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Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin


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  • Deep Blue Sea
  • Deep Blue Sea review by Baz from
    Rated - 5.0 stars "...Come To Mama!" 6 August 2011
    ... biting your nails to beat the band... If you're a fan - then the Blu Ray of Renny Harlin's sharks-with-brains caper is definitely worth the upgrade. If you're coming to...   Read customer review
  • Mindhunters
  • Mindhunters review by from Stockport, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Certainly good but not great 9 February 2006
    ... clever but the attempt at clever twists in the film are clumsy and amateurish. Renny Harlin should stick to pure suspense and action and not try to inject clever character...   Read customer review

Renny Harlin - filmography


  • 12 Rounds on DVD (2009)
    Starring: John Cena,  Ashley Scott,  Brian J. White
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Finnish director Renny Harlin (CLIFFHANGER, DIE HARD 2) brings first-time screenwriter Daniel Kunka's story to life in this fast-paced action film. When New Orleans police officer Danny Fisher (WWE wrestler John Cena) apprehends Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen, THE WIRE), a villainous Irishman being ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 6,254 members
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  • 12 Rounds - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Brian White,  Aidan Gillen,  Steve Harris
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Finnish director Renny Harlin (CLIFFHANGER, DIE HARD 2) brings first-time screenwriter Daniel Kunka's story to life in this fast-paced action film. When New Orleans police officer Danny Fisher (WWE wrestler John Cena) apprehends Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen, THE WIRE), a villainous Irishman being ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,383 member
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  • Cleaner on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Ed Harris,  Eva Mendes
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Cutler is an ex-cop turned crime scene cleaner. When he arrives at a suburban house to clear up a gruesome murder he finds no one home. Finding a key outside the house he enters and proceeds with his horrific task. But when he returns with the key he meets the owner Ann Norcut who has no ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 25,995 members
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  • Cleaner - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Ed Harris,  Eva Mendes
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    An ex-policeman, who now works as cleaner at crime scenes, finds himself removing evidence at his latest job, thus becoming involved labyrinthine plot and the investigating officers' number one suspect.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,508 member
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  • The Covenant - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Laura Ramsey,  Steven Strait,  Toby Hemingway
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Deep Blue Sea) directs this supernatural thriller about descendants of powerful New England families. The sons of Ipswich are legendary at Spenser Academy, the local boarding school. Handsome and popular, these four teenage friends can trace their roots to the founding ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,367 member
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  • The Covenant on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Steven Strait,  Laura Ramsey,  Sebastian Stan
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families with untold power formed a covenant of silence in 1692. One family, lusting for more was banished, their bloodline disappearing without a trace. Until now... Directed by Renny Harlin and from the producers of Underworld, "The Covenant" tells the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 17,618 members
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  • Exorcist - The Beginning on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Stellan Skarsgard,  Izabella Scorupco,  James D'Arcy
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Father Lankester Merrin thinks that he has glimpsed the face of Evil. In the years following World War II, Merrin (Stellan Skarsgård) has traveled far from his native Holland in a desperate attempt to escape the memories of the horrors he witnessed there. His faith in tatters, Merrin drifts through ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 13,795 members
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  • Driven (2001)
    Starring: Burt Reynolds,  Sylvester Stallone,  Stacy Edwards
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Talented but unfocused rookie Jimmy Bly is slipping in the rankings, cracking under pressure from his ambitious promoter brother. It doesn't help that Bly is pursuing an affair with Sophia, the girlfriend of his nemesis, top racer Beau Brandenburg. With so much riding on Bly, seasoned car owner ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,298 member
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  • Deep Blue Sea on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Thomas Jane,  Saffron Burrows,  Samuel L. Jackson
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    In search of a cure for Alzheimer's Disease, a team of scientists experiment with the brains of sharks, making them smarter and faster. When a corporate executive (Jackson) comes to tour the facility the sharks start an uprising that threatens not only the project but the lives of the team. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 9,134 members
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  • Deep Blue Sea - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Thomas Jane,  Saffron Burrows,  Samuel L. Jackson
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    In search of a cure for Alzheimer's Disease, a team of scientists experiment with the brains of sharks, making them smarter and faster. When a corporate executive (Jackson) comes to tour the facility the sharks start an uprising that threatens not only the project but the lives of the team. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 510 members
