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I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

This is an absolute crap movie.The story line is terrific and it certainly had potential but unfortunately they hired the worst camera man they possibly could.The movie was filmed by someone with Tourette syndrome.What fool with a brain snap thought this was going to be a goer?I would be surprised if there is ANYONE who could watch this rubbish without feeling seasick.Don't get me wrong, there are some things about this flick that could be said to be okay, like the story line, but no matter how good that story line is, it pales into total insignificance when you try to watch it on the full screen.I have my own copy of this and I could only get half way through it and when I pull it out of machine, it goes straight into the garbage, where it belongs.A perfectly good movie, completely spoiled because they thought it would be real cool to record it on camcorder carried by a spastic.

Renny Harlin directed Die Hard 2 rather apt considering the plot for 12 Rounds borrows elements from its sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance.WWE wrestler John Cena plays a cop who arrested a wanted Irish terrorist and in doing so the bad guy's girlfriend gets run over by a vehicle.The said bad guy escapes prison and takes revenge on Cena by holding his girlfriend hostage and getting him to partake in various tasks if he wants to see her alive again.These 12 Rounds of tasks seem to make no sense at first. Cena has to get to one part of the city to another very quickly and in doing so he tends to hang around fretting and talking to the FBI officers who at first seem to be an obstacle. In fact you wonder why the FBI officers pursuing the terrorist were not on his hit list considering they were more responsible for him being arrested in the first place.Eventually Cena realises that he did once watch Die Hard with a Vengeance and figures that the bad guy may have an ulterior motive in his mission and it may not be just revenge because the tasks Cena has performed had some after effects which left parts of the city vulnerable.Harlin is a frustrating director and has been in a downward spiral for some years. This film has a good budget, some good action scenes and rather watchable despite some duff lines, poor plotting and ludicrous scenes. The finale was rather poor in my opinion but for Cena, at then new to movie action roles this was a decent starring vehicle and he was less wooden here than he was in The Marine.

I wrote this in real time as I watched the movie. Every point is a reason to avoid this movie at all costs. It's the worst thing that I've had the disgrace to watch since This Means War. It's an absolutely horrid cliché fest from beginning to end.MC = main characterWitty dialog between husband and hot wife Outrageously efficient police techVillain is nonchalant about being monitoredVillain easily fakes death, fools policeVillain gets together with hot piece of meatWitty dialog between MC and secondary characterMc plays heroVillain has terrible aim and MC is immune to bulletsInfinite ammoAgainst all odds, MC gets the bad guyMc cares more about wife than he cares about friends and boozeMc argues with wife over petty thing and she says cliché line about disappointmentPREDICTION: Something bad will happen to her - this happenedVillain takes it personal against MC, blows up his house and car, vows to kill wifeMC easily steals sports car, but it's justifiedvillain kidnaps wife instead of killing her, wife becomes damsel in distressPREDICTION: MC rescues wife, they live happily ever after - this happenedWhite cop swings gun around in black neighborhood, doesn't get shotVillain uses riddles as hints, MC easily solves themVillain decides to watch the world burn and torture MC instead of just getting away Best buds 4 life moment between MC and secondary characterHigher ups pull MC back to realityMc is also a fireman!! No oxygen needed though, only coatBOMB DEFUSING TIME!!Mc plays hero... AgainMc drives fireman truck, no permission needed because he's the MC... He destroys everything in his way but it's OK cause BOMBapparently, the MC is more efficient than the FBIvillain goes full SAW, now it's all about solving riddles and getting cluesPREDICTION: "YOU'VE KILLED AN INNOCENT MAN!" - this didn't happen"Keep talking to him so we can get his location"... Doesn't work"No cheating~" says the villain, as he threats to kill MC's wifeMC saves villain from head-shot instead of using villain's dead hand to avoid bomb from explodingMC gets to drive federal vehicle like its no big dealeverything explodes, everything was destroyed, but nobody died so MC saves the day I guess?MC gets cocky with villain and things get harder, color me surprisedvillain kills MC's best bud, but it's OK, he's not his wifes**t goes meta, MC wonders why villain didn't just kill him and his wife when he had the chancePREDICTION: MC will corner villain, villain will break down and give a pathetic speech about love, vengeance and other dumb s**t - this didn't happenVillain replaces high ranked security employee like it was no big deal, gets access to millions of dollars to stealMc's wife gets cocky. Spits on villain's face, despite being at his mercy - Mc's wife knows how to pilot an helicopter, it's easier than a car anywayVillain gets hit by MC's wife and suddenly decides he wants to kill her, just as MC is in place to rescue herMc beats the living s**t out of villain, but he's got the ace of spades, imminent bomb explosion unless they jump from a moving helicopterVillain loss in his own game, MC rescues wife as they safely land on a pool, as money rains over them, they kiss and I'm tired of writing everything wrong with this s***fest of a movie... Wait, the torture is over, credits are rolling! THANK GODI want my neuroses back. By the way, I'm giving it a 1 because of the realistic shock-wave when the house explodes.

I will admit to begin with I have been a big WWE fan for years since I was a young kid. However, I am not such a big fan of the WWE studios films including 12 rounds. This film goes with the story of John Cena's character going through 12 rounds of insane challenges to rescue his wife from an Irish terrorist from his past. Now this film will be compared to Cena's first film The Marine which in my opinion is a lot worse than this and Cena is so much better in this film in every way. He is relatable to the situation and he is dynamic with his performance, however, this film is the villain Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen) he steals every scene he is in and he makes the viewer just hate this character and want Cena to prevail. There are a few other characters but this really is the battle between Cena and Gillen which gives this film its intensity. The main negatives of this film is that most of the rounds that Cena participates in is ridiculous in a grounded reality which takes the viewer out of the film. This film is a good piece of fun with explosions and gunfights but it lacks a bit of depth with the characters apart from Cena and Gillen everybody else is quiet boring and this film ends up just being okay instead of great.