Although his glory times are over, Renny Harlin will always have a little space in the heart of the action movies fans of the 1990s. Having directed Die Hard 2 (1990), The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990), and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), this Finland-born filmmaker seemed to be destined to be in the highest list of action film creators, until a few financial and critic failures like Cutthroat Island (1995) and Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), and very bad film choices like Driven (2001) and The Covenant (2006) sent him straight to oblivion for the big audience. Still, in the last years, he has managed to get in his hands some interesting projects like Devil’s Pass (2013) and Bodies at Rest (2019) that gave us still have faith in his crafts.
The Misfits (2021) might not be the one who gives his name the credibility lost, but at least it’s an entertaining flick with a big amount of famous faces. In it, after being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on his life and the lives of countless others.
The movie has been written by Kurt Wimmer, who has taken part in the screenplays for Sphere (1998), Equilibrium (2002), Salt (2010), and the remakes Total Recall (2012) and Point Break (2015), from a story by co-writer Robert Henny.
Pierce Brosnan and Tim Roth lead a cast that also includes Nick Cannon, Rami Jaber, Jamie Chung, Hermione Corfield, Mike Angelo, and Qais Qandil.
The Misfits (2021) had its world premiere in South Korea on June 3, 2021. The Avenue Entertainment in association with Highland Film Group is set to distribute the film on June 11, 2021. Here you can watch its trailer.
On the other side, The Serpent (2020) is the debut feature film behind the cameras of producer, writer, and director Gia Skova, a former model turned into an actress who has been Breakout (2016), Radical (2017), and Bad Company (2018).
In the movie, she plays top special agent Lucinda Kavsky who works for a secret part of the CIA, given a special assignment but then set up by her own agency. Travis Aaron Wade, Alexandra Tebano, and Craig Conway also star.
The movie is available on digital since June 18, 2021. Here you can watch its trailer.
