Starring John Cena
Written by Daniel Kunka
Directed by Renny Harlin
Written by Daniel Kunka
Directed by Renny Harlin
John Cena (some WWE wrestling "star" apparently...I've never watched any "professional wrestling" in my life) is New Orleans cop Danny Fisher who, a year ago, captured some criminal mastermind, but accidentally killed the crook's wife in the process (although, in reality, Danny didn't really kill the wife...someone else ran her over, so it really makes no sense why the bad guy's so pissed at the cop). It's a year later and the nutjob is out of jail and he wants revenge, kidnapping Danny's girlfriend and sending the cop on a series of "games" (12 rounds of games, if you will) in order to get his wife back.
The movie's just plain silly and goes on for way too long (and it's only a little over 100 minutes). After about the 5th game when Danny takes over a fire truck in order to get a bomb out of the city limits, wrecking upwards of 20 cars and motorcyles in the process, I was simply tired of watching it. There's no basis in reality here, and while I understand it's an action movie, some semblance of realism would've been nice.
I'm not gonna even discuss the acting chops of Cena, but there may be a reason why he has no other movies lined up for himself on the horizon (although, if I'm being completely honest, he wasn't even close to Brendan Fraser levels of bad...). Overall, it just seemed very tv-movie-esque...nobody really acted well, nothing really looked good, everything was just as bland as could be.
The movie's just plain silly and goes on for way too long (and it's only a little over 100 minutes). After about the 5th game when Danny takes over a fire truck in order to get a bomb out of the city limits, wrecking upwards of 20 cars and motorcyles in the process, I was simply tired of watching it. There's no basis in reality here, and while I understand it's an action movie, some semblance of realism would've been nice.
I'm not gonna even discuss the acting chops of Cena, but there may be a reason why he has no other movies lined up for himself on the horizon (although, if I'm being completely honest, he wasn't even close to Brendan Fraser levels of bad...). Overall, it just seemed very tv-movie-esque...nobody really acted well, nothing really looked good, everything was just as bland as could be.
The RyMickey Rating: D
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