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Renny Harlin To Make Movie Set In/Around The Russian/Georgian War!!
Merrick here...
Renny Harlin, who still owns one of the best onscreen kills ever as far as I'm concerned...
...is gearing up to do a movie revolving around the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia (not the one that's next to Alabama - although that would be interesting, too).
Harlin said the plot specifics are being kept under wraps for security reasons, but the drama involves an American journalist and his cameraman who get caught in the crossfire in Georgia and then have to deal with their obligation to be impartial journalists.
...explains THIS piece in Variety.
I've always wanted to see Harlin's ultra-violent cut of DIE HARD 2; the film had to be edited to an R rating, which has nothing to do with his new project other than I'm reminded of the matter whenever I see or hear Renny's name.
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that Georgia was in a war with russia? how come the rest of America didn't get involved? we just left Georgia to fend for itself?
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...who will make its crappy sequel?
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But Die Hard 2 sucks and Renny is extremely, intensely hit and miss. And, in my opinion, more often miss. Die Hard 2 sucks pretty hard for a Die Hard movie, I'd rather watch Live Free. Who remebers Mindhunters? Maybe the worst movie ever. Also, Driven, Exorcist: Beginning, Driven, Cuttthroat Island...Jesus, this guy has made some terrible movies. Only Cliffhanger stands up in any respectable way, and maybe The Long Kiss Goodnight from what I remember in 8th grade. Renny Harlin...disappointment.
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was Renny Harlin's best work. damn good action movie.
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Oliver Stone's "Salvador", anyone? Or Richard Gere and Terrence Howard's "The Hunting Party"? Can't Renny Harlin come up with SOMETHING original? Oh wait, this is Renny Harlin I'm talking about here...
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what movie is that?
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and yeah, Deep Blue Sea is kind of a fun grade-B action adventure. But Renny Harlin is the patron saint of hacks.
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sounds french...
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with Sam Jackson, Eva Mendes and Ed Harris wasn't bad. It was much better than that generic "action thriller" he made with John Cena. And I have 4 words for Die Hard 2...icicle in eye socket.
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Die Hard movie ever
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Die Hard 2's destiny was to be the worst Die Hard movie ever.
Enter Len Wiseman... -
in the cast is doing something, at least mildly, correct.
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He should make a movie about his 80's hairdo instead.
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Len Wiseman sucks, and no, its not a very structurally sound or intelligent movie, nor is it really Die Hard being that McClane became a superhero, but I'd rather watch it twice than watch Die Hard 2 again I think. I just don't find it enjoyable or exciting in any way. I can just blatantly tell it was written as another generic action movie, they realized they needed a sequel to Die Hard, and fast, then the main character was changed to McClane, and they let Bruce make up most of his own dialogue to make it sound Die Hard. It's not an exciting story.
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zing!
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DIE HARD 2 and CLIFFHANGER uncut extended editions to be released on Blu Ray.
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I heard he was planning a sequel focused more around Sam Jackson's character. Make it so.
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even better if he's on board.
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Still stands up as a great action flick.
They didn't have to kill old man Walton though :-( -
How?
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All of his movies have been major suckfests-- including Die Hard 2! And this is coming from a guy who loved the original.
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Russian for "TOO SOON!!!" (assuming the text didn't get garbled)
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Where? Does Holly zap Dick in the crotch? Does that old lady stomp Dick's nuts at the end? I mean, we got a bootleg of Woo's Hard Target cut... come on!
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The fact is Americans live with lies and propaganda no different from people who live under communism. But Americans maybe more stupid since they live in denial of that fact.
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A film bout Jackson's character in Deep Blue Sea.It would obviously be a prequel of sorts-and have it show us WHAT HAPPENED in that story(the one he tells right before he gets chomped) about eating his other friends(or some shit)..no??
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despite what some of the people in this TB are saying, Die Hard 2 is his only good film. Only better Die Hard is the original. Long Kiss Goodnight was so-so. Everything else, utter shit. Driven was quite possibly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I think Renny must be Michael Bay or McG's uncle or something.
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I can't believe some people actually liked that POS.
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DEEP BLUE 6, THAT WAS GOOD ONE!!!!! HOW'S IT TASTE, MOTHERFUCKER!?!?!?!?!
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Renny has only made one good movie and i say good not great and that was Die Hard 2. Rest of his films have been crappy forgettable action movies. You want to see a film that kicks Deep Blue Sea in the balls watch Rogue. Anybody remember Leviathan with Peter Wellers?
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I thought Harlin was left for dead on the Direct to DVD scrapheap. If not, that's pretty cool, because I like many of his films.
However, it won't surprise me if he casts someone like Dolph Lundgren as the hero and has to shoot on location in Georgia, not for authenticity but because it's probably a hell of a lot cheaper. -
is not a very good director, guy has directed some serious crap over the years
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Don't forget Renny directed A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, which was one of my favorites of the sequels. But that's about the only movie of his I have ever enjoyed.
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Seriously, Harlin makes "Cool" news??
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Would have killed his career.On wanting to see uncut versions of films, I wished we could get the uncut version of Even Horizon.
