Renny Harlin

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q318712: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Die Hard 2 (1990); Cliffhanger (1993); Cutthroat Island (1995); The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996); Deep Blue Sea (1999); The Legend of Hercules (2014); A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master; Exorcist prequel (Harlin version, transcribed 'Harlan'); Ford Fairlane; Nightmare on Elm Street 4; The Adventures of Ford Fairlane; The Strangers (newer movies).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

58 Minutes (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (source material) · through Die Hard 2 (1990), which they directed: 58 Minutes ⇒ Die Hard 2 (the host's read). The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel with a similar plot.
    “Screenplay was adapted from Walter Wagers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Manuel Noriega: 1 line

  1. lineage (real-world inspiration) · through Die Hard 2 (1990), which they directed: Manuel Noriega ⇒ Die Hard 2 (the maker said so: the screenwriter admitted it). The writer admitted the script grabbed smoke from Iran-Contra and Manuel Noriega.
    “there's definitely some Iran Contra, kind of, they're just grabbing smoke from that whole scandal and shoehorning into this with Manuel Noriega in real life.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:20:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Positive K: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Die Hard 2 (1990), which they directed: Die Hard 2 ⇒ Positive K (the host's read). Positive K's song 'I Got a Man' samples a line from Die Hard 2, so the song now brings the movie to mind.
    “And then that line got sampled on, I got a man, the positive K song. So now every time you hear that song, you hear that line from that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:43:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (16) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career setback): Renny Harlin → Cutthroat Island. Cutthroat Island is the huge bomb that pulled Harlin down.
    “cutthroat Island is kind of the movie that pulled him down.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Paul Schrader → Renny Harlin. The Schrader and Harlin Exorcist prequels are the same movie but not; more interesting if you've seen Harlin's.
    “the Schrader and the Harlan movies, which are the same movie, but not.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:35:27 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Die Hard 2 → Renny Harlin. Harlin directs Die Hard 2 with wild disregard for good taste.
    “saying we don't care about good taste in our diehard movie”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:09:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (director tone): Die Hard 2 → Renny Harlin. Directed by Harlin not McTiernan, who loves blowing steam around and throwing guys.
    “I think Renny Harlan loves just like blowing hot steam everywhere in a cream and then throwing dudes around.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:13 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (hiring logic): Renny Harlin → A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Harlin got the Alien 3 job off Elm Street 4.
    “He had just made Nightmare on Elm Street 4, and I guess that was enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:52:14 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (consolation job): Renny Harlin → The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. When Alien 3 fell apart for Harlin he was handed Ford Fairlane.
    “Well, Ford Fairlane is what he gets handed when this falls apart.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:52:37 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (favorite of director): Renny Harlin → The Long Kiss Goodnight. Fennessey's favorite Harlin is Long Kiss Goodnight, though Die Hard 2 is his Apex Mountain.
    “My favorite is Long Kiss Good Night.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (best known for): Renny Harlin → Deep Blue Sea. Fennessey thinks Harlin may be best known now for Deep Blue Sea.
    “he might actually be best known for Deep Blue Sea at this point.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Renny Harlin → Exorcist prequel (Harlin version, transcribed 'Harlan'). The speaker found the Harlin version functional junk despite the chaos around it.
    “I was like, for all of the chaos around it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:35:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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