The Renegades movie is an upcoming French-German action thriller war adventure film. It is from the same team that brought the movies Taken and The Equalizer to screen audiences. It is due to drop September 1st, 2017.
On September 30, 2014, it was announced that EuropaCorp set Steven Quale to direct Navy SEALs’ action thriller. The movie was written by Luc Besson and Richard Wenk. The film stars Sullivan Stapleton, J. K. Simmons and Charlie Bewley.
The movie was originally titled, The Lake. Filming began on April 30, 2015. The film received funds of €5 million, from the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), as well as €275.000 form the Bavarian Film Fund (FFF Bayern).
It is rated PG-13 (for violence, brief sexuality and language). The current cut of the trailer is not impressive however the movie may be quite popular with an action fanbase.
Here is the plot:
RENEGADES is about a team of Navy SEALs on assignment in war-torn Europe who discover a treasure of gold at the bottom of a lake — rumored to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In an effort to help the locals, they go rogue and engineer a heist to retrieve the gold and return it to its rightful owners. But in a deadly turn of events, they are detected by the enemy and left with only 10 hours to carry out their mission.
