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12 Rounds

PG-13 Released Mar 27, 2009 1h 48m Action Mystery & Thriller List
31% Tomatometer 72 Reviews 45% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings
When New Orleans cop Danny Fisher (John Cena) prevents a brilliant thief from successfully carrying out his latest heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. Hungry for revenge, the criminal mastermind breaks out of prison and kidnaps Danny's fiancee. To save her, Danny must successfully navigate his way through an elaborate series of tasks and puzzles, or else watch the love of his life die. Read More Read Less
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Energetic but empty, 12 Rounds' preposterous plot hurtles along at a rapid pace, but can't disguise the derivative script.

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Drew Toal Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 18, 2011 Full Review Rob Nelson Variety Heavy on stunts but light on plausibility, humor, surprise, visual ingenuity or psychological depth. Sep 1, 2009 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Apart from the palpably improbable storyline, Harlan shows a massive disregard for characterisation, and so much bang-bang editing that you scarcely know where you are. Rated: 2/5 Jun 2, 2009 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review While the movie offers plenty of coherent movie violence, it lacks innovation or a charismatic lead. Rated: 1.5/4 Dec 2, 2023 Full Review Carson Timar ClapperCast 12 Rounds has a real sense of urgency even if it gets boring by the end Mar 22, 2022 Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures as a fast-food action director, Renny Harlin still delivers a fun movie Rated: 3/5 Sep 21, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cive L I loved it and did not expect to. I am a fan of 80s and 90s action movies and this reminds me of these so much with the shitty dialogue and uptight feds. Cena does most of his own stunts and the car chases are not CGI. Turn off your brain and enjoy it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review Valentine P Not bad but didn't catch my interest. Overall an okay movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/01/24 Full Review Audience Member Better than you think, but still just another action flick to pop on before you sleep. Still, love John Cena in this! The story and “games” played are actually interesting but the ending is whatever. Just suspend your belief and it’s fine, this is during the Super Cena era so of course he’ll do ridiculous stuff here. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Sedale S Better than you think, but still just another action flick to pop on before you sleep. Still, love John Cena in this! The story and “games” played are actually interesting but the ending is whatever. Just suspend your belief and it’s fine, this is during the Super Cena era so of course he’ll do ridiculous stuff here. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Randy S Bad! Just Bad! I mean really, Really, REALLY BAD! Stunts were not believable (especially the street car scene), bad acting with meathead characters. But the worst part was the plot. Very perdictable and unoriginal. I was able to stay ahead of officer idiot (John Cena) because I have seen 2 movies. This crappy film is a really lame mix of them. Speed meets Die Hard With a Vengence. Pretty lazy effort on everyone's part. I would give a lower rating if I could. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/23 Full Review Regal R 75/100 - worth a watch through. takes you back to a different time. its interesting to see how cenas acting has changed over the years and how differently and politically charged films are today compared to even 10 years ago. films used to just be films, now theyre scripts for a political agenda. sad tbh. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When New Orleans cop Danny Fisher (John Cena) prevents a brilliant thief from successfully carrying out his latest heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. Hungry for revenge, the criminal mastermind breaks out of prison and kidnaps Danny's fiancee. To save her, Danny must successfully navigate his way through an elaborate series of tasks and puzzles, or else watch the love of his life die.
Director
Renny Harlin
Producer
Mark Gordon, Josh McLaughlin
Screenwriter
Daniel Kunka
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Mark Gordon Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 27, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.2M
Runtime
1h 48m
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