The Redeemables

Bring on the end of the world - it makes for great movies. We all love a story set in post humanity dystopia - so we made a list of our favourites and tried to stop with five each. But before that we had to honour our Reign Of Fire classic episode with a fiery quiz that test's Duff & Kenny's knowledge of movies with dragons in them.

“Envy the country that has heroes, huh? I say pity the country that needs 'em”… This week is the long awaited re-do of Reign Of Fire after a technical difficulty destroyed the original recording many years ago... We discuss impressive male torsos, sci-fi vs fantasy, the importance of good visual effects, greatest death scene of all time and the electricity of Matthew McConaughey!

Inspired by the battle in the extra terrestrial jungle in Predators we decided to pay homage to one of our favourite settings for film with our Top Five Jungle Movies. Before that though we challenge our guest Drew to a round of The Blockbuster Game, will his brain glitch less than ours? Probably...but who will win?

This week we revisit the Predator universe and watch 2010'sPredators. We're joined in the studio by special guest, Drew Shaw, as we discuss where this one ranks in the Predator franchise. We also talk big guns, predator homages, Adrien Brody as an action hero, whether Royce is a good name for anaction hero, Walton Goggins before White Lotus and whether this movie would be better if Michael Chiklis was in it. Please join us…

We were so touched by the brotherly love between autistic killer account Ben Affleck and his deadly but damaged brethren John Bernthal that we just had to pay homage to the best brother's bonds in movies.But before that Duff & BJ take on special guest Lachy in a rapid fire quiz that revolves around movie titles that are an occupation.

With The Accountant 2 coming out this week, we thought we'd watch and break down The Accountant! Lachie from the Quiet On Set channel joins us at the desk to discuss Indonesian Fight Schools, 50 cal sniper rifles, Jon Bernthal maybe being the greatest actor of our time, a celebration of neurodivergence, good dads vs bad dads and heaps more. Thanks for listening…

After joining us to dissect Sly & Arnie action flick Escape Plan we just had to have our first ever guest Crag join us for the Minisode. So first he helps us take on undefeated Kenny in a Sylvester Stallone Movie Draft - will he help us finally end this run of draft dominance?Then we each give our Top Five Escapes from movies - and it gets weird - as usual. **Please forgive the audio issues on this one, they may have been caused by internet gremlins or by the challenge of recording Crag whilst he is housed in an illegal offshore floating prison.

This week we review Arnold and Stallone's first ever co-headline movie and in honour of that we invite a heavyweight of our own to join the discussion - Crag Carrick! Join us as we discuss prison guards, a Mr Beast hot take, sextants, 50 Cent, Jim Caviezel's post-Jesus career and heaps more...

You know the moment in a movie where it is revealed that someone made a big mistake and messed with wrong badass? Turns out that exact moment is one of our favourite things in movies - so did our Top Five We Got A Real Badass Here Moments.But before that Duff brought a tough test of movie knowledge for Kenny & BJ to compete in - join us and play along!

The Most Talked About Movie of the Year is One That No One's Actually Seen... except for us. We saw it back then and now we've seen it again. We discuss 2020's The Hunt - the political satire and how the critics didn't "get it", Donald Trump's boycott of this movie, the pigs treatment on set, Glenn Powell, Glenn Howerton, right vs left and heaps more... Thanks for listening!

Let's face it, if you listen to The Redeemables then you probably disagree with the majority of the Academy Award nominees and winners so we made our own awards show celebrating the best films and performances of 2024 and we asked you, the listeners, to vote. This episode we read out all the winners and it's hosted by the best in the business - BJ! Thanks for voting and thanks for listening!

We are doing something different for this mini - we are each listing the top five movies we are excited about coming out in 2025. But first we have a Blockbuster Quiz to navigate - join us and play along.

This episode we cover off Michael Bay's lowest ever BoxOffice ranked film – 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi. We talk mercenaries, panic rooms, oil money, Hillary Clinton, John Krasinski and the age old art of Gadaffi-ing a stranger in a public place. The movie has just been added to Netflix so check it out and come join us for the ride!

As a tip of the cap to our Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas episode we have run with our Top Five Drug Movies - and it turns out there is a heap to choose from! Who would have thought...For the quiz this time BJ hits Kenny & Duff with a hotly contested, rapid fire quiz based on movies set in one city.

Before we recorded this podcast we had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-coloured uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Please enjoy...

You know when you're watching a terrible film and you can't work out why that great actor is in it? We sure do, and we made lists of our top five ever such appearances. But before we get to that we have a quiz that Duff employed AI to write for him. What could possibly go wrong...?

The Great Wall is the most expensive Chinese film ever made and the most expensive monster movie ever made so how can it not be awesome? Right? We went over the Wall together and came back changed forever. Tune in and find out if we redeem this Matt Damon "classic" from the critics harsh words or do we nail it to the cross? Thanks for listening!

