the silly ''

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''. In McLellan's view, ''Renegades'' sits somewhere between those two. McLellan commented that the influence of

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on the film was 'palpable', but it lacked 'the same amount of charm' as Ritchie's films. However, McLellan stated that

was 'an honourable exception' in this respect and demonstrated 'exactly why he was a leading contender in the eighties to succeed

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in wearing the

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tuxedo'. Rob Williams described the film as 'a fun adventure with a lot of famous faces and reasonably shot action'.

References

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