Switch your brain off... if strike back was a movie then this would be pretty much how it looked..! I've definitely seen worse, but to hell with it... few beers on board and it's easy watching, just don't expect great things from it other than a cheese fest
96 Reviews
Fake Gold
rbrb9 December 2017
A group of navy seals/commandos decide to help retrieve a cargo of Nazi gold said to be hidden under water. The acting is unconvincing and fake. A few half decent action sequences plus some scenic views cannot save this dud of a picture. This movie lacks sufficient excitement, does not engage the viewer and has no charismatic characters:
4/10.
4/10.
Not as bad as some are saying.
mcfrsn6 January 2018
A boring mess of an action flick
febhanli22 September 2017
There is precisely one action scene in the movie which happens in the first 15 minutes after that it's boring exposition, Lazy Acting, and a few scenes that should qualify as action scenes but they're so dull and boring since you don't care about the characters and barely anything exciting happens anyways.
Jk Simmons performance is the only redeeming quality that nonetheless still does not save this shitty movie.
Don't watch it unless you want to get bored.
Jk Simmons performance is the only redeeming quality that nonetheless still does not save this shitty movie.
Don't watch it unless you want to get bored.
this film is an insult to intelligence..
plavielf12 January 2018
Good old fashioned Action Adventure story
benjamintheauthor10 January 2018
Its clear this isn't your AAA big money Tom Cruise Action movie but that hardly detracts from the overall enjoyment from the movie in fact the day of the Hollywood A Lister headlining movies seems to be coming to an end.
The movie itself is well directed and the cast are all good with a couple of stand out performances from screen veterans.
Watching the film I was reminded very much of the action adventure novels I used to read as a kid and into my late teens. It had that vibe all throughout the film and it was just an enjoyable movie to watch from start to finish. There was some funny moments in it and there was some romance and sprinkled throughout was action,danger and bravado.
If you are expecting an out and out action movie then you may well be dissapointed as while there is action, explosions and fighting in the movie they certainly do not dominate it.
I think the pacing may be little off in parts and a tighter budget restricts the amount of 'danger' they can add to the scenes but all in all its a very enjoyable movie with a feel good factor throughout.
The movie itself is well directed and the cast are all good with a couple of stand out performances from screen veterans.
Watching the film I was reminded very much of the action adventure novels I used to read as a kid and into my late teens. It had that vibe all throughout the film and it was just an enjoyable movie to watch from start to finish. There was some funny moments in it and there was some romance and sprinkled throughout was action,danger and bravado.
If you are expecting an out and out action movie then you may well be dissapointed as while there is action, explosions and fighting in the movie they certainly do not dominate it.
I think the pacing may be little off in parts and a tighter budget restricts the amount of 'danger' they can add to the scenes but all in all its a very enjoyable movie with a feel good factor throughout.
More like $300 Rusty Metals, One Lousy Mission
iamianiman1 September 2017
The premise started off mediocre, somehow reminding you of The Expendables series. The audience would probably think of it as a rip-off to the movie as it has that similar environment with its freakin' huge tank smashing through walls and smearing dirt over the roads while the S.A.S (Rival) trying to put a stop to it and arrest them for their own sake. The scene here did not fortify anything for the sake of the plot except on showing the team they were reckless enough on a very confidential mission.
As part of that, most of the actions scenes, well probably all of them that were shown in the official trailer were seen only in that first 20 minutes of the film. The second and third act did not maintain its action-heroic sequences that we thought it's going to take place on that before the screening started.
The dialogues were kind cheesy, saying words and the quite bland witty one-liners that merely gave us a smile or a sudden chuckle.
The cinematography was corny. For one, the color effect did not live up to its standard expectation as for us who are living in a world surrounding with techs. The coloring style was dull that added the clichéd-ness of the entire film.
Sullivan Stapleton did a good job with his acting but not as great as he was previously in the five seasons of Strike Back. J.K. Simmons also put some hope for the film to lighten its mood but the rest of the casts seem to be against the notion.
As the film went on until the final climax scene, we were expecting probably an action scene to wrap the movie nicely but surprisingly, none of the mentioned scene was provided unless if you call a dozen of grenades being anchored into the deep water and a 20-second featuring soldiers firing guns an action scene then.. hell yeah.
