Powerful

Overrated

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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

When a team of Navy SEALS learn that there are millions of dollars worth of gold which was stolen by the Nazis from the French and has been submerged in a lake for 50 years, they decide to help a woman who tells them of this secret in a bid to help her use the value of the gold to rescue her war torn country...It became clear to me at a very early stage that Renegades was not a film to be taken seriously and I suspect many of those that have rated it negatively have not realised this and have not been able to accept this film for what it is; it's basically a goofy heist film which merely uses war as a backdrop to frame the story. Right from the off this film is fun; lots of inane, but often amusing exchanges between the SEALS, endless rounds being fired (with the good guys always hitting and the bad guys always missing). Sure a lot of what you see here is nonsense, but for the most part it is entertaining nonsense.In many ways, it's a good job that I did find many aspects of the film to be enjoyable because the film does have its fair share of weaknesses. Although there is a sub-plot involving our SEALS being pursued by a group of angry Serbians it always feels rather inconsequential to the main 'heist' plot and this aspect of the story lacks any real tension - in fact truth be told I could have done without it all together for all the purpose that it served.The acting lets the film down ever so slightly as well; Sullivan Stapleton is basically playing the same character he played in Strike Back (but again this could be seen as being fun if viewed in the right context). None of the other SEALS really make much of an impression and it's basically left to the ever reliable J.K Simmons to show everyone else how it's done (which he does with ease and once again gives a 'show stealing' performance).I can understand some of the criticism levied on this film; it isn't as intense or exciting as a lot of war films and heist films - although I did like the way this film tried to combine the two genres. The acting for the most part isn't great (with the odd exception to the rule). However, I did get the impression that the film has a certain self-awareness about it and that the filmmakers kind of know it isn't great, but made it fun in a trashy disposable kind of way. Yes it's flawed, but I kind of liked it anyway.

Great story, but the execution is just bad. You know what's going to happen, it's predictable. Give this a pass.

Completely predictable, Navy seal team are the strongest, no one can stop them. They avoided every bullet, which is impossible in reality but only possible in American cinematography ;)