The Marine (DVD, 2007, Unrated)

The Marine

John Cena is a great personality every week on WWE programming so it was pretty obvious he would be a decent action star. WWE has been known to be over the top and The Marine is no different. Full-blown action from beginning to end.

The Marine has gun fights, fist fights, knife fights, bomb fights, and pretty much any other fight you can think of. There's car chases, explosions, glass breaking, people being thrown, and pretty much every other form of violence you can think of. That being said I didn't think this film was that graphic, the film makers do a good job covering up the blood and guts with innovative camera angles.

I already stated that John Cena does a good job as an action star and Kelly Carlson is fantastic as his wife. But the real key to this film is Robert Patrick as the main bad-guy. Patrick is amazing in almost every role he plays and this one is no different. He's funny, witty, and incredibly bad-@$$.

Watching The Marine reminded me of all of the action films of yester-year; Predator, Commando, Rambo, Hard Target, Nowhere to Run, and pretty much every other action film from the late-80's, early-90's. If you enjoy old-school action you'll enjoy this.

Final Verdict:

4/5

Rent or Buy?: If you have a Van Damme, Stallone, or Ahnold collection this film is a must buy, if not this film is just a rental.

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WWE's 2nd big theatrical release was much better than the first. The action scenes in this movie are very well done. The car chase scene is very tense and just locks you in. The acting is very good as well. John Cena does an amazing job, I was very impressed. The supporting cast are also all great actors. The only bad thing about this movie is the script writing. Whoever wrote some of the dumb side plots and cheesy lines should burn for tainting this film. But that is really the only down-side to this film. Check it out, you'll enjoy it. This is a MUST HAVE for hardcore WWE fans or Chain Gang members.

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As part of his ongoing desire to rule the world, Vince McMahon and his WWE conglomerate have gotten into the competitive world of...film production. That's right; using the current stars of his wrestling regime, and matching them up with projects that fit their perceived public personality, this cinematic strategy has borne out two recent releases. The spring of 2006 saw the sloppy slasher hackneyed horror film See No Evil, featuring Glen "Kane" Jacobs. It was not a hit. Then during the annual awards love-in of the Fall and Winter, John Cena starred in the high octane thriller The Marine. A demented throwback to the mid-'80s style of action film, complete with loud explosions, lame dialogue, and laugh out loud humor (both unintentional and otherwise), it should have been a big box office winner. It wasn't. Perhaps on DVD, it will find the audience it deserves. For pure plotless pyrotechnics and loads of fiery fisticuffs, you can't beat this retro ridiculousness.

Sometimes, you just need to see sh*t blow up REAL GOOD! You want to watch bullets fly, cars carelessly chase each other, and experience the brain purging power of actors carefully choreographed in bone crunching and face smashing fisticuffs. As an artform, the cinema can be awfully snotty. It can ladle on the self-important arrogance like an Ivy League law professor. In the world of filmic physics, every holier than thou piece of independent drivel derived directly from some slacker's soul searching diary requires an equal and opposite bit of mindless entertainment fluff – and The Marine fits the bill quite nicely. Taking it's cues from the Commando school of shoot-em ups, and filled with enough giganormous fireballs to make flame-lovers foam with demented delight, this guaranteed guilty pleasure of a movie may seem like seriously stupid macho mediocrity. But within the current motion picture malaise, this high concept conundrum where narratives must be nuanced to appeal to the widest demographic possible, it's refreshing to see a story that sticks with the silent film facets of heroes and villains. All our bloated ex-Terminator Robert Patrick requires as heinous hood Rome is a twistable handle bar moustache and a couple of orphanage deeds to foreclose on, and this post-modern Snidely Whiplash would be an instant evil icon.

Yet perhaps the biggest question to be addressed here is whether or not John Cena, incredibly popular WWE champion and all around brawny beefcake, has a career in front of the camera. Is he a decent action hero, or should he stick to slamming other musclemen to the square circle matt? The answer, oddly enough, is yes. Cena does have a kind of Arnold Schwarzeneggar as supermodel slickness that renders his physicality perfect for this kind of film. Indeed, he makes a far more appealing man of action than some of the slighter, more sensitive types being tossed at the camera (not including the great Jason Statham). Granted, when actually trying to emote, Cena's real puppy dog personality comes shining through, goofy geniality replacing the stern, steroid-stoked glare that usually accompanies a stellar Smackdown appearance. But put him in a situation where balled up fists have to pummel personnel, where guns must blaze with projectile pumping efficiency, when Herculean determination is required to overcome a near impossible manmade mission, and Cena scores. Perhaps it's his overworked musculature, or permanent granite jawline.