Not a great movie to be made in 2017. It should have been done 10 years earlier as audience would appreciate this popcorn flick film. 30/100
As part of that, most of the actions scenes, well probably all of them that were shown in the official trailer were seen only in that first 20 minutes of the film. The second and third act did not maintain its action-heroic sequences that we thought it's going to take place on that before the screening started.
The dialogues were kind cheesy, saying words and the quite bland witty one-liners that merely gave us a smile or a sudden chuckle.
The cinematography was corny. For one, the color effect did not live up to its standard expectation as for us who are living in a world surrounding with techs. The coloring style was dull that added the clichéd-ness of the entire film.
Sullivan Stapleton did a good job with his acting but not as great as he was previously in the five seasons of Strike Back. J.K. Simmons also put some hope for the film to lighten its mood but the rest of the casts seem to be against the notion.
As the film went on until the final climax scene, we were expecting probably an action scene to wrap the movie nicely but surprisingly, none of the mentioned scene was provided unless if you call a dozen of grenades being anchored into the deep water and a 20-second featuring soldiers firing guns an action scene then.. hell yeah.
Not a great movie to be made in 2017. It should have been done 10 years earlier as audience would appreciate this popcorn flick film. 30/100
Surprise: action adventure written by Luc Besson which is not camp or trashy!
kaptenvideo-898757 September 2017
A team of Navy SEALs discover an underwater treasure in a Bosnian lake. And then they will go for it. The actors are all unknown, except J.K. Simmons as their boss and Ewen Bremner, atypically not really there to provide the comic relief. The latter is the responsibility of Simmons, and as in every role, ever, he's great at it, with his sarcasm and dry wits and all. Amazingly, at the moment of writing this in the early morning of September the 6th, there is no single critic review of Renegades" on Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, and the IMDb user score 5.6 out of 10 doesn't seem to promising either. Even the image selection published thus far is shitty. Let me be the bearer of good news, then: Renegades" is not some bullcrap deserving to be forgotten right after premiere. It is a very OK action adventure which I happened to enjoy from the beginning to the end. The action is fine, the story is fine and the cast of nobodies is cool also. Simmons, of course, steals the show but it would be difficult for anybody to wrestle with this cinematic magnetic force of a bald old man. "Renegades" is smart enough to not take itself too seriously so the story and the characters won't get boring. But it takes seriously the punching and shooting part, evoking the nostalgic atmosphere of old war (or maybe 1980's action) movies where the good guys always hit the mark and look good doing so. Luc Besson, one of the writers and producers, has been known for his eurotrash" approach to action movies where the realism is out of the window and dirty fun factor is up to eleven. Well, surprisingly, this one's not trashy but rather a solid little actioneer that you could bring home to show to your parents, or something. The characters and their relationships are surprisingly subtle too, not a single sex bomb Eastern European chick on sight! The men are not complicated, mostly used as a means to move the story along, but they feel real enough to root for them. Oh, and the settings look beautifully pictoresque, especially the lake hiding the treasure. And it should, considering that it was shot in Croatia and Malta, among others. If one is to try to find the faults with the movie, the underwater part could have been shorter, maybe. It's not the most gripping section because of the impaired visibility and freedom of movement (due to it being underwater) which slows the usual high-octane action down. Interestingly, Steven Quale has co-directed the underwater documentary Aliens of the Deep" (2005) alongside the great James Cameron. His other works are more mundane, including 2014's Into the Storm" and, er, Final Destination 5". Renegades" is well done in every major aspect, a polished and solid action movie totally worthy of your time. Well, my time at least. A hefty slice of competence porn of manly men doing the hard work no on else can and not counting bullets doing so cuz doing the right thing justifies the means!
May Cause Heartburn
nebk16 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Renegades is a badly written and mostly poorly acted action film about a special-ops team trying to retrieve hidden nazi gold from a war torn Bosnia on 1995. Apparently the nazis hid the gold in 1944 in a small town and the town was completely submerged in a man made lake. Fast forward fifty years and a special-ops team there on an unrelated mission finds out about the gold and decides to take it. Sounds interesting? Well it isn't.
