News > 'Die Hard' Director Taking A 'Run'

Via: Variety

Written by: Noah Sanders 

The 13th Warrior, Basic, Rollerball… it's been a good, long while since Die Hard-helmer John McTiernan has put out a film that anyone actually saw, let alone liked.  McTiernan though, a Hollywood veteran by any standard, isn't giving up – instead, he's just going to keep pumping out B-movie garbage.  His next predicted whiff is a Karl Urban (the newly crowned successor to the crappy action star throne) vehicle entitled Run.  This 30-million dollar picture follows an Interpol agent (Karl Urban) as he tracks a killer, only to uncover a conspiracy within his own ranks.  Duhn duhn duhnnnnnnnnn. 

On a more interesting and unbelievable note, Variety is reporting that their are over 100 pages of car chases in the script.  Lets just stop a minute and think about this: you have a 30-million dollar budget (pennies in today's Hollywood) and you want over 100 pages of car chase in your movie?  Alright, I'll get you that right after I find a way to turn metal in to gold.  No way.  There is no possible way you could finance that many minutes of car chasing with only 30 million dollars.  Unless all the cars are hot wheels, and every sound effect is Karl Urban going 'vroom vroom' into a microphone. 

Not going to happen.