Once again., I must divert to the WWE Superstars coming out of Sports-Entertainment and successfully into Hollywood. (A Wall Broken-Down by Dwayne Johnson "THE ROCK" in "Mummy 2", "Scorpion King", "The Rundown", "Walking Tall", "Be Cool", "Gridiron Gang"). Since WWE wrestling is scripted-acting., the WWE athletes have shown their acting abilities were more than ready for the big-screen. (HHH in "Blade 3"., Stone-Cold, Goldberg, Kevin Nash in Adam Sandlers remake "The Longest Yard", Kane in "See No Evil") -- Now John Cena, as Embattled-Marine John Triton, gets blown out of no less than three exploding buildings. That does not even include the exploding cars or the lavish gunplay., in this hit action adventure "The Marine" (UNRATED). -- Triton gets drummed out of the Marines for disobeying a direct order, one in which he ultimately still saved three fellow Marines from sure death at the hands of Al Qaeda. He is therein returned to the United States., where Triton will encounter Jewel Thief Psychopath Rome, (Robert Patrick), and his gang of assorted sociopaths making a daring diamond heist in broad daylight, with no apparent worries about security cameras or witnesses. The Ex-Marine is just looking to have some downtime with his wife, Kate (Kelly Carlson), but in the encounter with Rome she is brutally taken hostage. Clearly not content to let the Police handle this, the former member of Marine Special Ops., a man trained in hand-to-hand combat, covert operations, and demolitions makes the decision to take matters into his own highly trained hands. Explosions are certainly not hard-to-find as everything blows up in this thrill-ride devastation action-adventure. Trition (Cena) also provides an exhilirating car-chase worthy of "The French Connection" & Bullett"., one movies haven't seen in years). This proves such in a seemingly endless car chase as the bullets fly, and rage ensues., blinding rage to recapture his love., his life., his wife.... and destroy ALL in his way., in a very bad way!! (Borrowing a lot from the "Die-Hard Series"., "The Marine" is FAR FROM A LET-DOWN !!) -- This is a major success in the continued WWE movie transitions as Vince McMahon & WWE Films continues to show us that entertainment comes ouside the ring too !! SEE THIS !! Guaranteed Hit Action Flick !!

We really enjoyed this movie. It was filled with a lot of drama, action, AND comedy. Wrestler John Cena was absolutely wonderful in this movie. He may be a great wrestler but I think that he would do much better acting. Because we saw the reviews and liked what we saw. The price was a great factor in our purchase also. We wanted it so we could watch it whenever we wanted and share it with family and friends, which is what we did. AWESOME!!!

I'm not a fan of the WWE at all, and I didn't know they made the movie until the beginning credits. Naturally I guess it would have plenty of fighting, shooting, and explosions. I was right, it was a predictable movie and it reminded me of those typical Arnold, Stallone, or Van Damme movies from the 80's. I did like how the script was written though, it really pieced the storyline together. I would give it a 3.5 out of 5, but that isn't possible.

I went to see this in theatres. I walked in highly skeptical about it because its from WWE, and that isn't a favorite of mine. However, right from the beginning it grabs your attention and you are completly intranced in the movie until the very end. Very well worth the buy! Its got it all from love to action and everything in between. I've been waiting for this to come out since it first entered threatres. And hey, if you don't like it because its action, buy it for the fact that we can all agree that John Cena is hot!!

The Marine is a movie released by WWE entertainment movies and stars wrestler John Cena.

The basic plot of the movie is that Cena's character is released from the Marines and is having a hard time fitting into society. He and his wife decide to go on a trip and they run into a hardened diamond robbery crew, that is a little off it's rocker. (As seen earlier in the movie). This crew is lead by the guy that played the T-1000 in Terminator 2.

