Anschauen

12 Rounds

2009

Renny Harlin

★★½

108

Utterly preposterous but enjoyably fast-paced thriller finds World Wrestling Entertainment star Cena cast as a hard-charging New Orleans cop forced into a series of beat-the-clock, life-or-death challenges by a vengeful arms dealer (Gillen) who has kidnapped the cop’s sweetheart (Scott). Director Harlin keeps pedal to metal throughout, so that nothing—not even Cena’s obvious limitations as an actor—ever decelerates the high-velocity spectacle. Clever use of N.O. locations (many still bearing marks of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina) is a plus.

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[PG-13]

John Cena, Aidan Gillen, Ashley Scott, Steve Harris, Brian White, Gonzalo Menendez

Action, Thriller

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