The Marine

2006, Action, 1h 31m

46 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings

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Overblown in every possible way, The Marine is either so bad it's good or just really, really bad. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

A discharged soldier (John Cena) returns home from Iraq and finds that his wife (Kelly Carlson) has been kidnapped by the gang of a murderous jewel thief (Robert Patrick). Soldier John Triton must use all his military skills to rescue his wife from her ruthless captors.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Sensuality|Language|Sequences of Violent Action)
  • Genre:
    Action
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    John Bonito
  • Producer:
    Joel Simon, Kathryn Sommer Parry, Jonathan Winfrey
  • Writer:
    Michell Gallagher, Alan B. McElroy
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     wide
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $18.8M
  • Runtime:
  • Distributor:
    20th Century Fox
  • Sound Mix:
    Dolby SRD, DTS
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

John Cena
John Triton
Robert Patrick
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Kelly Carlson
Kate Triton
Anthony Ray Parker
Morgan
Abigail Bianca
Angela
Jerome Ehlers
Van Buren
Manu Bennett
Bennett
Damon Gibson
Vescera
Drew Powell
Joe
Frank Carlopio
Frank
Firass Dirani
Al Quada Leader
Remi Broadway
Marine 1
Steve Harman
Marine 2
Robert Coleby
Braun
John Bonito
Director
Michell Gallagher
Writer
Alan B. McElroy
Writer
Joel Simon
Producer
Kathryn Sommer Parry
Producer
Jonathan Winfrey
Producer
Vince McMahon
Executive Producer
Matthew Carroll
Executive Producer
David Eggby
Cinematography
Herbert Pinter
Production Design
Dallas Puett
Film Editing
Don Davis
Original Music
Graham Purcell
Costume Design
Daryl Porter
Art Director
Mandy Willaton
Set Decoration
Donna Rosenstein
Casting
Tom McSweeney
Casting
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Critic Reviews for The Marine

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Audience Reviews for The Marine

  • Oct 13, 2013
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  • Mar 24, 2013
    "The Marine" is one of the best bad movies I've ever seen. Literally everything about it is awful, from the wooden acting to the nonexistent character development to the cheesy music cues to the shoddy dialogue to even the stupendously cheap-looking visual effects, and for being a thriller, there's just an astonishing lack of suspense. But, at the same time, I loved every mediocre minute of it. In a film of terrible performances, the best (worst) one comes from the poor man's Ving Rhames, Anthony Ray Parker, who thinks that he is doing such a great job. As well, John Cena and Kelly Carlson are literal pieces of cardboard and show not a single ounce of compassion towards one another and Robert Patrick is embarrassingly sure of himself. "The Marine" is laughable in terms of just how moronic and incompetently executed it is, but its blatant cheesiness is what makes it so hilarious. In fact, it almost seems intentionally dumb.
    Stephen E Super Reviewer
  • Nov 18, 2011
    A good performance from John Cena, with good action sequences but with a story that is not very favorable.
    Rodrigo R Super Reviewer
  • May 27, 2010
    CENA!!! Yeah, this movie sucks, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, somehow. John Cena isn't a good actor by any standards, but he's surprisingly competent for most of the movie. Here's looking at u, 12 Rounds.
    Stephen S Super Reviewer
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