Title: 5 Days of War Director: Renny Harlin Starring: Rupert Friend, Richard Coyle, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Val Kilmer, Heather Graham, Johnathon Schaech, Rade Sherbedgia, Dean Cain, Andy Garcia There are those direct-to-video movies that somehow, rather inexplicably and seemingly unfairly, bypass theaters altogether and arrive on DVD with an entirely unearned stench of career desperation (this was to be the fate of “Slumdog Millionaire,” actually, until Fox Searchlight rescued it from the clutches of Warner Bros., who knew not what they had — or at least not how to market it), and then there are those straight genre programmers that feature a third-tier wrestler-turned-actor, and were never being made with theatrical…

Title: 5 Days of War Directed By: Renny Harlin Written By: Mikko Alanne, David Battle Cast: Rupert Friend, Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Dean Cain, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Heather Graham Screened at: NYC, 7/5/11 Opens: August 19, 2011 This is a dramatized coverage of the year 2008 five-day war between Russia and Georgia over the disputed province of South Ossetia—which had broken away from Georgia and declared an unrecognized independence. Finnish Director Renny Harlin (“Die Hard 2,” “Cliffhanger”) exploits this principal theme of scriptwriters Mikko Alanne and David Battle: a journalist covering the war is determined to get out photos showing Russian brutality to the world. The photos did, in fact, get…

Fox Atomic just released this brand new movie poster from the upcoming action film “12 Rounds” by director Renny Harlin (The Covenant, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Die Hard 2) and starring Ashley Scott (Jericho), John Cena, Taylor Cole (Heroes), Steve Harris (Quarantine), Aidan Gillen (The Wire) and Brian J. White (The Shield). Synopsis: Detective Danny Baxter (John Cena) discovers his girlfriend (Ashley Scott) has been kidnapped by a ex-con tied to Baxter’s past, and he’ll have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and posters from “12 Rounds”.