The Retaliators

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The Retaliators

2022

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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In THE RETALIATORS, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules. Michael Lombardi (Rescue Me), Marc Menchaca (Ozark), and Joseph Gatt (Game of Thrones) star. Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, Cory Marks, Escape The Fate, All Good Things, and more appear on screen and on THE RETALIATORS Original Soundtrack, releasing with the movie in September via Better Noise Music.

Critics Consensus

It may not offer much they haven't seen before, but strong-stomached exploitation enthusiasts will savor The Retaliators.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

10/26/2022

2.5/4

Gory and ridiculous, this genre hopper manages, sort of, to succeed as both a revenge thriller and a sicko horror movie.

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Mark Keizer

AV Club

09/13/2022

C-

An ungainly horror mashup that works in pieces, most notably during its climatic free-for-all, but not as a whole.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

09/13/2022

2/5

This is a resolutely sexist film, where all women are basically either passive victims or strippers in a club where Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe spins the discs and slaps them on the bottom for fun.

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

The Geek Show (UK)

07/09/2024

With a lack of any real solid main character energy or perspective, it becomes muddled as to which player the audiences are meant to follow and align themselves with.

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Peter Gray

The AU Review

11/25/2023

3/5

A bloody revenge flick that doesn’t quite land on even footing, but proves for fine genre escapism for those that have the stomach and appreciation.

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DarkSkyLady

DarkSkyLady Reviews

11/22/2022

The Retaliators is another holiday action horror film to rest beside Die Hard and Krampus in your collection.

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Sam F

10/06/2022

An amazing movie! A gory crowd-pleasing thrill ride! Exploitation with a heart! Total throwback feel to 70’s and 80’s grimy thrillers snd horror! Evil Dead meets Tarantino

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Christi

10/06/2022

It was much better than I thought it was going to be. The music was spectacular, acting and directing was good. It had some of my favorite musicians in it

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Catherine

10/06/2022

absolutely fantastic

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G M

10/06/2022

Awesome! Everything You Want In A Horror Flick!

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David

09/28/2022

I hate movies whose main goal is just to be as mindlessly depraved as possible.

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Tif

09/19/2022

It was great, definitely a fun movie and I loved the cameos from my favorite bands. Only thing is that they had this entire pointless subplot with the gangs to include them and it was a bit obvious.

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In THE RETALIATORS, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules. Michael Lombardi (Rescue Me), Marc Menchaca (Ozark), and Joseph Gatt (Game of Thrones) star. Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, Cory Marks, Escape The Fate, All Good Things, and more appear on screen and on THE RETALIATORS Original Soundtrack, releasing with the movie in September via Better Noise Music.

Director: Bridget Smith, Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
Producer: Allen Kovac, Michael Lombardi, Mike Walsh
Screenwriter: Darren Geare, Jeff Allen Geare, Jeff Allen Geare
Distributor: CineLife Entertainment
Production Co: Better Noise Films
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2022
Runtime: 1h 37m