Overall who ever wrote this drivel couldn't do any research about the actual war in Bosnia. The first mission is ridiculous as the team is there to kidnap a Serb general responsible for war crimes...which in reality, no one at the time knew anything about. The mission is covert and yet involves driving a stolen tank through the streets and over a bridge and under water for a bit. The fact that the wanted general has a compound surrounded by a whole army is also irrelevant since they decided to leave a whole side unguarded. The flags used in the beginning also didn't even exist until 2006. Oh, and lets not forget the protagonists having drinks in a bar in Bosnia even though the west never actually had ground troops there during the war. This would be as if there was a war movie made about British Commandoes who were chasing Nazi war criminals who used the flags of West Germany in Austria in 1938 before the war started.
Overall this was clearly written by someone who watched The Expendables, The A-Team, some war movies and mashed everything together creating a movie so disjointed and badly made it may cause heartburn to the viewers.
Overall who ever wrote this drivel couldn't do any research about the actual war in Bosnia. The first mission is ridiculous as the team is there to kidnap a Serb general responsible for war crimes...which in reality, no one at the time knew anything about. The mission is covert and yet involves driving a stolen tank through the streets and over a bridge and under water for a bit. The fact that the wanted general has a compound surrounded by a whole army is also irrelevant since they decided to leave a whole side unguarded. The flags used in the beginning also didn't even exist until 2006. Oh, and lets not forget the protagonists having drinks in a bar in Bosnia even though the west never actually had ground troops there during the war. This would be as if there was a war movie made about British Commandoes who were chasing Nazi war criminals who used the flags of West Germany in Austria in 1938 before the war started.
Overall this was clearly written by someone who watched The Expendables, The A-Team, some war movies and mashed everything together creating a movie so disjointed and badly made it may cause heartburn to the viewers.
Good Action/Suspense movie, Needs a Technical Advisor Though
docm-3230410 December 2020
Both my wife and I enjoyed the movie. Yes, there are many glaring technical inaccuracies in it, but at least we didn't see the usual 9mm pistols firing 40 shots with 1 clip and able to take on multiple people with carbines. Good story and they really built up the suspense. It's a reasonable watch.
Awful, save your time for something better, like watching paint dry.
chirox15 January 2018
Terrible acting, terrible writing, terrible action scenes. Even JK Simmons couldn't save this turkey and he's one of my favorite actors. Stapleton is not good in this or anything else I've seen him in, his acting is wooden and not believeable.The actual storyline has some merit but the way it was bought to screen let it down entirely.
Save yourself some time and don't watch this, it is truly awful and I feel cheated to have wasted my time on it.
Way better than all these haters say
cpjack-55-5759218 December 2018
Entertaining, funny and exiting
oesterby13 April 2019
Almost not worth the effort leaving a review!
simon-332-9654257 January 2018
This is a seriously bad movie, every single line and sub-plot has been seen in countless other films. You cannot believe or connect with any of the characters. And the scene where these Yank misfits take on the SAS and win is just beyond belief. Don't waste your time.
Stay away...far away
saamitrov2 March 2018
It is absolutely shocking that this movie came out in today's market,real american-style heroes: kill evebody for money, steal whatever they want, and say "it's for country". scum-movie. If you are just looking for an entertaining film, this is a major disappointment, to say the least.Don't waste your time or your money on this movie.This has to be one of the worst movies of the year!!!
If I could give this a minus score I would
darren7136 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The opening 10-15 minutes was mediocre at best with some "expendibles" type over the top action but from there on... highly boring and very frustrating.. I got to 58 minutes then I had to turn it off
The actors: terrible fake low budget acting from actors I've never seen or heard of, their one lines was cheesy and all in all not funny at all
The storyline: it goes from kidnapping some general to looking for buried treasure? Confusing much? Not convincing storyline with holes all over it
The taking the Micky out of the British (SAS) with the stereotype terribly put on British accents and their inability to "get the job done"? Hilarious.. but the best bit.. 2 drunk navy seals takes on 4 British SAS and puts all brits on their a**es? This was the best way to prevent any Brit to watch this rediculous film to the very end..
