Review of 12 Rounds (2009) by Stevie S — 28 Dec 2011
Renny Harlin was Hollywood next big action expert in the early 90s and has disappeared quite a bit in recent years. Here, his job was to turn Wrestling star John Cena into the next Schwarzenegger, or The Rock.
That does work up to a certain degree. Cena is certainly not the film's biggest problem, even if his acting skills are somewhat limited and he looks funny when he's running. Fact is, the movie has such an insane pace that you sometimes forget to think about the plot holes.
The stereotypes and predictable parts well known in the genre are pretty obvious, though. In a way it's actually a remake of Die Hard 3, especially once we learn the bad guy's ulterior motifs.
Speaking of the villain, Game of Thrones's Littlefinger Aidan Gillen does a decent job here, but is reduced to the regular lines a bad gets in such films. That goes for most of the dialogs, actually.
There's nothing wrong with the action here, even if the editing and always shaky camera work does get tiresome at times. Still, an entertaining film, even if a little more brains wouldn't have hurt.
This review of 12 Rounds (2009) was written by Stevie S on 28 Dec 2011.
12 Rounds has generally received mixed reviews.
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