Michael Lombardi is and actor, director and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of the Probationary (Probie) firefighter Mike Silletti in the critically acclaimed hit television show Rescue Me. He has a fun new horror movie out now (in select cities) called The Retaliators that features a lot of really cool cameos. The soundtrack features Motley Crue, Papa Roach, and Five Finger Death Punch. We discuss the true story that inspired this film, working & learning from Denis Leary, future projects and more! 00:00 - Intro00:41 - Retaliators Cameos & References06:17 - Retaliators Plot & True Story 12:41 - Rescue Me & Retaliators Tie In 15:28 - Justice & Morality in Film 17:34 - Production of Film & Script  18:53 - Working & Learning From Denis Leary 23:05 - Retaliators Sequel & Other Projects 25:45 - The Other Michael Lombardi 25:10 - Last Knights with Morgan Freeman 29:50 - Leary Firefighters Foundation 31:43 - Outro The Retaliators Movie website:https://www.retaliatorsmovie.com/Leary Firefighters Foundation website:https://learyfirefighters.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the show