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Renegades

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France, Belgium, Germany · 2017
Rated PG-13 · 1h 45m
Director Steven Quale
Starring J.K. Simmons, Sullivan Stapleton, Charlie Bewley, Sylvia Hoeks
Genre Action, Thriller

When a team of Navy SEALS discover a haul of stolen Nazi gold at the bottom of a Bosnian lake, they see a chance to help out the impoverished locals whose lives have been ripped apart by war. Detected by ruthless enemies, they must race against time to rescue the treasure.

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Empire by

If Danny Ocean and Barney Ross from The Expendables had a baby, it might look something like this — but should they?

30

The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

Part of the thrill of heist movies is in watching a caper take shape before its execution. But the director, Steven Quale, rushes through the planning stages; there’s no obstacle that can’t be overcome with a quick line of exposition.

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Variety by Dennis Harvey

While not particularly inspired, memorable or suspenseful, the action here is impressively scaled, from a tank plunging off a bridge to helicopter stunts and all that diving activity. It may have been a bad investment, but technically first-rate American Renegades does put its considerable budgetary resources right up there onscreen.

40

Total Film by James Mottram

Largely gung-ho nonsense, but it’s always a pleasure to see J.K. Simmons in ball-busting mode, barking words like “simpletons!” at his men.

20

Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray

Quale and his crew clearly want this to be a good old-fashioned two-fisted caper, but the pacing is leaden and the plot lacks imagination. Worst of all, nobody really bothered to give the picture an angle. It’s all straight, flat and dull.

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The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

There is a spectacular scene in which someone drives a tank off a bridge, and JK Simmons gives the film some ballast as the guys’ scowling commanding officer, but the rest of the time this resembles a TV movie of egregious averageness.

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