Ever watch a movie and think "wow, I never knew they had this in them?" Of course you have. So have we, we even made a list of top five such performances for your entertainment. Before that though enjoy a quiz with the boys - and the usual unhinged and inappropriate banter.

Someone said we don't do enough Action films so here it is, an action film literally called American Assassin. We came for the Dylan O'Brien show but was it enough to carry another CIA action thriller? We discuss books made into movies, child stars becoming legit actors, Michael Keaton's renaissance, NUKES, Instanbul and heaps more...

Few people love and appreciate a movie montage like Duff. So we decided to do our Top Five Movie Montages, but did he understand the assignment? First though we celebrate the genius of Jim Carrey by drafting his movies. Kenny is the undefeated draft king, can one of the other boys knock him off his throne? That is up to you - vote on the Spotify poll or our socials now!

Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the World? Then listen to us recite lines from Dumb & Dumber for an hour... We also discuss Jim Carrey's genius, the hits & misses of the Farrelly Brothers, Austin Butler(?), horrific deleted scenes and much more. Thanks for listening!

CARS BANGING TOGETHER!! We know Kenny loves a good car chase - turns out so do Duff and BJ So we run at high speed through our favourites of all time. But first Duff hits us with his Dickie Quiz It's an exhilarating ride as always...

What is Metro? Who is Metro? Why is Metro? We still don't know and we just watched Eddie Murphy's 1997 action thriller - METRO... We discuss Michael Wincott as an all-time cinema villain, Eddie Murphy's hits & misses, car chases, odd character names, Greg the baseballer and heaps more...

We love mutants. I bet you love mutants too. So join us to celebrate our favourite humans who mutated in movies. Before that though Kenny delves deeper into his love for underrated star and friend of the pod Ben Foster with a quiz relating to his filmography.

Pandorum is a medical condition leading to severe paranoia, delirium & nosebleeds and that's also what the critics said about the movie Pandorum. We did it anyway. We also discuss cannibalism, if Dennis Quaid is actually good, whether Kenny will honour his $5 money back guarantee, boys trips to space and heaps more. Thanks for listening...

Last week we did The Losers, a movie we all had strong feelings about, so for our quiz this week we are doing the biggest losers - as in movies that flopped financially. Spoiler alert - there's a few of our favourites appear on that list! Then we announce our Top Five Double Crosses - and boy are there a lot choose from!

Have you ever watched the A-team and thought "I want that but with a quarter of the budget"? Well, it exists. It's 2010's The Losers. We talk how stacked this cast is and where they are now, why Jefferey Dean Morgan always wears a suit, exposed male genitals, how easy is border jumping and heaps more! As always, thanks for listening...

You know those movies that never should have worked but somehow did? We love those kinds of movies. So we decided to celebrate them by giving the honour of being our top five this week. Before we announce those though Kenny & BJ get their movie general knowledge tested by Duff in an intense quiz with absolutely zero stakes.

Who says board games can't be turned into movies? Well, pretty much every movie critic alive but what about us? Join us as we discuss Rihanna, sailors in the water, old navy boys, CGI aliens, bad movie sports scenes and most importantly - Taylor Kitsch's career. This week its... BATTLESHIP!

We love it when a plan comes together - just like in Law Abiding Citizen...more or less... So we decided to do our Top Five Perfect Plans. But before that we have to somehow make through a contentious quiz on box office earnings with our friendships intact. Can we do it? Only one way to find out...

This weeks ep is just 3 regular law abiding citizens talking about another Gerard Butler classic. We cover off topics such as Puffer Fish venom, is Jamie Foxx good, Kenny's “eye of the explosion” theory and many many more. As always, thanks for listening!

After unanimously redeeming Terminator Salvation we got inspired to talk about our favourite rebel forces - because we love it when a plucky underdog militia takes on the big bad.. But first there's a quick quiz involving naming the apocalyptical themed movie based on the Chat GPT generated synopsis...wait...does that mean the machines are taking over...?

In episode 69 (nice) we revisit 2009's Terminator Salavtion and decide once and for all if this movie was harshly judged! We also discuss explosions, the various Terminator models, ranking the Terminator films, Christian Bale's on set freak-out, Sam Worthington's acting chops and who the hell is McG and why does he only have one name... As always, thanks for listening!

So we didn't love the movie 65, but it did have some of our favourite things in it - dinosaurs, Adam Driver, being stranded in a hostile environment you have to fight your way out of... So to celebrate this we decided to do our Top Five Stranded Somewhere Movies. But as always first we have a game to play - this time another of Duff's quizzes with a dubious theme.

