Merrick here...

Poor Renny Harlin always gets a bad rap. And, for the most part, he's done little to earn his way out of it.

Unlike many, I didn't hate DIE HARD 2, although I thought it lacked the class of the first film and the punch of the third.

CUTTHROAT ISLAND's only memorable element to me was its use of ARMY OF DARKNESS music in its trailers.

I disliked THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT rather intensely. But, I find all Shane Black scripted stuff abrasive, self-absorbed, and smarmy...so why should it be different?

CLIFFHANGER...the film that actually managed to make John Lithgow unwatchable. I remember seeing this movie...sitting there listening to Trevor Jones struggling to ape his far superior LAST OF THE MOHICANS score...and feeling the whole affair was really quite tragic.

Then there's DEEP BLUE SEA, which had not much good in it...but did bring us one of the coolest character annihilations in recent cinema for my money (I guess it wasn't all that recent, though). I'm referring to Sam Jackson getting gobbled up by the mega shark while in the middle of his goofy, inspirational speech.

And, of course, we can't forget DRIVEN. One of the funniest movies ever made in my book. Ed Wood with a budget. It's a smiley kind of hell.

So, how will Renny fare this time around? CLEANER is about a crime scene clean-up guy who gets involved in some crazy stuff regarding one of the crime scenes he's cleansed. Crime scene cleanup always struck me as one of the most fucked up jobs a person could have. I mean...I dunno. Geeze.

SEE IT HERE!!!

With 13 producers credited at IMDB, nothing can go wrong...right? (ahem)