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| 3 | Renny Harlin (born Lauri Mauritz Harjola, March 15, 1959) is a UsefulNotes/{{Fin|land}}nish film director who's worked in Hollywood for decades. |
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| 5 | He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with special-effects filled horror movies, and followed them in the 90s with several action movies. |
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| 7 | He was married to actress Creator/GeenaDavis from 1993 to 1998. |
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| 9 | !!Filmography: |
| 10 | [[index]] |
| 11 | * ''Born American'' (1986) |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{Prison}}'' (1988) |
| 13 | * ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'' (1988) |
| 14 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfFordFairlane'' (1990) |
| 15 | * ''Film/DieHard2'' (1990) |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' (1993) |
| 17 | * ''Film/CutthroatIsland'' (1995) |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'' (1996) |
| 19 | * ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' (1999) |
| 20 | * ''T.R.A.X.'' (2000) -- A pilot for an unmade horror series. |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Driven}}'' (2001) |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Mindhunters}}'' (2004) |
| 23 | * ''Film/ExorcistTheBeginning'' (2004) |
| 24 | * ''Film/TheCovenant'' (2006) |
| 25 | * ''Cleaner'' (2007) |
| 26 | * ''Film/TwelveRounds'' (2009) |
| 27 | * ''5 Days of War'' (2011) |
| 28 | * ''Film/DevilsPass'' (2013) |
| 29 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfHercules'' (2014) |
| 30 | * ''Skiptrace'' (2016) |
| 31 | [[/index]] |
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| 33 | !!Tropes for the man: |
| 34 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: The villains in his films, making them {{Hate Sink}}s as a result. |
| 35 | * AnyoneCanDie: Most of this films that involves likable and relatable key characters biting it at the hands of the villains to have audience to cheer more for TheHero to defeat them to avenge the innocent. |
| 36 | * CreatorThumbprint: References to Finland, his home country. These range from prominent ones (like the parachute with a Finnish flag on it in ''Cliffhanger'') to blink-and-miss-it examples (like a bottle of Finlandia brand vodka in ''The Long Kiss Goddnight'' and ''Deep Blue Sea''). |
| 37 | * HateSink: Unlike most films where this trope and BigBad are kept separate, Harlin makes the villains also this due to their attitudes and actions, a good example would be the most loathsome group of terrorists in ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''. |
| 38 | * LargeAndInCharge: A real life example, as Harlin is often literally the tallest person on set (Bob Shaye, founder of Creator/NewLineCinema, was hesitant to throw a then-unknown Harlin out of a pitch meeting for ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'' because "he was ''huge'' and looked like a Viking"). He's a half a head taller than his ex-wife Creator/GeenaDavis, who at six feet tall often towers over her own co-stars. |
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