Rennie Harlin is a Finnish director who has chosen a profession inspired by the films of the great Hitchcock, whose style had a direct impact on his work. This talented man is one of the few European cinema figures who managed to succeed in Hollywood. Spectators are aware of his blockbusters such as “Rock Climber”, “Die Hard 2”, “Long Kiss for the Night”. What kind of film projects of the master is certainly worth seeing?
Rennie Harlin: A Bright Debut
The Finnish director is not one of the representatives of this profession who had to wait a long time for their finest hour. As a 27-year-old guy, Rennie Harlin presented his first action movie, “American Born, ” to the public, in 1986. About 3.5 million dollars were spent on the film, the script was created by the efforts of the master and Marcus Selin.
The main characters of the film project are American students resting in Finland. Fun for the sake of the guys decide to illegally cross the Russian border, but become the target of the border guards who discovered them. Students go to prison, in which their existence turns into a true hell. Renny Harlin was not upset to learn that the tape was not allowed to be shown in his native Finland. The goal was achieved - in Hollywood, talking about a novice director.
From failure to success
Already in 1987, Rennie Harlin, known as the owner of a scandalous reputation, released another work. He becomes the action movie Prison, in which the maestro again takes part in writing the script. The tape tells about the events that took place in 1964, when one of the American prisons ceased to exist as a result of complaints of cruelty from the jailers received from prisoners.
Twenty years later, the prison resumes its activities, once its former director becomes its head again. The ghost of a tortured prisoner plans to settle accounts with the tormentor. The cost of filming amounted to 4 million dollars, while the rental brought no more than 400 thousand. However, the failure did not force the creator of the picture to give up.
Director Rennie Harlin once again reminds himself in 1988, presenting the sequel “Nightmare on Elm Street 4” to the public. The thriller is among the leaders of the rental, and its creator receives an offer to remove "Die Hard 2", the central character in which Bruce Willis plays. After the militant earns more than $ 200 million at the box office, Rennie is assigned the glory of a blockbuster director.
The best film projects
Of course, not all the bright works of such a director as Renny Harlin are named above. The filmography of the master in 1993 acquired the action movie "Climber", the star of which was actor Sylvester Stallone, who received the main role. His hero, Gabe, is tasked with finding five athletes who have disappeared in the mountains as a result of a natural disaster. However, during the search, the climber discovers that it was not by chance that he ended up in the mountains.
"A Long Kiss for the Night" is another famous action movie that Rennie Harlin released in 1996. The main character of the film is Samantha, who in the past survived a loss of memory. A woman leads the ordinary life of a school teacher, brings up her little daughter and has no idea who she was in the “other” life. However, the past is unlikely to release Samantha, because once she was listed among the best agents of the CIA.
Another thundered work of Harlin dates back to 2011. The film “5 Days in August” is a military drama about the conflict in South Ossetia. The film project was booed by critics, but gained a lot of fans.