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the entire "they struggle to be objective" sounds like the plot is "we see Russians committing atrocities and struggle not to report it"
ugh
Okay: South Ossetia hasn't been controlled by the central Georgian government since a matter of months after the civil war that *created* Georgia during the soviet breakup.
90% of their citizens hold Russian citizenship.
Georgia attacked Russian peacekeepers, killed about a dozen in shelling when they forcibly tried to retake South Ossetia....
it's called "messin' with Sasquatch"...
...but more importantly: South Ossetia was sort of invaded by Georgia, and the Russians responded in like kind.
***As the Russians have pointed out, it's not that different from what we NATO did in Kosovo.
***The reason this concerns me is because as you recall, at the time all the Cold War die hards...it's as if a light returned to their eyes.
As anyone who read World War Z knows, our leadership has been fighting the War on Terror using tactics and strategies from the Cold War (it took them several YEARS to realize that terrorist insurgents tend not to use tanks, so anti-tank weapons shouldn't be prioritized)
They are chomping at the bit to fight Russia because its the only enemy they ever knew HOW to fight.
It's going to be the Battle of Yonkers all over again.
The problem is McCain & CO just considered this posturing...or maybe it was a serious threat...but Russia is getting REALLY insulted because they *didn't do anything NATO didn't do in Kosovo* and yelling at them for this will needlessly start a major war.
So the last thing we need is a lot of anti-Russian propaganda.
***It's like when in James Bond movies, after the Russians were gone and we were at least on speaking terms with the Communist Chinese, they sort of ran out of enemies to fight, and switched to Bond fighting "rogue Russians" and so forth...they ONLY ever knew how to fight the Russians.
Even in GI Joe, Cobra was just a stand-in for the Russians...I ask you, what "terrorist organization" fields main battle tanks (to sell toys to the kiddies)...?
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Harlin gets a lifetime free pass from me for making that film. Talk about a motherfucking guilty pleasure.
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Who is going to see this? This will do the same business as that Sarajevo - Woody Harrelson movie.
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watched it sunday night, first time in years. just outstanding. Dice was a talented boy, he shoulda had a career!
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Guilty pleasure is right. Fucking awesome flick. "Nice tie, lieutenant anus, sir." "You callin me an asshole, asshole?"
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Aug 04, 2009 9:17:08 PM CDT
Harlin has not made a good movie since Cliffhanger
by nasty in the pasty
Actually, scratch that...that Cleaner D-to-DVD thriller that came out a few years back (with Sam Jackson and Eva Mendes) wasn't terrible.That said, who would have ever thought in 1993 that the man who made Cliffhanger (which still has one of THE most terrifying sequences in movie history, especially for anyone afraid of heights) and Die Hard 2 (one of the best sequels ever), would never, EVER make anything that came remotely close to either?
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For making an anti-Russian film, and then none of us will have to read a story like this ever again.
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Aug 04, 2009 9:21:25 PM CDT
And the worst Die Hard movie is ...With A Vengeance
by nasty in the pasty
I'm AMAZED anyone prefers that pasted-together mess with 1975-era visual effects to Harlin's crisp, superbly-constructed Die Harder (and Live Free...is damn entertaining, the pussy PG-13 CG squibs aside).Seriously, look at that boat explosion at the end of WAV. One of the WORST EXPLOSIONS EVER in a post-70's movie.
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Indeed it is. Exciting, high-octane, trilling, explosive - it's all those things. I love Die Hard 2 and watch it every Christmas season.
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Holly shit, seriously one of Boll's next movie's has a very similar plot. Sad to see Renny becoming descending on the same level of crapiness.
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Just read this:
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered -
and in both cases it will be exploitative trash because neither Boll nor Harlin have the brain or humanity for it to be anything else.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight? Fuck you.
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Suggested title. Either that, or PWNED: A WAR STORY.
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... and you call yourself nerds.
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Yes, a modern war movie with no americans wading in screwing things up with their mature approach to foreign policy, ie Blow Shit Up and pay for it in reprisals for decades to come.
Seriously though, it could be really good, only if the director keeps it honest instead of painting the russians as some cartoon bad guys. -
WAY too many absurd coincidences, bad special effects, and surprisingly inept direction by John McTiernan (check it out when Willis and Jackson are trying to get off the boat at the end, and the camera abruptly whip-pans to the left for NO DISCERNABLE REASON). There are some good scenes, some funny lines, and Jeremy Irons is a fine villain, but overall, WAV kinda sucks.
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Aug 05, 2009 7:06:41 AM CDT
Here's something to read. The author was killed for it.
by stalin vs predator
It's dry and sometimes numbingly dull, but very factual. That's why its author had to die:
http://www.ocnus.net/cgi-bin/exec/view.cgi?archive=106&num=27035
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They seriously got their clocks cleaned.
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You know, the Georgian prez?!
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"SCREAM MOTHERFUCKER" Awesome movie...not to mention Cliffhanger and Freddy 5...but what in the fuck happened to this dude? He used to be a DECENT moviemaker...
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Yes he directs crappy movies but really--shouldn't we be blaming the writing? His direction isn't really that bad.
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I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I had a crush on Geena Davis as a kid, too bad I never saw Tootsie back then because the sight of her in her underwear probably would have sent me into premature cardiac arrest
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