I think the Marine is possibly the worst movie that i have ever scene. My friend who ironically is in the Marines bought this movie and hated it so much he just gave it to me, and in return I hated it so much I gave it to the first person who would accept it at school the next day. It at least made me laugh with the most awkward dialogue ever.
shareIt's on right now, it's not that bad. It's better than that 1989 POS 'No Holds Barred' with Hulk Hogan.
shareI think calling "The Marine" better than some other movie like Snakes On A Plane is wrong...
We're scaling badness here, not quality.
It merely doesn't score as highly on the rotten tomatoes scale as some other POS movies - and there's a ton around.
If you were to contrast this movie with the Rock's "The Rundown" you'd see how poorly made it is.
It's like a 90 minute length version of "The A Team" except the bad guys get killed whereas our hero is either bullet proof or some mystical force (bestowed on him at boot camp no doubt) surrounds him to deflect the bullets.
The scene where he chases the bad guys in the SUV with the police patrol car is riddiculous in the extreme....how can a thousand rounds or more make Swiss cheese out of the car and not ONE bullet strike him?
Same with the fight scenes, he is stuck with fire extinguishers, fists, sledgehammers and NOTHING even slows him down or leaves him with so much as a cut lip.
One scene he's tied to a chair by a couple of big swamp rednecks who beat him & fail to even scratch him.
Same with his wife...she gets wacked about by the bad guys and her make-up doesn't even get smeared.
Most of the budget went on the pyrotechnics obviously and they are splendid to watch but the rest of the movie is just pants.
The joke about the Terminator is the best part of the movie - at that point the movie just surrenders all pretence to be an action movie and becomes a live-action cartoon.
As for the story - "contrived" is understating it.
Bad guys kidnap good guy's wife for some perceived need later on - she causes them problems and instead of dumping her for the good guy to find, they keep her - otherwise the essential story element is lost.
Had I been directing the movie, the bad guys would've killed the barbie doll right away...
Or the marine would've come across someone sexier and decided pursuing barbie wasn't worth the effort.
I'm gonna watch the Rock again...maybe Walking Tall.
The Marine clearly thought explosions and gunfire is all an action movie needs - a bit like making a cake just out of icing sugar - absolutely no substance.
No question that you make good points. But I looked past the unrealistic stuff and just enjoyed the action and the one-liners. On that basis alone, you might find yourself enjoying the film.
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"No question that you make good points. But I looked past the unrealistic stuff and just enjoyed the action and the one-liners. On that basis alone, you might find yourself enjoying the film."
To enjoy an action movie, you have to suspend disbelief..
In short, you have to believe in the action. Once you stop doing that - it becomes first cheesy and then comic.
Had the producers thrown in some more laughs and comic moments, they could get away with the riddiculous action as evreryone would know it wasn't to be taken seriously.
A bit like a Tom & Jerry cartoon.
Trouble is this director thought he was making an action movie.
He actually made a comic parody of one.
Well, I actually laughed throughout the film so I feel the film was action/comedy. I would say that they should have bruised and beat him up more for a greater sense of realism. Like they did with John McClain in the Die Hard films.
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At least John McLane bled when punched, kicked and generally physically abused.
The marine did not.
He was a Terminator.
I found it too feeble to laugh...
Yeah, he should have bled and bruised. That was my only complaint.
As for the "Terminator" comment, come on, loosen up. :p
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Battle hardened marines are too tough to bleed! That is why he never so much as had a scratch. Just ask any marine and they will tell you they are that tough you pantywaist whiner!
shareThe Marine was the worst movie ever???
Hello!!! have you ever seen suburban commando???
What the hell do you expect from a movie produced by WWE films?
okay, John Cena, maybe no Schwarzenegger or Stallone, but for a first timer he did ok, i agree the surviving explosions continuously was a bit far fetched, but then so is wrestling.
"This guy's like the Terminator"
Robert patrick's eyes in the mirror said it all, even he knew it was a total send up, and did anyone else notice the part where Morgan is looking at the mini van, the Caddy, the Mini Van then the camera, smiles as if to say "well what would you do"?
classic, took me back to the days of Bruce Willis in Moonlighting when he would always look into the camera just to share with the audience.
in short, stop dissing the movie, for a wrestler's first vehicle it was ok, just pray he doesn't remake Suburban Commando next, or worse make a movie with the rock.
end of surmmon, tired now, sleepy, need to recharge my batteries, it's not easy being a toaster.
"i'm saying this once and once only gene, stay out of CAMBERWICK GREEN" sam tyler life on mars