All in all... crap!
The actors: terrible fake low budget acting from actors I've never seen or heard of, their one lines was cheesy and all in all not funny at all
The storyline: it goes from kidnapping some general to looking for buried treasure? Confusing much? Not convincing storyline with holes all over it
The taking the Micky out of the British (SAS) with the stereotype terribly put on British accents and their inability to "get the job done"? Hilarious.. but the best bit.. 2 drunk navy seals takes on 4 British SAS and puts all brits on their a**es? This was the best way to prevent any Brit to watch this rediculous film to the very end..
All in all... crap!
Passes muster but won't blow you away!
omendata12 January 2018
I thought this was going to be another poor, sad old, low budget effort but I was happily proved wrong.
Not a bad little action film; loved the tank in the water escape scene and some really refreshing and unexpected set pieces.
Sylvia Hoeks a former model and also in the decidedly below average Bladerunner 2049 but she is actually quite good in both movies and not your usual Cara Delevigne cannot act bit of fluff on a stick or member of the acting eyebrows squad for once! It should lose a star for having the awful Scots actor Ewen Bremner doing his usual crap American accent and hammy, cringeworthy performance. J.K. Simmons was on top form as usual, added that funny element to the proceedings. Loved the ending too - nice touch!
Solid 6/10 dont listen to the negative reviews from the 1/10 brigade who clearly have no idea what a reasonable star rating is; just as bad as all the 10/10 Imdb shills.
1/10 means its the worst movie you have ever seen - These reviewers have obviously never seen the "BAD BATCH" with Keanu Reeves - this movie cost $66,000,000 - REALLY THOUGH? Where did it go - Into the Stars pockets obviously!
If you like your war movies and a bit of action this one is for you. If you are a lefty liberal mangina offended by war films and men being manly then go watch DETROIT, BUSHWICK or some other leftist crapula and leave the real men to do their thang!
Not a bad little action film; loved the tank in the water escape scene and some really refreshing and unexpected set pieces.
Sylvia Hoeks a former model and also in the decidedly below average Bladerunner 2049 but she is actually quite good in both movies and not your usual Cara Delevigne cannot act bit of fluff on a stick or member of the acting eyebrows squad for once! It should lose a star for having the awful Scots actor Ewen Bremner doing his usual crap American accent and hammy, cringeworthy performance. J.K. Simmons was on top form as usual, added that funny element to the proceedings. Loved the ending too - nice touch!
Solid 6/10 dont listen to the negative reviews from the 1/10 brigade who clearly have no idea what a reasonable star rating is; just as bad as all the 10/10 Imdb shills.
1/10 means its the worst movie you have ever seen - These reviewers have obviously never seen the "BAD BATCH" with Keanu Reeves - this movie cost $66,000,000 - REALLY THOUGH? Where did it go - Into the Stars pockets obviously!
If you like your war movies and a bit of action this one is for you. If you are a lefty liberal mangina offended by war films and men being manly then go watch DETROIT, BUSHWICK or some other leftist crapula and leave the real men to do their thang!
So many goofs and not enough time!!!
howarddaniel-9338720 January 2018
This movie started off well then deteriorated quite quickly. Apart from the goofs mentioned in the goofs section, two Navy Seals kicking the arses of about 4 SAS men? Really!! If you can turn off your brain and watch with your mouth open then its ok.
Amazing movie,i just watched it in cinema yesterday
kristjan14-951-43934818 November 2017
What to begin! First i talk acting-it was very good. Story is fresh to me,and i love the underwater village. When movie goes year 1995 and the escape part was rolling,i was thinking of one other movie expendables and it reminds of that.Becose of lot of special effects and destroyed machines and buildings. Ending when bad guy gets killed was little bit bad(to fast).But i liked when he got shout they show is eyes. All movie is worth all my money what i spend,and i really hope the DVD come out Estonia to. :)
Watchable, if you've never served and can switch your brain off!
carlevs-231071 September 2022
The plot and characters have promise, with a killer location for the movie, but they are so far wide of the mark in so many aspects it's almost disappointing. The plot twists are formulaic and obvious, the dialogue cheesy and typically over the top American bravado.
