Review of 12 Rounds (2000) by Buggy B — 14 Sep 2014

A decent enough action movie, although nothing original and also completely forgettable. It's along the lines of Diehard or Speed, filled with stunts and chases as our cop hero (John Cena) is forced to complete a series of "tasks" in order to save his fiancée from being murdered by an escaped criminal looking for revenge.

Some of the "tasks" are pretty good as Cena tries to stop a runaway streetcar, is dangled from a building, escapes a falling elevator and jumps from a helicopter into a pool. I enjoy him in these action roles and while as a whole this is a way better movie than The Marine, I still preferred that one because it was OTT fun and had a high cheese factor.

I also found myself thinking how hard it must be to find a suitable stuntman for Cena because he is so freakishly huge. The ending did make me smile "Helicopter exploded no big deal "About the house" and I enjoyed the dog here too.

9/13/14.