What I'll always remember about Renegades, is Kiefer bleeding profusely for about twenty minutes. Renegades is a solid underrated actioner, with some surprises and predictability. Kiefer and Indian blooded Lou, who's always impressed me as an actor, make a top notch partnership. A good actioner yarn movie with dirt bags, and good guys, determined to see justice served. The movie has heart, and was a fresh action movie when released, where, like many others, time has painfully, evidently withered it. Kiefer and Phillips, with cool character names, give bold, unflinching performances, that do not disappoint. Gertz as the girl of the head bad boy, almost ceases to exist in this, for me, where at no point did I really care for her welfare or performance. The story serves an interesting premise, involving an Indian artifact (a lance) so cheaply stolen from Diamond's murdered Indian relative, in the aftermath of a bungled bank robbery, by the baddies (the two bid kind) where Kiefer was working undercover, and basically you can fill in the rest. Renegades rises above the routine or norm of action film. It just has something more. Kiefer's character is intriguing, joining those few other cop leads, you wanna know more about, I will say, where Diamonds, is too, and I liked his character's background, and the little history before and after. This and the characters is what really gives this film standing. As I said, earlier, the film has heart, and some great action.
Review of Renegades
