The Marine 2 actually looked pretty good from the previews I saw while watching WWE shows. But the movie can't live up to the trailers at all. For starters, it's much too serious for my liking, and it didn't have the action I craved either. The original Marine was far from a great action movie, but I found it to be fairly entertaining cheese, The Marine 2 takes itself way too seriously. The Marine 2 also has the distinction of having one of the most blandest villains I have ever seen in Temuera Morrison. I don't mind straight faced Villains, but damn he played it too straight. Some decent action hits our way near the end, and I'll give Ted credit for doing his own stunts, and looking pretty cool in his fight scenes, but that's about all good I can say about it. The only 2 WWE produced films I have loved are The Condemened, and 12 rounds, The Marine wasn't bad, but the rest have been pretty crappy.
Performances. Ted Dibiase has charisma, and for his 1st movie he did okay. He's not about emotion, but he does make a likable hero, he surprised me nicely. Temuera Morrison is one of the most boring villains I have ever seen. I like my villains with a personality, this guy had none. Lara Cox is pretty, and manages to play the love interest well. Michael Rooker is always a bad ass, and even in mediocre low budget films like this, he still comes through.
Bottom line. I've already forgotten about The Marine 2. It's pretty boring a lot of the time, and I took it out of my DVD player, pretty unimpressed. Ted could have a future, but he better pick a better project next time.
4/10
Performances. Ted Dibiase has charisma, and for his 1st movie he did okay. He's not about emotion, but he does make a likable hero, he surprised me nicely. Temuera Morrison is one of the most boring villains I have ever seen. I like my villains with a personality, this guy had none. Lara Cox is pretty, and manages to play the love interest well. Michael Rooker is always a bad ass, and even in mediocre low budget films like this, he still comes through.
Bottom line. I've already forgotten about The Marine 2. It's pretty boring a lot of the time, and I took it out of my DVD player, pretty unimpressed. Ted could have a future, but he better pick a better project next time.
4/10