If they had a military technical advisor, he should be put in front of a firing squad and shot. Many aspects of the film are woefully inaccurate and even downright stupid. 2 NATO elite SF Units going head to head is absolutely laughable, never mind the Yanks walking through unscathed as if they were facing wet behind the ears recruits!
Pilots just head off on a jolly into enemy airspace getting involved in air to air combat with no air support, flight auth or follow up.
The helo carrying the cargo at the end couldn't even get remotely close to lifting that sort of weight. I could go on but you get the drift. Not everything has to be 100% realism, but it has to be at least close/believeable
Sullivan Stapleton plays Sullivan Stapleton again in this movie. I actually like him as an action hero, but he is basically playing Damien Scott/Kurt Weller in this.
Despite all that, it does try to harp back to the 80's and 90's type of action movies, there are some lovely locations and some good action sequences, although not nearly enough for an action movie if am honest. It starts with a bang and ends with a whimper!
Simmons provides some comedic relief, but again he plays the same character we all expect him to be with nothing outdide of what's expected of him.
It's not the worst film you'll ever see and is a bit of mindless fun if you need some time off with your brain in neural, but I doubt you would ever revisit it.
If they had a military technical advisor, he should be put in front of a firing squad and shot. Many aspects of the film are woefully inaccurate and even downright stupid. 2 NATO elite SF Units going head to head is absolutely laughable, never mind the Yanks walking through unscathed as if they were facing wet behind the ears recruits!
Pilots just head off on a jolly into enemy airspace getting involved in air to air combat with no air support, flight auth or follow up.
The helo carrying the cargo at the end couldn't even get remotely close to lifting that sort of weight. I could go on but you get the drift. Not everything has to be 100% realism, but it has to be at least close/believeable
Sullivan Stapleton plays Sullivan Stapleton again in this movie. I actually like him as an action hero, but he is basically playing Damien Scott/Kurt Weller in this.
Despite all that, it does try to harp back to the 80's and 90's type of action movies, there are some lovely locations and some good action sequences, although not nearly enough for an action movie if am honest. It starts with a bang and ends with a whimper!
Simmons provides some comedic relief, but again he plays the same character we all expect him to be with nothing outdide of what's expected of him.
It's not the worst film you'll ever see and is a bit of mindless fun if you need some time off with your brain in neural, but I doubt you would ever revisit it.
Its not Iron Man, but still better than Pierce Brosnan James Bond
caveman-3011330 January 2018
If you like action/war movies then this is for you. Acting is pretty stiff especially J.K. Simmons - worst speech ever... Reminded me Lassard from Police Academy hehe. I like Sullivan from Strike Back so can live with the rest. 6/10
Yawn.
anenglishmanabroard15 December 2017
Suspend your disdain for a tiny portion, and you've got a winning action / war / heist movie
Trafe9 January 2018
Okay, so some of the combat scenes are really poorly shot. Then some of the cinematography is actually breathtaking. Just as suddenly we're in the middle of a Ocean's Eleven, to James Bond, and back to Strike Back.
All around, a really great movie.
All around, a really great movie.
Underrated
gianmarcoronconi13 July 2023
This is not really a review, it should be taken more as a collection of impressions of the film.
Fairly underrated film that deserves at least the sufficiency, perhaps even slightly more because apart from the very banal beginning of an action film with the army, it then manages to evolve even into a good action film without too many pretensions and with a plot cute and particular that manages to entertain the viewer, and it is precisely for this reason that it is not the usual soldier film that I particularly appreciate because it would have been easier to make a classic little film instead this one goes slightly further, for heaven's sake not too far , still remains a film with soldiers but I at least appreciated the effort.
Fairly underrated film that deserves at least the sufficiency, perhaps even slightly more because apart from the very banal beginning of an action film with the army, it then manages to evolve even into a good action film without too many pretensions and with a plot cute and particular that manages to entertain the viewer, and it is precisely for this reason that it is not the usual soldier film that I particularly appreciate because it would have been easier to make a classic little film instead this one goes slightly further, for heaven's sake not too far , still remains a film with soldiers but I at least appreciated the effort.
So much potential
ccollins19827 March 2018
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