The Renegades
5.4
1982
1 hr 35 min
Drama
, Action
, Crime
, TV Movie
In this drama, undercover investigators are recruited from the streets to prevent arms smugglers from getting their weapons to street gangs.
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- Cast：
- Philip Casnoff , Patrick Swayze , Randy Brooks , Paul Mones , Peter Kwong , Kurtwood Smith , James Luisi
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Crappy film
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It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
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Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
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Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
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