The Story:
Danny (John Cena) is a New Orleans cop who gets promoted to detective when he takes down a terrorist, Miles Jackson (Aiden Gillen). The only problem, Miles' girlfriend gets caught in the crossfire, and he blames Danny for her death. One year later, Miles gets free, and Danny's house explodes! It seems Miles has a series of 12 tasks for Danny to tackle if he wants to see his wife alive again. Can Danny survive all 12 rounds, save his wife and take down the bad guy?
Yeah... it's John Cena, remember?!
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2009, and WWE Studios decides to give John Cena another crack at stardom. It's not a bad effort at all, and perhaps a bit better than The Marine. I can't recall, it's been a few years since I last saw that one.
Cena is a bit more at ease behind the camera, letting his natural ability and charisma to carry him through the action. The story itself is a good one, reminiscent of Die Hard 3, which is always a good thing.
Lending Cena a hand behind the camera is Renny Harlin. People can mock his body of work, but when he does a good film, it's really very good. He is a firm believer in reality over CGI, and that's a refreshing change and carries over on the big screen.
But let's be honest, most things coming out of Vince McMahon's studio is going to be seen on the small screen, however, that may be for the best.
The action and pacing is good, and very little wasted time and effort from start to finish.
It's a nice budget action flick...no complaints.
Final Grade: C+... borderline B-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: It's been over 5 years... not going to be buying it but if I stumble across it again in a few years, why not?
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