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25 September 2008 4:46 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

<p>Filmmaker Brad Furman is set to direct Alcon Entertainment’s upcoming thriller “Valet,” <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992916.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1">according to Variety</a>. <br><br>Based on a script by Alan B. McElroy and rewritten by Matthew Aldrich, the film springs from the true story of a parking attendant who became obsessed with a female customer and literally penetrated into her life. <br><br>Furman’s directing credits include “The Take,” starring Tyrese Gibson and John Leguizamo. As for McElroy, he wrote films such as “Wrong Turn,” “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever” and “The Marine.” Aldrich penned the screenplay for Renny Harlin’s “Cleaner.”<br><br>This pretty much sounds like a remake of Franck Khalfoun’s disappointing horror thriller “P2.” Where are the new, original ideas folks? We’ve seen all this too many times already. <br></p>

Franck Tabouring

27 May 2008 9:03 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Die Hard 2/The Long Kiss Goodnight director Renny Harlin has long reigned as one of Hollywood's preeminent vulgarians. When super-producer Joel Silver wanted to transform Andrew "Dice" Clay from potty-mouthed laffsmith to big-budget action hero in The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane, Harlin was the slickster he tapped for the job. Similarly, when Paul Schrader's Exorcist: Dominion got art and ambition all over a lucrative film franchise built on a solid foundation of head-spinning, foul-mouthed demons, and projectile vomiting, Harlin was recruited to add the flash, trash, and gratuitous gore missing from Schrader's more sober, philosophical prequel. So it's a profound disappointment that Harlin's latest effort, the direct-to-dvd thriller Cleaner, lacks even the vulgar energy of Harlin's lesser films, in spite of a centrally present iconic badass legendary for yelling profanely about airborne reptiles. Samuel L. Jackson leads a stellar, sleepwalking cast as an ex-cop and single father who...

Nathan Rabin

2 articles from 2008