12 Rounds

Name: 12 Rounds
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: March 27, 2009
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Ashley Scott, John Cena

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Fox Atomic | Release Date: March 27, 2009 | PG-13

Starring: Ashley Scott, John Cena

Summary: When New Orleans Police Detective, Danny Fisher, stops a brilliant thief, Miles, from getting away with a multi-million-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with a series of near-impossible puzzles and tasks ...12 rounds...thatWhen New Orleans Police Detective, Danny Fisher, stops a brilliant thief, Miles, from getting away with a multi-million-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with a series of near-impossible puzzles and tasks ...12 rounds...that Danny must somehow complete to save the life of his fiancee. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

Director: Renny Harlin

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 108 min

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Gary Goldstein

Escapist fun that provides an effective showcase for the blue-collar charisma and bulky good looks of its hyper-athletic lead, four-time World Champion wrestler John Cena (think Matt Damon, only twice the size). Read full review

Empire Genevieve Harrison

Derivative it may be, but with its echoes of "Speed," "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard With A Vengeance," this is a welcome throwback for audiences raised on '90s action flicks -- what they used to call "a pulse-pounding roller-coaster thrill-ride of a movie." Read full review

Nathan Rabin

There's something strangely charming about films that are all artifice, explosions, and naked calculation. 12 Rounds is at least honest trash: It never pretends to be anything other than manic schlock. Read full review

Roger Moore

Noisy, cut into a head-snapping blur with little room for Cena to even try showing emotion, 12 Rounds is an occasionally exciting but always empty experience. Read full review

Tom Russo

As one of the WWE's marquee pro wrestlers, John Cena is some actor. As a straight actor . . . he's a great wrestler. Read full review

Nathan Lee

There are, as you may have guessed, 12 rounds of this arbitrary nonsense. Annoying as the conceit may be, it neatly functions as a means to gauge how much is left to endure. Read full review

Rob Nelson

The viewer, even from a seated position, deserves a championship belt for surviving this overlong actioner. Read full review

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AngelA

Apr 20, 2009

The movie has a good idea and some really seat-gripping excitement. It reminds me of Die Hard with a Vengeance but even more exciting. The plot is good with enough twists to keep everyone's interests. I have only one negative thing to say...and this is that I hate the type of camera The movie has a good idea and some really seat-gripping excitement. It reminds me of Die Hard with a Vengeance but even more exciting. The plot is good with enough twists to keep everyone's interests. I have only one negative thing to say...and this is that I hate the type of camera work in this movie. It seems to be the latest rage in movies...to have jerky-action shots. Personally I think it looks amateurish and makes the watcher slightly nauseous. What a shame to do that to such an exciting film. Even with that type of photography, I would still recommend this film and have done so. I had never seen any advertising for this film and would not have gone to see it had I not looked up a synopsis of it.… Expand

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RyanS.

Jul 3, 2009

Sure, John Cena is a terrible actor. But what does he need to act for in a movie like this? It's pretty much solid action. Plenty of explosions and car wrecks and such. Screw acting!

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Meth-dude

May 8, 2015

There is just so many impossible and unbelievable moments with bad CGI effects and bad acting that we just can't believe what's going on.And the 12 rounds are pretty fast but the movie seems really long because the movie is not interesting at all.

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kgm.

Mar 28, 2009

At first glance, you

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dev92

Aug 25, 2012

I did actually think the film tried very hard and you can see the fruits of their efforts. Unfortunately I don't think that John Cena is that good an actor and the script wasn't very good either.

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bjh

Jun 9, 2009

What I really don't get is... the review for this movie by Gary Goldstein. What payola-inspired trite is that?

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JackM.

May 30, 2009

Just as I had expected, a film with a terrible actor which just seems to have been slapped together with pritt-stick!

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