October Horror Movie Challenge - The Retaliators (2022)

  

 Plot

After his daughter is brutally murdered a widower pastor becomes embroiled in the local criminal underground. Soon he will learn just how far he will go for revenge. 

Review

I've been looking forward to this movie since I first saw the video for Eva Under Fire (featuring Spencer Charnas) - Blow. The premise was interesting and I love that the cast is full of rockers I love. There are a few I don't care for among the cast, but I can handle that.  Among those that appear are From Ashes To New, Jacoby Shaddix (of Papa Roach), Spencer Charnas (of Ice Nine Kills), Tommy Lee (of Motley Crue), Craig Mabbitt (of Escape the Fate), and the guys in Five Finger Death Punch. The soundtrack is pretty badass too, featuring above bands, The Hu, and a few others.

Michael Lombardi is fantastic at the lead, Pastor John Bishop. He's also handsome, which definitely helps with the whole experience. At the beginning of the movie there are comments about how he loves 80's/90's action movies but can't just act like those characters. That definitely changes by the end of the flick.  Marc Menchaca is great as the world weary detective, Jed Sawyer.  You can tell early on there is a darkness in him. Finally the various rockers and Joseph Gatt, who play the bikers and criminals in the film are sleazy to the max and it works.

I'm not going to act like this is the greatest movie I've ever seen, but I was definitely entertained and I felt it was worth the wait. It's a dirty, grimy, revenge flick that definitely has some grindhouse inspiration.

In Your Game

These horrible people have been mentally and physically beaten and broken. They are little more than animalistic cannibal savages.

Degenerates

Armor Class: 12

Hit Dice/Points: 3
Move: 15
Actions: 1
Attack: By Weapon

Special: Toughness +1, can spend a round eating human flesh to heal 1d4 HP

Bonuses: +2 to Melee attacks, +2 to Melee damage

Alignment: Evil

Morale: 12

Terror: 12 
HDE: 2

New Movies: 20

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Challenge Total: 38