12 Rounds

Posted by Posted by McCall Image On 6/08/2009

Directed by: Renny Harlin
It might be called 12 Rounds, but the predictable outcome isn't worth the anticipation worthy of a prize fight. It's not even worth the anticipation billed on the poster, "From the Director of Die Hard 2." John Cena is not Bruce Willis. You might remember this pro-wrestler turned actor from 2006's "The Marine" - it's okay if you don't remember.
I enjoyed Aidan Gillen in HBO's "The Wire" as Mayor Thomas Carcetti. But he's less memorable in 12 Rounds, spending a considerable amount of time in the film yelling into a mobile phone. Here he plays a psychopathic ex-con who kidnaps Cena's (Detective Danny Fisher's) girlfriend as revenge for putting him away. This movie probably won't help either of these actor's careers. Still, it's a good action movie to watch on a hungover Sunday afternoon because it almost reminds you of watching a cheesy Schwarzenegger or Willis flic in their '80s glories. Almost.

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