[go: up one dir, main page]

    Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    EmmysSuperheroes GuideSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideBest Of 2025 So FarDisability Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
  • FAQ
IMDbPro

The Retaliators

  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
2.6K
YOUR RATING
Michael Lombardi in The Retaliators (2021)
Watch The Retaliators Official Trailer
Play trailer1:40
1 Video
39 Photos
Supernatural HorrorHorrorThriller

An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder.An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder.An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder.

  • Directors
    • Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
    • Bridget Smith
  • Writers
    • Darren Geare
    • Jeff Allen Geare
  • Stars
    • Michael Lombardi
    • Marc Menchaca
    • Joseph Gatt
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    2.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
      • Bridget Smith
    • Writers
      • Darren Geare
      • Jeff Allen Geare
    • Stars
      • Michael Lombardi
      • Marc Menchaca
      • Joseph Gatt
    • 71User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 10 nominations total

    Videos1

    The Retaliators Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:40
    The Retaliators Official Trailer

    Photos38

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    + 34
    View Poster

    Top cast47

    Edit
    Michael Lombardi
    Michael Lombardi
    • Bishop
    Marc Menchaca
    Marc Menchaca
    • Jed
    Joseph Gatt
    Joseph Gatt
    • Ram Kady
    Jacoby Shaddix
    Jacoby Shaddix
    • Quinn Brady
    Katie Kelly
    • Sarah
    Abbey Hafer
    • Rebecca Bishop
    Ivan L. Moody
    Ivan L. Moody
    • Vic
    Zoltan Bathory
    Zoltan Bathory
    • Fang
    Chris Kael
    • Decker
    Andy James
    • Tuck
    Jason Hook
    Jason Hook
    • Cruz
    Amanda Lyberg
    • Erica
    Rachel Hilbert
    Rachel Hilbert
    • Sofie
    Robert Knepper
    Robert Knepper
    • Otto
    Robert John Burke
    Robert John Burke
    • Captain Briggs
    Corrie Graham
    Corrie Graham
    • April
    Cree Kelly
    • Aunt Jody
    Kristopher Kling
    Kristopher Kling
    • Arlo
    • (as Kris Kling)
    • Directors
      • Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
      • Bridget Smith
    • Writers
      • Darren Geare
      • Jeff Allen Geare
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews71

    5.32.5K
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    6shadygrafix-28555

    Fully watchable

    This is an enjoyable movie, just don't expect it to be the next Saw. This is more of a soundtrack movie than a horror movie. That's probably why a lot of the lower level characters are played by members of the band by the same name who also wrote the theme song. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot that are big misses in the movie, but if you're bored and just want a good revenge movie to watch this will fill that pretty easily. It's not on the level of I Spit on your Grave, American Merry, or any of the other great revenge horror, but its watchable.

    The acting is sub par, but that's on point for the genre.
    6markustiercher

    Throwback horror

    The Retaliators is dumb but fun entertainment - something that has strangely become a rarity in horror.

    Nowadays where every movie is a slow burn "elevated" metaphor for trauma and abuse - so it's refreshing to see a film that just wants to entertain in a blood soaked way.
    5CinemaSerf

    Nope, nope, nope....

    Michael Lombardi is the aptly named "Bishop" - he's a rural pastor - who traditionally shuns confrontation and generally encourages others to do the same. Until, that is, his daughter has a run in with a gangland hoodlum who has a car stashed with cocaine, loot - and a man who is not in great shape. She attempts to flee but while being chased chooses to ring her dad, rather than 911 (or maybe drive off in the general direction of the police station!?). Anyway, the remainder of this terribly lacklustre revenge thriller follows dad's attempts to avenge his daughter. For a previously gentle man, he adapts to the brutality of his new environment with an ease that made me think that if Sigourney Weaver had had him in the "Alien" films, those acid bleeding critters wouldn't have lasted twenty minutes. That's really the problem here. The scenario is just daft. Right from the get go when we have an altercation over a Christmas tree through to the very end, it's all just predictable and implausible tosh. The acting is college project standard, as is the writing and the direction. Indeed, quite how this got a cinema release at all is a far more worthy and ponderous question than anything raised by the script. Nope, I really wouldn't bother.
    6aronharde

    Trust not in the sword, but in the grace of our lord

    The movie starts off with Bishop and his two daughters trying to buy a Christmas tree when all of a sudden some guy claims their tree as his. He acts like a douche and pushes Bishop away and after they get home the older daughter Sarah asks him why he didn't act. Bishop uses this scenario to talk about in his preaching the next day and says that revenge is not the answer.

    Later that evening his daughter Sarah gets murdered by a guy for finding out that there is someone in his trunk. During his mourning he encounters a detective whose wife was also killed years before. He tells Bishop that he found the guy who killed his daughter and he wants to give him the chance to take vengeance. At that point a brutal and twisted story begins and Bishop has to go through a lot of character development to be able to survive.

    The movie definitely has its shock value in the brutality and does not shy away to show it. And even though there is some weird pacing and editing at times the movie is able to entertain for its run time. The movies strengths are in the sheer brutality and action that come in the third act and also in the character development from Bishop. It's no masterpiece but I think that it did a decent job with how the story turned out. [5,8/10]
    4gradyenglish-247-978870

    Almost a good movie

    I felt like there was also an innovative movie here. The antihero was very interesting and should have been the focus of the movie. Instead it just became a run of the mill revenge flick and focused on the wrong character.

    It's well acted and has good production value but, in the end, the redeeming qualities surrounded the cameos and the soundtrack. The rotating one-night only releases is also a marketing gimmick. I fell for both of them...

    I feel like the names (i.e. Jacoby Shaddix, Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee) was more of a marketing gimmick than of any real value.

    Best leave this for when it becomes available on a streaming service.

    More like this

    Outpost
    4.6
    Outpost
    Suitable Flesh
    5.3
    Suitable Flesh
    Candy Land
    5.3
    Candy Land
    She Came from the Woods
    4.6
    She Came from the Woods
    The Communion Girl
    5.2
    The Communion Girl
    La crypte
    5.9
    La crypte
    Night of the Hunted
    5.3
    Night of the Hunted
    Le Mangeur d'âmes
    5.8
    Le Mangeur d'âmes
    Bloody Axe Wound
    5.0
    Bloody Axe Wound
    Schächten
    5.7
    Schächten
    They Call Her Death
    5.4
    They Call Her Death
    Rose
    5.7
    Rose

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      The members of Five Finger Death Punch demanded to eat Filet Mignon for lunch every day or they would not work.
    • Goofs
      In New Jersey, it is illegal for drivers to pump their own gas, therefore Sarah would have never gotten out of the car to begin with.
    • Connections
      Featured in Projector: The Retaliators (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      The Ending
      Performed by Papa Roach

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    FAQ

    • How long is The Retaliators?
      Powered by Alexa

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • September 15, 2022 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • news article
      • Official Website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 더 리탈리에이터스
    • Filming locations
      • The Palace of Depression, Vineland, New Jersey, USA
    • Production company
      • Better Noise Films
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Budget
      • $7,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,980
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Michael Lombardi in The Retaliators (2021)
    Top Gap
    What is the Japanese language plot outline for The Retaliators (2021)?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.