# The Renegade (2018)

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**Original title**: *Black '47*
**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Lance Daly
**Written by**: P.J. Dillon, Lance Daly, Pierce Ryan
**Starring**: Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea, Freddie Fox, Barry Keoghan, Moe Dunford

> *In Ireland’s darkest hour vengeance shines a light*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Famine-era Ireland meets John Wick as a disillusioned Irish Ranger returns home to find his family slaughtered and his homeland starving, turning his military skills on the corrupt forces profiting from the disaster. A brutal revenge descent through a rotting countryside. The sharp-eyed lead carries the period pulp with grim efficiency.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, raw

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