a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Needless to say SPEED (1994) was definitely an inspiration for this movie, to the point that if they'd switch things around just a little bit it could have been a sequel to it.And even though John Cena is better than he usually is in movies, he's just no Keanu (did I say that? Oh yes I did).And Ashley Scott is definitely no Sandra Bullock and furthermore Aidan Gillen no Dennis Hopper.That said, it's not terrible, SPEED (1994) to me is just one of the best blockbuster action movies of the 90's so the chance that it would match up to it would really be second to none.Anyway back to this movie, it's okay fairly mindless popcorn entertainment, Renny Harlin is good when it comes to action-sequences and yet again he delivers on those aspects.I'm usually not bothered to much over shaky cams but this movie contains a overabundance of that and occasionally you wish they would just use steady cam but what can you do? not much.There's really not that much more to talk about the movie, it's not a bad movie we've just seen it before.It's the best movie I've seen with John Cena at least, there is always that.

Story/Plot - Officer Danny Fisher (John Cena) is picked up by his partner and they go about their daily duties, when they get called in to help find and apprehend villain Miles Jackson (Aiden Gillan). A chase is started and Danny catches Miles and his girlfriend, however his girlfriend runs and is hit by a passing SUV and is killed instantly.A year later and now Detective Fisher, Danny has to get the plumber over and the action begins. Molly (Ashley Scott) leaves for work, leaving Danny with the plumber. Danny's cell phone rings and on the other end is Miles who has managed to escape from prison and is on a mission. Molly has been kidnapped, Danny's house has been blown up killing the plumber and the start of a game has begun. A game of 12 rounds, each round Danny must succeed in order to see Molly again.As Danny progresses through the rounds, causing mayhem and the deaths of a few of his friends and colleagues, he suddenly realises that the rounds are set up to give Miles certain tools and aid to carry out a robbery from the federal mint. Now with this information Danny is on the hunt to catch Miles before he leaves the country and kills Molly. Miles forces Molly to fly a helicopter to aid his escape but doesn't count on her stalling and giving Danny the chance to jump onto the helicopter and subdue Miles. A fight on the helicopter ensues and the helicopter loses hydraulics. Who will survive...................................My verdict - A good action thriller with plenty of explosive action within. The stunts are realistic and the chases have that feel of reality to them. A must watch for any fan of WWE star John Cena and anyone who loves films jam packed with action and explosions.

As the World Wrestling Entertainment lease out their luminaries to the big screen, we are seeing further additional faces from the ring taking the time to tell stories in front of the film camera. John Cena's categorical success in front of the WWE universe has provided him with prospects elsewhere, following in the footsteps of former wrestling heavyweight Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Cena enables himself to balance between filming and hurling himself around the professional brawling courts around the United States. Cena is comparatively convincing between the camera lens as Danny Fisher, a police officer who undergoes a challenging ordeal to rescue his beloved girlfriend from the hands of Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen). Following being bolted behind bars by Fisher, Miles seeks reprisal by following is altercations with the American cop with the death of his lover-come-accomplice. To unshackle his girl, Fisher undergoes a tribulation of twelve rounds, chasing clues, causing un-wanted damage and making ruthless but repentant decisions along the way.Renny Harlin's action flick is occupied by unqualified nonsense but does have an exhilarating feel about it. We are relentlessly on the go with 12 Rounds, exploring many areas of the city locations of New Orleans, glorified explosions and heaps of sweaty t-shirts. Considering Cena's bodily fluids are typically exchanged mutually with his fellow contestants, posing in full attire must have been a tricky and confusing trial for the champion. There are more detonations than dialogue which after a short while laments the monotony of the cat and mouse adrenaline rush. One will only ramble in search for the puffed up sequel involving thirteen knockout blows before our hero rescues his sweetheart from his menace foe. As a villain Miles Jackson is a week character, persistently on the run himself, whisking up trickery of poor imagination, using banal forms of criminal injustice to get his own way.Of course these in-ring 'athletes' are actors themselves, predominantly more than they're puffed up heroes. Unfortunately the calamitous material they quote on a weekly basis to the American nation has propelled itself to the big screen. Let's just hope this campaign of non-money-making futile reel usage doesn't pull off to be as successful as the acrobatic floor mattress arm-bars and headlocks have done.

If you're going to watch this movie, it will be to see vehicles crash into other vehicles and cause lots of damage. This movie does that very well. It will also be for the nonstop excitement in a number of scenes, including the thrilling runaway streetcar. And the suspense of wondering if Det. Fisher can complete each challenge in time, breaking all the rules along the way. He has so many challenges and each one just leads to another one, equally impossible.Sure, we've seen this sort of thing before, but if I enjoy the formula, so what?But this movie isn't without problems. Aidan Gillen didn't quite reach the point of being deliciously evil, though the potential was there and he achieved what I hoped for in a few scenes.And some of the writing was pretty bad. Cops are supposed to be smarter than this. FBI agents are supposed to be smarter too. One of the movie's final scenes had some of the most pathetic writing imaginable. But that's just the dialogue. The action in that scene was great.I was disappointed to see Steve Harris from the critically acclaimed "Awake" in this. He didn't add much. And by the way, that's not him asleep in that streetcar. I couldn't understand what he was doing there, given the urgency of the situation.With all the killing that takes place, the violence isn't graphic. You know people die, but you don't see the blood.I particularly liked scenes with Danny and Molly together when not trying to stay alive. One highlight is Molly trying to repair the plumbing and I'm not talking about her mechanical skills. These scenes had some funny lines, and as terrible as certain events were, the movie's last line was really funny.It was ... interesting.