Renegades (2022 film)

When a retired Green beret 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==

• Nick Moran as Rifleman Carl Burton • Lee Majors as Major Carver • Ian Ogilvy as Major Frederick Peck • Louis Mandylor as Anthony Goram • Michael Paré as CIA Agent Donovan • Danny Trejo as Sanchez • Patsy Kensit as Judy Carver • Billy Murray as Major George "Woody" Woodward • Paul Barber as Sergeant Robert Harris • Stephanie Beacham as Hartigan • Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott as Detective Moore • Tom Lister Jr. as Apollo Jackson • Michael Brandon 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 The Wild Geese 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 The Guardian, 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 Red and Expendables franchises, which were also built around former big-name actors supplementing their pension schemes. 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 Cockneys vs Zombies. In McLellan's view, Renegades sits somewhere between those two. ==References==