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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Alien 3 (Harlin version, unmade). Count them as director (12 films) instead.

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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (16) everyone in directing

director, Die Hard 2 (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director, Cliffhanger (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director, The Long Kiss Goodnight (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director, Deep Blue Sea (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director, Cutthroat Island (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director, Nightmare on Elm Street 4 (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director, Ford Fairlane (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director of the new Strangers movies, The Strangers (newer movies) (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)
director, Die Hard 2 (The Big Picture, The 1990 Movie Draft)
director, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
director, Die Hard 2 (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
director, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
director, Deep Blue Sea (Blank Check — Patreon, Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free))
director, Cliffhanger (Blank Check — Patreon, Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free))
director, Exorcist prequel (Harlin version, transcribed 'Harlan') (Blank Check — Patreon, 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT)
director, The Legend of Hercules (Blank Check — Patreon, Eclipse)

Other (1) everyone in other

director attached to Alien 3 before Fincher, Alien 3 (Harlin version, unmade) (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (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)

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)

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)

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)

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)
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)

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)
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)
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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