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The Marine 6: Close Quarters 2018
Decent end to the Jake Carter saga. Once again shot in one dumpy location (seriously, I hope everyone involved had their tetanus shots) and has a wafer thin plot, but has two major surprises which only one I'm gonna spoil: bringing in the legend Shawn Michaels and actually having him be the co-lead, cracking jokes and taking ridiculous amount of punishment at 55 years old is a good move. He has the best cheesy action hero moments and they are…
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The Marine 5: Battleground 2017
A drop in quality in this already not great series. Has an even lower budget so this whole thing mostly happens in a boring parking garage and goes for a more 'Die Hard' route, meaning less shootouts and explosions and more sneaking and running. The Miz actually is kind of decent leading man being more sassy and charismatic than before, but this is just cliche soup, definitely needs more schlock. There is a scene where The Marine 5 hotwires an elevator on instructions from a dude who had hotwired a car before, so that was pretty stupid, I liked that.
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The Marine 2006
Aggressive early-aughts visual sheen, terrible comedy that would make Michael Bay cringe, and atrocious post-Bourne clusterfuck editing mixed with nuclear-level meathead-ism. Young John Cena in this is just a tectonic slab of meat with vacant eyes that only come alive when committing acts of violence. Borderline unwatchable any time there isn't a practical stunt or profusely sweating himbo huffing and puffing on screen which thankfully isn't that often when it gets really going. Monumentally stupid schlock for those of us in the smooth-brain persuasion, to whom everything and anything exploding is cinematic catnip—common sense be damned. Hoorah.
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Life After Fighting 2024
What a bonkers movie. An Aussie daytime drama about a rugged taekwondo school teacher, with a few exceptionally good one-on-one fights and an earnest saccharine heart on it's sleeve.
But then it pivots to a grim child trafficking thriller/Taken scenario with some super detestable scumbags and an overall heinous vibe.And then it gets violent.
The third act is just one long ultra violent siege action scene where stuntmen get beaten to death in various creative and satisfying ways. Every…Translated from by
