Variety
Junky, jokey and sometimes both at once, pic marks yet another attempt by World Wrestling Entertainment to establish one of its burly superstars as a movie lead...
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The Marine
WWE wrestler John Cena is now also an action star everybody. Everybody come quick, it’s John Cena. He plays John Triton, a US Mariiiiiiiine in this no nonsense action film.
John is stationed in Iraq when he disobeys commands to wait for back up, and single handedly exterminates a pesky Al Qaeda camp and frees some captured Marines. The heroics mean nothing to those in charge though, 'cos that son-of-a-bitch didn’t follow orders. He’s out, and shipped back to the States. Back home, his wife (Carlson) is abducted by jewel thieves. But they didn’t count on her hubby being gung-ho John Cena, who goes on a one man mission to get his wife back.
John is stationed in Iraq when he disobeys commands to wait for back up, and single handedly exterminates a pesky Al Qaeda camp and frees some captured Marines. The heroics mean nothing to those in charge though, 'cos that son-of-a-bitch didn’t follow orders. He’s out, and shipped back to the States. Back home, his wife (Carlson) is abducted by jewel thieves. But they didn’t count on her hubby being gung-ho John Cena, who goes on a one man mission to get his wife back.
96 minsUSA
Action
- Director:
- John Bonito (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Michelle GallagherAlan B. McElroy
- Cast:
- John CenaRobert PatrickKelly CarlsonAnthony Ray ParkerManu Bennett
The Marine / Reviews
The New York Times
Co-starring as Rome, the ringleader with "intimacy issues," Robert Patrick appears to be enjoying himself. That makes one of us...
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A new action star isn't born in The Marine, which toplines WWE superstar wrestler John Cena in the organization's latest attempt to branch out into the big screen...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Anything bad you might hear about "The Marine" has little to do with the movie -- it's a shortcoming on the part of us critics. If everyone who sees it would just drink a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon beforehand, the low-budget action film would get better reviews than "My Dinner With Andre." "The Marine" is a throwback to all those guilty pleasure action movies...
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The film's saving grace are its fast pacing and generous doses of humor, the latter of which is mostly provided by Robert Patrick's sly delivery of the many wisecracks doled out by his villainous character...
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