Renegades (1989)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Jack Sholder

Writer (WGA):

David Rich (written by)

Release Date:

2 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

They trusted no one. Until they had to trust each other.

Plot:

Buster McHenry works as an undercover agent for the local police. Currently he investigates on police corruption and is in big trouble...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Police Corruption | Robbery | Corruption | Undercover

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Buster McHenry
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Hank Storm
Jami Gertz	...	Barbara
Robert Knepper	...	Marino (as Rob Knepper)
Bill Smitrovich	...	Finch
Clark Johnson	...	JJ
Peter MacNeill	...	Denny Ransom
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman	...	Red Crow
Joseph Griffin	...	Matt (as Joe Griffin)
John Di Benedetto	...	Corso
Kyra Harper	...	Nema
Joseph Hieu	...	Gang Leader
Dee McCafferty	...	Cop Outside Bar
Heidi von Palleske	...	Hooker In Bar
Tom Butler	...	Detective Geddles

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 (original rating) (cut) | UK:18 (video rating) (1990) | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (f)

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The movie is said to take place in Philadelphia but must have been filmed at least in part in Canada as you can distinctly see a "Loblaw's Market" in the background of one scene. Loblaw's is a Canadian chain.

Soundtrack:

Only the strong survive

Gertz, Kiefer and Lou Shine

I will always like this movie for 3 reasons- 1. That Jami Gertz was in it--2. That fellow Canadian Kiefer Sutherland was in it and 3. It was shot here in Toronto,Ontario downtown and I watched alot of the location shooting. I remember watching alot of the filming downtown and they had alot of the streets blocked off that made for traffic nightmares donwtown Toronto. But getting to meet Jami Gertz was the exciting part. She was very friendly to the people who would be standing around watching the filming. At this time I had only known who she was from Lost Boys and the TV Show Square Pegs.

Anyhow Kiefer is great in this as a cop who is on a corruption in the police force task force but seems to never have the best luck. Lou Diamond Phillips plays a native indian and he is not too bad in it. But Jami Gertz I say steals this movie for sure. Lots of pretty good action and shoot ups. I don't see what people never liked about it. I guess nowadays it is just waaay too hard to have a viewer actually not go into watching a movie with a closed mind nowadays unless someone like Tom Cruise or Brad pitt is in it. I didn't really see any boring parts in it and Sutherland,Phillips and Gertz all together have some charisma on screen. Surprising with Phillips who is usually hot and cold in his flicks.