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  • The Long Kiss Goodnight on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Geena Davis,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Patrick Malahide
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Stricken with amnesia eight years earlier, a small-town schoolteacher and mother hires a private eye to help her uncover her past. When it's discovered she's a former CIA operative--and that her "accident" was actually an assassination attempt--she and the detective are thrown into an automatic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,898 members
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  • Cutthroat Island on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Geena Davis,  Matthew Modine,  Frank Langella
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When pirate Captain Harry Black gets fatally wounded in battle, he passes on his ship, a crew of bandits and one third of a treasure map to his daughter, Morgan. But before she can hunt for the treasure, she must find the missing sections of the map. With the help of a small loyal band of her crew ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,913 members
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  • Cliffhanger on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  John Lithgow,  Michael Rooker
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After a ranger (Sylvester Stallone) fails to rescue his partner's girlfriend from a tragic death in the Rocky Mountains, he leaves the rescue team to wrestle with his guilt. When he returns to reconcile his relationship with his own girlfriend (Janine Turner), also a rescue ranger, he is drawn into ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 16,722 members
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  • Cliffhanger - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  John Lithgow,  Michael Rooker
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After a ranger (Sylvester Stallone) fails to rescue his partner's girlfriend from a tragic death in the Rocky Mountains, he leaves the rescue team to wrestle with his guilt. When he returns to reconcile his relationship with his own girlfriend (Janine Turner), also a rescue ranger, he is drawn into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,685 member
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  • Die Hard 2 - Blu-ray (1990)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Bonnie Bedelia,  William Atherton
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Renegade commandos seize a major international airport to rescue a drug lord from justice. Detective McClane, there to meet his wife, must battle incompetent airport security, hard-headed, gung-ho anti-terrorist squads and a deadly winter snowstorm to break the terrorist's grip before his wife's ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3,057 members
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  • Die Hard 2 on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Bonnie Bedelia,  William Atherton
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Directed by Renny Harlin, Die Hard 2 is a blockbuster sequel and a powerful action film in its own right. A band of commandos led by a murderous officer seize an international airport. Their aim is to rescue a drug baron (Franco Nero) from justice. Detective McClane (Bruce Willis) finds himself ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 32,315 members
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  • The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
    Starring: Andrew Dice Clay,  Wayne Newton
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    One of America's most controversial comics, Andrew Dice Clay, plays a detective (Ford Fairlane) who investigates cases involving rock stars and the music industry. So when someone kills a loudmouthed deejay, the not-too-bright Fairlane gets cracking and tries to solve the murder.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 49 members
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  • Prison on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Lane Smith,  Viggo Mortensen,  Kane Hodder
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Creedmore Prison was closed in 1956 after complaints of brutality, and one man, Charles Forsyth, was sent to the electric chair for murder. Thirty years later Creedmore is in use again, and the new inmates realise that the place has not stood empty.....something evil stalks within.....
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 190 members
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  • Born American (1986)
    Starring: Markku Blomqvist,  David Coburn,  Steve Durham
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Three American students vacationing in Finland, cross the border into Russia for fun of it. When they are spotted by the Russian soldiers who are shooting to kill, it's not fun anymore. Captured and thrown in jail, they find it's not fun either. It's a nightmare.
    2.5 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
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Renny Harlin facts

5 most recent films

Five Days of War - 3.0 stars
Five Days of War - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
12 Rounds - 3.0 stars
12 Rounds - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Cleaner - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Die Hard 2 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Die Hard 2 - 3.5 stars
The Long Kiss Goodnight - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Long Kiss Goodnight - 3.5 stars
Cliffhanger - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Born American - 2.5 stars
Exorcist - The Beginning - 2.5 stars
Driven - 2.5 stars
Prison - 3.0 stars
The Covenant - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Samuel L. Jackson - 8 times - show films
Stellan Skarsgard - 5 times - show films
Debbie James - 4 times - show films
William Sadler - 4 times - show films
William Atherton - 4 times - show films