The Marine 4: Moving Target (2015)
Rated R
Starring Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, Melissa Roxburgh,
Directed by William Kaufman
The Story:
Jake Carter (Mizanin) has left the Marines and is now working for the most prestigious private security firm that money can buy. His first assignment is to protect a whistleblower (Roxburgh) who has intelligence about top brass that are attempting to betray America. The biggest problem, she doesn't want protection, even from the assassins that are trying to kill her.
WWE Studios returns with their most successful franchise, The Marine. What started as a vehicle for John Cena has turned into a steady gig for The Miz.
Love him or hate him in or out of the ring, Mizanin has more than proved his worth to WWE as arguably their most consistent, and one of the best bad guys over the last decade.
The biggest misstep was trying to make his character a good guy because of his role as the face of The Marine.
They've now settled on the fact that his Hollywood career is part of his egocentric bad guy persona, and they've been mining gold ever since.
Again, they're not reinventing the action flick, they are simply taking what works and keeping the parts well-oiled for their wrestlers to create crossover appeal.
Added to the mix this go round is Summer Rae, who gets to take her turn as a deadly sniper who is trying to take down the target.
It's working, and it's pretty fun from start to finish.
And yes, we're but a few weeks away from the next installment that has The Miz returning in the starring role, and this time there's at least 5 more wrestlers in roles as well.
If they continue to follow this formula, it should be a pretty fun ride.
Final Grade: B-
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