, Boll says, will show his kinder, gentler side.
“It’s an action movie, and there’s a side plot involving the mob, but it’s a lot less violent than my other films,” the director tells. “There are maybe three to four gunshots in the entire film. I’ve had movies with hundreds.”Part of the film’s plot also revolves around a lost dog — played by Pesi’s own pet, Tango — the two cops rescue and transport in their cab over their extremely-long shift. “I thought people need a more feel-good film right now,” Boll says.shoot was feel-good, however.
crew members detailing safety concerns. At issue, according to one of the crew members who contacted the union, and verified by Boll and Roesch, was an incident when Taub brought a prop gun to the set, alarming some of the crew. The gun was not part of the shoot.
Boll says the charges are “completely baseless” and aimed at defaming him and sabotaging his film. He forwarded toan email exchange between himself and a representative of animal rights group PETA, which had received an anonymous complaint claiming the dog used in the production was not being properly cared for. The exchange includes emails from Pesi and Renton to PETA stridently denying those allegations.
Uwe Boll the filmmaker is a divisive figure. Fairly or not, the director has been disparaged as “Germany’s answer to Ed Wood” for his low-budget genre films, with video game fans in particular unable to forgive him for his creaky adaptations of hit games
NATO plans to have a study to see if Uwe Boll's films can be declared a war crime.