12 Rounds (2009)

Director: Renny Harlin
Release Date: March 27, 2009
Genre: Action / Thriller
MPAA: Rated PG-13
20th Century Fox




The ORB's take: This WWE action figure should not act.

Movie Review:
In honor of this movie's title here are 12 reasons this movie fails - Reason 1: The plot really revolves around 12 rounds of demands from the villain. Reason 2: The main actor is from the WWE (all muscle, no skills). Reason 3: A script written for someone that can't act. Reason 4: The action scenes are done poorly and reflect similar movie types. Reason 5: The villain can't act either. Reason 6: Predictable. Reason 7: Reminded me of a "Die Hard 3" film but shot with your friend's video camera and his etche-sketch script. Reason 8: The pretty girlfriend who got captured thinks she is witty by throwing out "one liners" throughout this film. Reason 9: Police officer gets uncatchable suspect, suspects girlfriend accidentally gets killed, suspect breaks out of prison and wants revenge, suspect steals girlfriend, suspect really wants money, blah, blah, blah. Reason 10: Did I say WWE? Reason 11: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and even The Rock know that to be an action star you can be successful without a lot of dialog. Reason 12: Hulk Hogan couldn't act, why do you think John Cena can. - If your bored, have seen everything else out, and are a John Cena (WWE) enthusiast then have a watch, if not......don't waste your time.

What to Watch For: A bad plot, a bad actor, and re-done action scenes you've seen before in better movies.

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