Cena's wife is kidnapped and he then goes on a hug hunt through the swamps to rescue her. That's the plot. :/

Lots of violence and gun play. Not to mention cheese lines. I like the part where the diamond crew is being chased by Cena and one of them looks at their boss and says "This guy is like the Terminator", only to get a cheese cut scene of the T-1000 actor's eyes in the rear view mirror. I totally expected him to wink. *sigh*

So this is a very predictable movie. Total cheese. Watch it if you want to put your mind in neutral and not have to think at all.
2/5
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I like all the action in this movie,it is so life like.I bought it because of the action and John Cena and it was the unrated version(the best version to own).

The movie is really good, and to make it even better, it has John Cena in it! I'm a really big fan, so thank you for the movie and the fast shipping!!

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This was a pretty good movie. Lots of action, Lots of fx. Well worth the money, it is well worth watch several times. SEMPER-FI!!!!!!

The Marine starring John Cena, WWE champ, looks like, acts like, fights like a marine. Action movie is what you would expect and more. I was surprised at how well he acted. Looks as if he were a veteran actor. Of course the role did not require a lot and being a WWE star I guess he has been acting for a while.

If you like Cena, you should enjoy the movie. I got exactly what I wanted.

Good movie. I like the action pact and I know that John Cena has it in him to do this movie. His personality conflicts with this movie as hi kicks the bad guys out.

I bought it because I'm a big John Cena fan.I really liked all of the action.I would and have recommended it to others.

This movie is incredible -- terrific action scenes, great story and a bit of sharp/wry humor. It is definitely worth seeing more than once!

I really enjoyed my shopping experience when I bought The Marine on DVD. I can't think of anything about my transaction that wasn't pleasant! The Movie arrived swiftly, was packaged well, and had an unbeatable price. My over-all experience with buying this item was A+. I decided to buy this movie for my daughter that is a BIG TIME wrestling fan, and her favorite is Jon Cena. I was happy to see that I could purchase a brand new, sealed copy of this movie...only 1 day after its initial public release!

I LIKED THE MOVIE BUT I DONT THINK THAT JOHN CENA WAS THE MAIN ACTOR IN THIS. FOR BEING HIS MOVIE I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE. IT HAD ACTION IN IT AND IT WAS GOOD. BUT I PROBABLY WOULDNT WATCH IT AGAIN. I BOUGHT ONE FOR MY DAUGHTER TOO. SHE WATCHED IT AND SAID IT WAS OKAY.

So we got this movie the other week, solely because husband is a big Wrestling fan. Well John Cena needs to stick to wrestling! Yes the movie has action and the inevitable wrestling moves in the fight scenes, but we laughed pretty much all the way through the movie. I think John Cena's script was about a page long, he maybe able to act in the ring but leave the acting on the screen to the ACTORS

John Cena WWE play in this movie marine.He portrayed a tough Special Ops Marine John Triton who makes a tough decision to save three fellow soldiers by disobeying a direct order. The only devastating part of this decision is that he is unfortunately discharged. After returning home to his beautiful wife, Kate (Kelly Carlson), he got a job as a security office but that did not for long because he can't forget his past life as a marine for helping people! The two couple have a unfortunate encounter with a psychotic group of jewel theives. The leader of the group, Robert Patrick, and his posy end up making a devastating mistake by kidnapping Kate (Kelly Carlson) which brings out the best or the worst of this Special Ops Marine.

There is alot of action in this movie like blowing things up and alot of fight fist on fist. Thought the movie John the marine did not use any guns, he use his fist to do all the fighting. If you like to see fist vs guns this is the movie for you!

To me the movie the Marine is so so because I think they should put more bad guys in the movie and let John the marine to use all skills he learn in his past life in the Marine. I want to John the marine useing a gun to snap people that what Marine do in real life. But the movie only let him fight with his fist. so thst is why the movie is so so to me. I just want to see more Marine skills in tis movie!!

The movie only cost $20 to $15 new right not but it will go down in price in a few months just like the other movies!!

Smooth transaction! The DVD I ordered arrived timely and was as advertised. My son is looking forward to this movie for Christmas so I have no topened it to test the quality yet but I am sure all will be well.

What a great great movie. We loved this movie so very much. Jon Ceana is great great actor we like him every movie he does is usely a good one.

I bought this DVD to replace my coworkers DVD that she loaned to me. I had to replace it after my puppy torn it to pieces. She loaned it to me to check out John Cena's hotness which I agree with. Not the best acting but he is great to watch. I probably wouldn't have bought this myself but she was very happy!