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	"The Marine"
	Reviewer:	Wayne Klein	Studio:	20th Century Fox Home Video
	Genre:	Action	Release:	1/30/07
	Special Features:	The Making of The Marine" featurette, John Cena Profile, John Cena Military History, Cena Basic Training, Cena's Aussie Day Off, World Premiere at Camp Pendelton, WWE Promotional Features, Stuck in the Elevator Rating: R also available in unrated edition
Review:	Clearly steroid use has gotten the better of Vince McMahon's mind how else to explain the films he has spun off from his WWE franchise in the form of the horrible "See No Evil"(naturally featuring a wrestler) and "The Marine". This high octane low intelligence action thriller is pretty short on thrills but does have some darn good explosions the hallmark of a great unintentionally funny z-movie. *** John Triton (John Cena) gets kicked out of the service after he kicks butt against orders. Unable to hold a job because of his problems with authority, he and his wife go camping in the South Carolina mountains (Australia standing in for the United States) where his wife is carjacked by some nasty thieves. Needless to say John goes ballistic and decides to find his wife as a one man lean, mean killing machine. The film is available in both rated and unrated format so fans who want to expose their children to violence, blood and guts but not profanity (never accuse the U.S. of having a weak stomach!) can enjoy this without the fear of their kids learning bad words (they may want to kill some people afterwards but that's acceptable). --- Image & Sound: "The Marine" looks surprisingly good since it's one of those burned preview discs that I hate. While the film doesn't have the steroid soaked look I had anticipated the colors are bold, bright and the images clear. A pity that pixilation comes up as an issue here. Audio sounds beefy with nice use of the surround speakers as part of the mix. ---
Special Features:	If the special features here were competing in the wrestling ring, they would be pinned within the first few seconds. We get "The Making of the Marine" a featurette on the production of the film. A profile of performer John Cena, his military history, "basic training" and Cena's day off in Australia. There's also a featurette on the World Premiere of the movie at Camp Pendelton as well as WWE promotional garbage. Most the featurettes are pure fluff. A pity there isn't an audio commentary as I'm sure the director and Cena would have been fun to listen to discussing this mindless, mind numbing adventure. ---
Final Words:	One thing I learned from "The Marine" is that good soldiers that have trouble following orders make great action heroes because they do exactly what they're told not to do. This might explain John McClane from "Die Hard" maybe the next film in that series (after 4) should be a prequel. Heck, we could redub this whole movie and pretend it's the prequel. Nah.that would cheapen that fun franchise. For what it is "The Marine" is mindless, absurd, badly written fun in the outback.