The Marine (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 12, 2009
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: 20Th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Cena & Kelly Carlson | |
Performer: | Robert Patrick, Drew Powell, Anthony Ray Parker & Abigail Blanca | |
Directed by | John Bonito | |
Screenwriting by | Michael Gallagher | |
Composition by | Don Davis | |
Story by | Alan McElroy | |
Produced by | Joel Simon | |
Director of Photography: | David Eggby | |
Executive Production by | Vince McMahon & Matthew Carroll |
Entertainment Reviews:
Some crazed jewel thieves get trigger-happy in a gas station, and kidnap John Cena's wife. This is useful, as it adds the dangerous excitement of having an angry pro-wrestler chase them through South Carolina forests.
The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Rating: 3/5 --
It's not a good film by any practical standard, but The Marine is bad in just the right way, a mindless throwaway that's at least smart enough not to take itself too seriously.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: B- --
The Marine often feels like an oddball black comedy about a dysfunctional band of sociopaths, just masquerading as an action movie about one tough ex-Marine.
AV Club
The story is minimal and the action is preposterous, but it doesn't try to be much else.
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Calgary Movies
Rating: C+ --
A delectably bad '80s-style actioner.
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Entertainment Weekly
Rating: C --
It is not particularly a bad film. It is just nothing special.
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Laramie Movie Scope
A movie so dumb it may actually cause brain damage.
Toronto Sun
Product Description:
John Cena of the WWE stars in this barrelhouse brawler of a film as John Triton, a marine who gets discharged after he disobeys orders while rescuing prisoners in Iraq. Now he's back home in South Carolina with his wife, Kate (Kelly Carlson), and a lame security job. Meanwhile, a gang of colorfully violent jewel thieves knock over a diamond business and blow a police car 30 feet in the air while making their getaway. John and Kate are driving out in their SUV for a weekend in the mountains and wind up at the same gas station as the robbers. Shots get fired, the fuel tanks explode, and the bad guys hightail it out of there--with Kate as a hostage. Triton must now use his formidable Marine training to track the bad guys via car chase, boat chase, and knife-in-hand swamp-stalking. Despite the rampant violence, this is suitable for the WWE fanbase, as it downplays the blood and death and ups the quotient of sucker punches, throwing guys through walls, and leaping away from fireball explosions in slow motion. Robert Patrick plays the lead bad guy, shrugging off wry in-jokes about his role in TERMINATOR 2 while he shoots witnesses. Abigail Bianca is the evil girl in the gang--she and Kate get to have a fight of their own before it's all over. Fortunately Cena manages to hold his own onscreen amid the amusing dialogue and flying fists, making for a satisfying addition to the ranks of action heroes.
Description by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
WWE champion John Cena dominates the big screen as Marine John Triton. Wherever there's danger, Triton is usually smack dab in the middle of it... and he doesn't play by rules! After he's unwillingly discharged from Iraq, Triton's beautiful wife Kate ("Nip And Tuck's" Kelly Carlson) is kidnapped by merciless jewel thieves led by a vicious killer (Robert Patrick)! Now, Triton must fight to save her, utilizing his most powerful weapon - himself!