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Ossetian war gets the Die Hard treatment

Published: 04 August, 2009, 16:59


The Finnish director of “Die Hard 2” Renny Harlin will make a film based on last August’s dramatic events in South Ossetia, during which Georgia launched a military offensive against the republic.

 
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Artyom August 05, 2009, 19:03 quote
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Sounds like an identical copy of the film Olympus Inferno, but on the other side keeping with American version of the story. sad.....

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