12 Rounds
12 Rounds
PG-13 | 27 March 2009 (USA)
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When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with 12 rounds of near-impossible puzzles and tasks that he must somehow complete to save the life of the woman he loves.

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crewegaylepetrou

The word 'crap' is the only word I can say about this movie as Cena once again is portrayed as 'SuperCena' for some odd reason. Like I said in my summary, I would rather watch Dooley's Day Out than this crap. No actually, watch DDO all day and night.Cena just needs to stop making these stupid films as it makes John McClain (from Die Hard) and other legendary action stars look like a complete and utter joke. I highly recommend you to go on Jappercake on YouTube to watch DDO as there is a lot of banter and jokes that have been applied to his videos so please for the love of God watch DDO.

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Scott LeBrun

Wrestling superstar John Cena stars in this amusing escapist fare, as a New Orleans cop named Danny Fisher. He participates in the bust of a notorious arms dealer named Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen), and during the bust Miles' girlfriend is accidentally killed. One year later, and the criminal has escaped from prison, hellbent on vengeance. He kidnaps Danny's girlfriend Molly (Ashley Scott), and makes the cop go through a series of problem solving games. The FBI, personified by hard nosed Agent Aiken (Steve Harris) and the more personable Agent Santiago (Gonzalo Menendez) prove to be both a help and a hindrance as the story plays out.This WWE studios production does make some of the right moves. It's got Mark Gordon ("Speed") as a producer and mainstream action specialist Renny Harlin ("Die Hard 2", "Cliffhanger") as the director. Working from the script by Daniel Kunka, they don't set out to do anything particularly innovative or intelligent. They just make this a good, solid action movie that never skimps on the thrills. The forward momentum is impressive, and the set pieces spectacular. Gordon, Harlin, and Kunka are wise to never slow down for very long, and use the locations of the post-Hurricane Katrina N.O. to great advantage. The audience may still sit back and marvel at how preposterous all of it is, but at least it's never boring.Cena is no great shakes as an actor, but does what needs to be done, and sometimes that's all that one needs in this genre. His supporting cast fortunately picks up some of the slack. Gillen is a hoot as the charismatic weasel who clearly impresses himself with his own ingenuity. Scott possesses an appreciable feisty quality. Brian White is definitely amiable in his part as Hank, Danny's best friend on the force. And Harris and Menendez do a decent job of contrasting.Provided you want something that won't force you to think too much, you'll likely see this as solid entertainment.Seven out of 10.

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YaroLord

I wrote this in real time as I watched the movie. Every point is a reason to avoid this movie at all costs. It's the worst thing that I've had the disgrace to watch since This Means War. It's an absolutely horrid cliché fest from beginning to end.MC = main characterWitty dialog between husband and hot wife Outrageously efficient police techVillain is nonchalant about being monitoredVillain easily fakes death, fools policeVillain gets together with hot piece of meatWitty dialog between MC and secondary characterMc plays heroVillain has terrible aim and MC is immune to bulletsInfinite ammoAgainst all odds, MC gets the bad guyMc cares more about wife than he cares about friends and boozeMc argues with wife over petty thing and she says cliché line about disappointmentPREDICTION: Something bad will happen to her - this happenedVillain takes it personal against MC, blows up his house and car, vows to kill wifeMC easily steals sports car, but it's justifiedvillain kidnaps wife instead of killing her, wife becomes damsel in distressPREDICTION: MC rescues wife, they live happily ever after - this happenedWhite cop swings gun around in black neighborhood, doesn't get shotVillain uses riddles as hints, MC easily solves themVillain decides to watch the world burn and torture MC instead of just getting away Best buds 4 life moment between MC and secondary characterHigher ups pull MC back to realityMc is also a fireman!! No oxygen needed though, only coatBOMB DEFUSING TIME!!Mc plays hero... AgainMc drives fireman truck, no permission needed because he's the MC... He destroys everything in his way but it's OK cause BOMBapparently, the MC is more efficient than the FBIvillain goes full SAW, now it's all about solving riddles and getting cluesPREDICTION: "YOU'VE KILLED AN INNOCENT MAN!" - this didn't happen"Keep talking to him so we can get his location"... Doesn't work"No cheating~" says the villain, as he threats to kill MC's wifeMC saves villain from head-shot instead of using villain's dead hand to avoid bomb from explodingMC gets to drive federal vehicle like its no big dealeverything explodes, everything was destroyed, but nobody died so MC saves the day I guess?MC gets cocky with villain and things get harder, color me surprisedvillain kills MC's best bud, but it's OK, he's not his wifes**t goes meta, MC wonders why villain didn't just kill him and his wife when he had the chancePREDICTION: MC will corner villain, villain will break down and give a pathetic speech about love, vengeance and other dumb s**t - this didn't happenVillain replaces high ranked security employee like it was no big deal, gets access to millions of dollars to stealMc's wife gets cocky. Spits on villain's face, despite being at his mercy - Mc's wife knows how to pilot an helicopter, it's easier than a car anywayVillain gets hit by MC's wife and suddenly decides he wants to kill her, just as MC is in place to rescue herMc beats the living s**t out of villain, but he's got the ace of spades, imminent bomb explosion unless they jump from a moving helicopterVillain loss in his own game, MC rescues wife as they safely land on a pool, as money rains over them, they kiss and I'm tired of writing everything wrong with this s***fest of a movie... Wait, the torture is over, credits are rolling! THANK GODI want my neuroses back. By the way, I'm giving it a 1 because of the realistic shock-wave when the house explodes.

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SnoopyStyle

Danny Fisher (John Cena) is a New Orleans beat cop who arrested master criminal Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen). In the process, he kills the love of Miles' life, and Miles vows revenge. One year later, Miles escapes from prison, and kidnaps Danny's girl Molly (Ashley Scott). To get her back, Danny must follow Miles' instructions in a game of 12 rounds.It's a very derivative movie reminiscent of 'Die Hard: With a Vengeance'. John Cena seems like a perfectly reasonable cop character. He has reasonable charisma but he has a limited acting range. He can't add the much needed comic relief like Bruce Willis.Also there is just too much ridiculousness. The tests are ridiculous. The FBI agent played by Steve Harris is ridiculous. The problem is that the rounds get very repetitive with action splashed in every once in awhile.Is it a good movie? No, but I've seen much worst. The action kept me interested for about half of the movie. It's just too repetitive and one dimensional. There's a bit of fun action. If that's all you're looking for, this movie certainly has it.

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