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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/30/2009 Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg13
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By CENA ROCKS!!! (Queens NY)
I'm a Cena fan, so when I bought The Marine on DVD, I expected better. Turned out, it was just a movie where Cena saved his wife some from evil diamond robber. Wasn't my kind of movie. But THIS is different. Yes, Cena is the hero...again. That doesn't necessarily mean the movie's bad. This movie actually has a point, unlike The Marine. And damn, is the evil guy smart! He had it all laid out! Don't listen to those Cena haters out there, they think this movie's bad because Cena's playing the hero again. I'm not exactly the action movie fan-one of the only other action movies I've seen is "The Condemned", and that was because it had Stone Cold in it. You must watch this movie, it's awesome-don't assume it's the same as The Marine. Because I'm a BIG Cena fan, and I agree with people who thought The Marine was a disappointment. Seriously-this one's better.
By D.P. (California)
If anyone has seen the past movies from WWE Studios (formerly WWE Films), you know that they are usually a generic "B-movie" formula that made movies in the 1980's popular but really out of date with today's audience. See No Evil was a generic "bad guy chases after kids" horror movie, Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia was a basic military movie, and The Marine (which also starred John Cena) was your simple action movie filled with a one-dimensional plot of the good guy chasing the bad guys.
12 Rounds was similar to "The Marine" in regards to the main plot of the good guy (John Cena as New Orleans Detective Danny Fisher) chasing the bad guy (Aidan Gillen from "The Wire" as Miles Jackson) after he kidnaps his girlfriend (Ashley Scott from "Jericho" as Molly Porter). However, unlike "The Marine", there are more elements to the movie than just the whole "good guy chase the bad guy & get the girl" concept as this movie will also remind you of "Die Hard With A Vengance/Die Hard 3" in that Jackson is seeking revenge for being caught by Danny a year earlier, which resulted in Jackson's girlfriend accidently getting killed in the process, so Jackson sets up these "rounds" for Danny to go through in order to get closer to Jackson & get his girl back. The other twist to this story is the F.B.I. getting involved with this whole situation and one agent (Steve Harris from "The Practice" as George Aiken) having a personal vendetta against Jackson & wants to get him no matter who or what is sacrificed in the process...including Fisher's girlfriend. So in addition to going through these task & puzzles, Fisher also needs to figure out "is the enemy of my enemy my friend or my enemy too?"
DVD extras include a feature on the movie stunts, a gag reel, 2 alternative endings with alternative commentary from John Cena along with writer Daniel Kunka...who also did alternative commentary on the movie, and another alternative movie commentary with the director Renny Harlin complete the extras.
In the end, out of the five WWE films (See No Evil, The Marine, The Condenmed, Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia), this one was my favorite right next to The Condemned. In the end, 12 Rounds didn't come off as a dated B-level generic movie as it made a good mix of action along with different levels of plot & character development. This is without a doubt worth a look.
And as an ironic sidenote for WWE wrestling fans, you may recognize the girlfriend (Ashley Scott) from another movie where he played that same girlfriend role to another WWE superstar (at that time)..."Walking Tall" starring The Rock.
By Goku (Australia)
Hello I'm an autistic adult.
This is my review on 12 Rounds. I really liked the movie. It held my attention. John Cena is a great actor. If you like movies that really grab your attention then get this movie.
Happy movie hunting!
By Tanya E. Gunter
Fantastic film! I dont think I ever cried so hard for a movie! Very well done.
By fmwaalex (Austin, TX USA)
12 ROUNDS
John Cena is an entertaining fella regardless of what some would have you believe and is a very charismatic guy. In the ring on the mic or in a movie he is an appealing enough guy [especially for the ladies I guess because my girl is into him] to keep most people entertained. Now I will be the first guy to tell you that is not going to win any Oscars for his acting [yet] and neither will this film since it is pretty much a rip off of "Die Hard 3" but it is interesting none the less. Is it better than his last film "The Marine" you may ask, well in some ways yes and in others no. To be honest I think "The Marine" is more fun as it is over the top kinda in a cartoonish kinda way, but this one is good as well.
Danny Fisher is just your average street cop trying to make detective as is his partner Hank Carver and on one fateful night the just might get their wish. But to do that they must find Miles Jackson a bad guy on the FBI's most wanted list and he was spotted in the area. Cena, I mean Danny has a good eye because he notices Miles's girlfriend driving, off a hunch or feeling he and his partner pull her over only to be under gun fire from Miles once the car has stopped. I guess it was a good guess or just a good eye but they caught on to these two on the run.
After a short chase on foot Danny catches up to them only to witness the woman get killed after trying to escape and getting hit by a car. This is actually one of my favorite scenes in the film but at this point Miles sets in with his revenge kick as he wants to know his name. Fast forward a couple of years and Miles has escaped and not only that but when Danny is out one day he gets a call, from Miles. He has Danny's wife and wants Danny to play a little game with him, a city wide game lasting over 12 rounds if Danny can make it that long. So the race is on to save his wife and catch this guy one more time.
This is an obvious rip off of Die Hard 3 but it is a fun one to be honest and is just meant to be straight up action. This film has plenty of that from fights to shoot outs to explosions to fast cars, you get it all on this Renny Harlin helmed film. One part in particular is very entertaining and it involves a tram, a car, a little carnival, and two very brave men in that one car. I won't ruin it but it is one of the highlights of the film. Still there is plenty of action else were like a nice fire truck scene and plenty of things going boom.
As for the games he has to play they are interesting as well such as the one involving the elevator, which is a favorite of mine. But every one time up in the end much like another movie like this one did, can you guess what it is? Director Renny Harlin who directed the second film in the Die Hard series does a good job with the action and stuff but only decent with every thing else. Daniel Kunka did a good enough job with his first script but it is basically well you know what film it is, not entirely but the idea is basically the same.
John Cena as usual is a charismatic guy and has good screen presence but he is never given enough to work with other than the action. Like I have said before Cena has the potential to be a really good actor, maybe not as good as The Rock but definitely better than Hogan [every body is though really]. Aidan Gillen steals the show as the lead villain and is basically the best thing about the film on every level, he needs more villain roles. Every one in the film does a good job but this movie is not about the acting it is about the action. If that is what you are looking for than this film is for you.
Not sure which of his films I like better because both out do one another in some way, I don't know that is your call. This is a good enough film for a rental at the very least and would be wonderful for a Saturday afternoon or something. So sit back and enjoy if this is your thing, I liked it.
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