The Marine (2006)

John Cena
Kelly Carlson
Robert Patrick
Drew Powell
Jeff Chase

Directed by John Bonito

Plot: John Triton is a heroic Marine who returns home after being discharged--against his will--from the Iraq War. Stateside, he finds himself back in action, when his wife is kidnapped by a murderous gang led by a merciless criminal named Rome. With everything on the line, the Marine will stop at nothing to carry out his toughest and most important mission.

Review: I know I am probably one of the few, but I thought the trailer to this movie looked really cool. I haven’t been into wrestling for some time, but I knew who John Cena was. After seeing the first WWE films production See No Evil, I was a little worried, but kept my mind open.

I actually really dug this movie. This is a total man movie. There is very little story and an ass load of action. John Cena has a good screen presence similar to that of the Rock. I think he could have a good future in action films. The action was at times unbelievable, but overall was really cool. The main issue this film has is the dialogue. A lot of it is just pointless and stupid. Some of it is the delivery and some is just the script. Overall I liked this movie, you just have to leave your brain behind at the door and watch it for what it is, bad ass action.
 

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