Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 22, 2007

The Marine subscribes to the notion that there's no such thing as a gratuitous explosion.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 23, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 30, 2006

| Original Score: C- | Oct 21, 2006

The Marine often feels like an oddball black comedy about a dysfunctional band of sociopaths, just masquerading as an action movie about one tough ex-Marine.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Oct 20, 2006

A delectably bad '80s-style actioner.

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 18, 2006

A happy surprise.

| Oct 16, 2006

A movie so dumb it may actually cause brain damage.

| Oct 16, 2006

It's not a good film by any practical standard, but The Marine is bad in just the right way, a mindless throwaway that's at least smart enough not to take itself too seriously.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 16, 2006

The Marine proves a poor showcase for the homeboy charisma Cena shows week in and out with the WWE.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 16, 2006

The genius of the film is in its unapologetically obvious crowd-pleasing moments.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 16, 2006

Such bizarre touches remind one of the appeal of WWE televised bouts.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 16, 2006

The Marine will trigger a strong sense of deja vu for anyone who recalls the slapdash, slam-bang action fare that was standard-issue drive-in fodder during the 1970s.

Full Review | Oct 16, 2006

While The Marine's real-world connections to the War in Iraq are brief and incidental to its minimal plot, that fact doesn't make its reductive attitudes any more pleasant to swallow.

| Original Score: .5/4 | Oct 13, 2006

An unrepentant B-movie, The Marine features the sort of bare-bones plot that would in previous years have served as a vehicle for the likes of Charles Bronson.

Full Review | Oct 13, 2006

Apparently [Cena's] some WWE superstar; for the uninitiated, he looks kinda like Matt Damon, if Matt Damon got freakishly buff.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 13, 2006

These guys don't much about making movies, but they know how to stage a smack down.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 13, 2006