2.0
out of 100
Metascore®Generally unfavorable reviews Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.
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Escapist fun that provides an effective showcase for the blue-collar charisma and bulky good looks of its hyper-athletic lead, four-time World Champion wrestler John Cena (think Matt Damon, only twice the size).
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You will probably find yourself praying for this duel's knock-out punch to arrive long before it actually does.
Noisy, cut into a head-snapping blur with little room for Cena to even try showing emotion, 12 Rounds is an occasionally exciting but always empty experience.
There are, as you may have guessed, 12 rounds of this arbitrary nonsense. Annoying as the conceit may be, it neatly functions as a means to gauge how much is left to endure.
Cena is no Jason Statham. His stolid seriousness sucks the life right out of any scene in which he's required to speak. It's a bad sign when you repeatedly wish a runaway trolley would silence the hero.
The viewer, even from a seated position, deserves a championship belt for surviving this overlong actioner.
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Cena's new opponent: acting.
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