12 Rounds
When New Orleans cop Danny Fisher prevents a brilliant thief from successfully carrying out his latest heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. Hungry for revenge, the criminal breaks out of prison and kidnaps Danny's fiancee. Now, Danny will have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to save her.
5 July 1956, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
13 June 1965, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
15 March 1959, Riihimäki, Finland
17 December 1961, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
30 March 1982, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
19 October 1954, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
24 April 1968, Dublin, Ireland
24 January 1974, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
8 November 1971, Miami, Florida, USA
11 August 1971, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
23 October 1968, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
22 November 1956, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
12 March 1978, Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
28 July 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
July 24, 2009
With all the nuance of a fist to the groin, ... (it's) the kind of forgettable film that isn't impossible to enjoy but that only a Cena fan could truly love.
May 29, 2009
There's a decent little action movie somewhere inside '12 Rounds': a bit more complexity of character, a few more jokes and a hero who doesn't look like a two-by-four with a buzz cut might have gone a long way.
March 30, 2009
Renny Harlin's 12 Rounds satisfies, on the most primitive level, the expectations for a second-rate action flick.
July 09, 2009
A very satisfying and well made action thriller that could only be improved if Arnold Schwarzenegger was the star.
September 21, 2010
as a fast-food action director, Renny Harlin still delivers a fun movie
September 01, 2009
Heavy on stunts but light on plausibility, humor, surprise, visual ingenuity or psychological depth.
March 30, 2009
12 Rounds is an occasionally exciting but always empty action movie experience.
August 12, 2009
Awfully forgettable, but Harlin makes things go boom again, with ruthless efficiency that puts the flick just over the hump of the straight-to-cable Jeff Speakman school. [Blu-ray]
June 24, 2009
...a decent action movie that could've been a great one...
March 30, 2009
The future of vacuous action movies is clearly with the likes of Cena, humans who resemble characters from video games, albeit without the acting chops.
July 04, 2009
With its wonderful post-Katrina NOLA setting and the standard stunt spectacle as only Harlin can deliver, 12 Rounds is actually quite good. It's no masterpiece, but then again, few post-millennial adrenaline rushes have been.
March 30, 2009
12 Rounds is the unholy stepchild of Die Hard with a Vengeance and Speed, starring a man whose lack of range makes Steven Seagal seem nuanced by comparison.
