DVD Review: 12 Rounds (Rated + Unrated): John Cena, Ashley Scott, Aidan Gillen, Steve Harris, Brian J. White, Gonzalo Menendez, Taylor Cole, Kyle Russell Clements, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, Travis Davis, Nick Gomez, Brian Stanton, Renny Harlin, Becki Cross Trujillo, Josh McLaughlin, Mark Gordon, Mike Lake, Vince McMahon, Daniel Kunka: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: 12 Rounds (Rated + Unrated): John Cena, Ashley Scott, Aidan Gillen, Steve Harris, Brian J. White, Gonzalo Menendez, Taylor Cole, Kyle Russell Clements, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, Travis Davis, Nick Gomez, Brian Stanton, Renny Harlin, Becki Cross Trujillo, Josh McLaughlin, Mark Gordon, Mike Lake, Vince McMahon, Daniel Kunka: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 2 July, 07:27 PM

Product Description
**Widescreen Feature Film-Theatrical Version
**Widescreen Feature Film-Unrated Version

**Forced Trailers: Wolverine, Jennifer’s Body, Marine 2 Teaser, Prison Break SSN 4 with DTV tag

*2 Alternate Endings
*Crash Course: John Cena Stunts
*Never Before “Cena” Gag Reel
*Audio Commentaries with Director, Writer and John Cena

Simply enough - it is John Cena in Blu,

By Steve Kuehl “SLV Video” (Ben Lomond, CA) -

This review is from: 12 Rounds (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

A great deal of hate out there about his film, but once again the Blu product outshines the film and provides for an adequate package whether you rent it or purchase it. Our story of John Cena playing a superhuman cop in New Orleans is just that - cut and dry. I have read 10-15 paragraph reviews here about the plot, but I feel one sentence takes care of it - you know what to expect. Now for the fun stuff.

The picture quality was outstanding at times, average in others, but with the amount of CGI clean-up, action, explosions, and camera jitters I feel the only way to sufficiently see the details is in high definition. The sound is what makes this though. They mixed the bass heavily to the front channels, so even when I tested the DTS without the sub on - it still sounded excellent. I would almost have to say it is an excellent test for your subwoofer over the other films this year. I could not find any real faults in the DTS throughout, so finally a great mix on a no-brainer action film.

The special features are what give this 2.5 star film a 4.5 though. Yes, some (at times most) of the material is very egocentric and all about Cena - but I figure one would not be watching this otherwise. I will try to separate them in case one does not have the hours to invest in surfing through all that is offered here.

Cena-centric:
* The commentary on the unrated version with Cena and the writer (Kunka) is almost comical with how it is all about John, and nowhere near as informative unless you want to hear John talk about John.
* The Viral Videos, Hands and Helicopter; short spoofs where John tries to partake in comedic skits that are truly painful to watch.
* Round and Round; played on TV and other WWE products about John and Harlin mock interviewing each other.
* Crash Course (stunts); probably the most worthwhile featurette of this batch that contains the story behind the driving stunts and how awesome John’s abilities are, with some bits on his personal collection of cool cars.
* Cena Gag-reel; John hamming it up on set.

Regular Featurettes:
* 12 Rounds; probably the one to watch if you want the overall feel of production logistics, interviews and such. Totals 20 minutes and grabs footage and various stuff from all of the other material.
* Streetcar crossing; my favorite. Had everything about the work it took to make the streetcar scene happen, filled with plenty of kudos to the New Orleans PD and everyone else who made a very difficult sequence happen in the busiest part of the city.
* Keeping score; for a select few that like the music info for action films.

The alternate endings were thankfully cut out (both total less than a minute and add/subtract a line or character). The unrated cut is only 2:45 minutes longer and had no earth-shattering differences.

Overall, a worthy package for his fans to buy and maybe a rental for those wanting to test their sound system, hope you enjoy.

Tons of Action!!!,

By PUMPKIN MAN -

This movie is filled to the brim with action, suspense, and violence! It’s like they took Speed, Die Hard, Saw, 24, Max Payne, and Midnight Madness and mixed them all together to make this movie! Danny Fisher is thrust into a deadly game a year after he arrested an arms dealer named Miles Jackson. Miles kidnaps his girlfriend, and gives Danny 12 things to do. He must solve terrible puzzles, race against time, make sacrifices to save Molly. I love when he drove around in the fire truck, because my dad used to be a Fireman, until he retired. Will Danny stop the bad guy, and save his girl? I highly recommend 12 ROUNDS!!!

Even girls will like it!,

By LAGirl -

I very rarely like the same movies as my husband, but this is an action movie that women will like, too! Lots of twists and turns and plenty of action without being bloody and gory. Loved it!
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