For those confused, shit movie titles also make for shit podcast titles - This week we did 65, Adam Driver's dinosaur action movie. We talk dinosaurs types with local dinosaur expert Duff, suggested re-writes, Louisana swamplands, Adam Driver's crazy life before acting and heaps more. As always, thanks for listening!

Who doesn't love watching a protagonist follow a series of clues in search of a missing person? The Redeemables sure do and they gave us their Top Five Missing Person Movies to prove it. Before that Kenny revives the game show classic 'Who Am I?" and quizzes BJ & Duff on dead actors - it's much less grim than it sounds, trust us. Then BJ reads some comments from our Youtube - including the threats we received.

In this episode we follow Chadwick Boseman into the seedy underbelly of LA in 2016's Message From The King. We discuss bike chains as weapons, South African accents, how seedy is too seedy and whether French Opera has a place in gritty revenge thrillers. Watch the film on Netflix and then join us for the discussion. Thanks for listening!

After last week's discussion about 1999's The Mummy it seemed only fitting the guys celebrate their favourite movie curses with this week's top five. But first BJ has come up with a couple of the weirdest games yet - including one that is bizarrely informative about the cast of The Mummy's mummies.

This week we revisit a better time for Summer Blockbusters and we do The Mummy from 1999! We discuss Brendan Fraser's incredible star power, Scorpion King spin-offs, Billy Zane but not Billy Zane and we solve racism, we think. Thanks for listening!

Who doesn't love a film set in majestic Africa? The guys sure! And not just Blood Diamond! The lads give us their Top Five Movies In Africa - but first it is the return of everyone's favourite quiz - Tagline Trivia!!

The Redeemables has come to TSAVO! That's right, we headed to Kenya with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas to hunt man-eating lions in 1996's The Ghost And The Darkness. The movie is free on YouTube so please join us on this adventure into the heart of Africa. As always, thanks for listening!

Who doesn't love a holiday? We sure do! Somehow after watching the most intense overseas family trip ever for our recent No Escape episode Kenny was inspired to do our Top Five Vacation Movies. How many involve a violent uprising? A giant beast with taste for human blood or an unkillable alien sent to hunt us down? Or how many are about comic capers and dangerous decisions? Listen to find out! But before that Kenny designed a game to test the guy's knowledge of films set in holiday destinations, play along against them and let us know how you went.

Ever wondered what it would be like to be trapped in a foreign country with your young family while there is a violent uprising aimed at the company you represent? Kenny, BJ and Duff certainly have so this week we did 2015's No Escape with Owen Wilson. The main takeaway was that we're cowards that would hide in the shadows but we also discuss South East Asian Geography, solve racism, how far could you throw a small child and much more. Please enjoy...

Smokin' Aces doesn't just have a cast - it has a C-A-S-T!!! Inspired by this murder's row of actors - discussed at length on our most recent full episode - BJ designed a game around other movies with deep ensemble casts. And then after being so impressed with the acting debuts of Alicia Keys & Common in Smokin' Aces the guys give us their own Top Five Musicians In Movies

What movie has a coked out magician, 50 Cal Sniper rifles, neo nazi hitmen with chainsaws, Alicia Keys as a professional killer pretending to be a hooker, Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, Ray Liotta and they're all in a hotel together trying to kill each other??.. Smokin' Aces from 2007. Join us while we breakdown this cult classic...

Who are the most underrated actors working today? So glad you asked! Because Duff was somehow inspired by DMX's performance in Cradle 2 The Grave to ask the other guys the same question. But before they run through those Duff puts them through their paces by playing hard ass quiz master during a game he invented.

What's. My. Name? It's DMX and he's in Cradle 2 The Grave with a bunch of his friends and a heap of his music. 2003 was a different time for action movies and we discuss whether it was a better or worse time. We cover off auctioneering, cage fighting, ATV stunt driving, black diamonds and casual racism. Please join us...

Who doesn't love a true tale told in movie form? The Redeemables sure do! They break down their personal top fives - and each give a long list of honourable mentions. But first there's the usual quiz type shenanigans as Kenny tests the other boy's knowledge of movies adapted from real life events.

What happens when you get one of the greatest sci-fi directors of our time, give him a bunch of money and tell him to turn a video game into a sports movie based on a true story? Gran Turismo, that's what happens. Join us for the ride as we break down one of the sleeper hits of 2023. Please enjoy...

THE 3RD ANNUAL REDEEMIES ARE HERE !! This is the REAL movies awards - maybe not as prestigious as the Oscars but definitely more prestigious The Golden Globes... First the traditional major categories are announced after being decided by public vote and then the boys get to their favourite part of the year - popping a bottle and announcing their own special awards. You can listen to all the classic episodes in our catalogue wherever find your podcasts

Taking inspiration from the evil Mischief John in King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword we discuss our Top Five Evil Henchmen. But before that BJ has a quiz for the lads based on Medieval Words and testicles.