The Marine

The Marine (2006)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (46 reviews)

  • 69% of users liked it
    (272,730 ratings)

WWE Smackdown star and self-proclaimed "Doctor of Thuganomics" John Cena makes his explosive action feature debut as John Triton, an injured U.S. Marine who returns home from duty after violating a commander's order, only to have his wife kidnapped by a ruthless criminal. Robert… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Michael Gallagher
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Oct 13, 2006 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly

    A delectably bad '80s-style actioner.

  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

    A happy surprise.

  • Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

    It's not a good film by any practical standard, but The Marine is bad in just the right way, a mindless throwaway that's at least smart enough not to take itself too seriously.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    The Marine proves a poor showcase for the homeboy charisma Cena shows week in and out with the WWE.

  • Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

    The genius of the film is in its unapologetically obvious crowd-pleasing moments.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    Cena did a great job. i was impressed. It was a good movie for what it was. Patrick really did a good job.

  • Chris W


    WWE Films wanted to give someone other than The Rock or Stone Cold a shot at being in the movie, so they picked their poster boy John Cena, which is probably one of the better people they could have picked to headline a mediocre, yet very entertaining action movie. Cena is a recently… More

  • KJ P


    This was cool! But nothing more, and the action is pretty awesome!

  • Anthony L


    Why the hell did I watch this film, why? Its sooooo bad you have to see it to believe it. Robert Patrick what are you doing? I think this is the worst film ever made! I didn?t realise it was a WWF production. Doh!

  • Film C


    its a prety good movie and john cena proved to be a pretty good actor but its an entertaining action packed movie though cenas character did remind me of halloweens killer where he is practicular indestructable which makes it unbelievable and annoying

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