The Marine
Short description
John Triton is a Marine who is sent home from Iraq against his wishes after being injured. Back in the United States with his wife Kate, he finds himself in a different kind of fight when a gang of diamond thieves fleeing after a robbery takes her captive. Their leader is Rome, a ruthless criminal, and John pursues the gang through the wilderness of South Carolina, using his combat training to get Kate back.
The Marine is an action film directed by John Bonito, released in 2006 and his first feature, followed by Carjacked in 2011. It was written by Michell Gallagher and Alan B. McElroy and produced by Joel Simon, Jonathan Winfrey and Kathryn Sommer Parry, with WWE Studios among the production companies and Australia and the United States as the countries of production. John Cena plays John Triton, Robert Patrick plays Rome and Kelly Carlson plays Kate Triton, alongside Anthony Ray Parker, Abigail Bianca and Jerome Ehlers in a credited cast of 33 and a crew of 122.
Made for a budget of 20 million US dollars, the film took in about 22 million worldwide. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6 out of 10 from 867 votes, while the film critics' rating stands at 3.9 out of 10 from 47 reviews, a marked gap between professional and audience response.
What's left behind the scenes
- Footage of the military base in the Middle East at the beginning of the film was borrowed from "Rambo 3" (Peter MacDonald, 1988).
- According to Vince McMahon, head of WWE, Inc., the film's script was written for Steve Austin, a former professional wrestler, but negotiations with him regarding participation fell through.
- Preparing for his role in the film, wrestler and actor John Cena trained with the Marine Corps.
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