Twelve rounds

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Movie
German title Twelve rounds
Original title 12 rounds
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2009
length 108 minutes
105 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
FSK 12
Rod
Director Renny Harlin
script Daniel Kunka
production Mark Gordon
Mike Lake ,
Josh McLaughlin
music Trevor Rabin
camera David Boyd
cut Brian Berdan
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Twelve Rounds 2: Reloaded

Twelve Rounds (original title 12 Rounds ) is an American action film from 2009 . Directed by Renny Harlin . The protagonist is a professional WWE wrestler , John Cena , with Steve Harris , Ashley Scott , Gonzalo Menendez, Brian J. White and Taylor Cole at his side .

action

Detective Danny Fisher and his colleagues pursue the almost undetectable, internationally wanted terrorist Miles Jackson. After a spectacular chase, Danny succeeds in catching the wanted man. While trying to escape, his girlfriend Erica is killed. Miles himself is arrested and sentenced.

Miles escapes from prison a year later and seeks revenge. He kidnaps Danny's friend Molly and forces the detective to play "12 rounds" of dangerous games that take him across New Orleans. By laps one and two Miles had blown up Danny's house and taken Molly hostage. In round three, Danny is supposed to find a cell phone. He succeeds and he is instructed to go to a locker at a certain time, the location of which he must find out himself. The fifth round leads to a hotel, in which Danny finds photos of Molly and the hint that Miles is still at the hotel. Shortly afterwards he receives the message that he has to decide in round six whether he himself or one of his police colleagues will survive this round. Danny does not manage to save the officers and he tries to stay focused despite the cruel consequences.

In addition to Danny, the FBI is also on Miles' heels. So they comb through the hotel finely, but only find the clue for the seventh round, whereupon Danny finds Molly, who was equipped with an explosive device by Miles. Despite the support of the FBI and a command of snipers, Miles and Molly manage to escape again. For the next round, Miles has distributed several explosive devices around town that Danny should find before they explode.

In the meantime, Danny's partner Hank can track down one of Miles' cellmates who has since been released. When he wants to visit him, Miles kills him.

Danny has seventeen minutes for the final round, because that would be the time when Miles girlfriend died. However, since the detective couldn't have won every round, he realizes that Miles has a very different plan than just revenge. Through his diversionary maneuver, all activities are directed towards finding the hostage. He planned a money robbery and even hijacked a rescue helicopter. Danny takes himself on board with a daring jump, overwhelms Miles and jumps out of the helicopter with Molly, which then explodes with Miles and his prey.

production

Twelve Rounds was produced by Midnight Sun Pictures , The Mark Gordon Company, and Fox Atomic in association with WWE Studios . Filming lasted from February 25th to May 12th, 2008 and was shot in New Orleans , Louisiana . The budget is estimated at $ 22 million. On the opening weekend, the film grossed over $ 5.32 million in the United States. As a distributor for twelve rounds is 20th Century Fox responsible. The film grossed around $ 17 million in cinemas worldwide, including $ 12 million in the United States.

Publications

Twelve Rounds first appeared in Australia on March 19, 2009. The film was shown in US cinemas on March 27, and the film was shown in German cinemas from May 28, 2009. The film was released as direct-to-DVD in Iceland, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands, Argentina, Japan and South Korea. The action film was also released on VHS , DVD , Blu-ray and UMD . The film was also available for purchase in Germany as a double DVD with 96 hours . In pay TV the action film was Sky broadcast on 24 September, 2010. In German-speaking countries, the film was first broadcast on RTL on August 21, 2011 and on ORF the following week, on August 29 .

Versions

The long version, the only one available for sale in Germany, was approved by the FSK from 12. The theatrical version, some of which are mostly violent and action-packed, was approved from 16. Unlike the similar case of Jennifer's Body , the long version of Twelve rounds just longer and contains no alternative material. In order to be able to show the theatrical version in prime time on free TV , RTL had to shorten it even further.

music

The score for 12 Rounds was composed by Trevor Rabin , who has worked with director Renny Harlin in previous films such as Deep Blue Sea and Exorcist: The Beginning . The music was recorded with the Hollywood Studio Symphony on the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Brothers Studios .

Sequels

On August 3, 2012, Randy Orton announced that he would star in the sequel. The film was released in early June as 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded as a direct-to-DVD production. The German title is Twelve Rounds 2 - Reloaded . In 2015, another sequel was created with 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown .

criticism

"An experienced category B action spectacle that hardly knows how to arouse interest in its characters and gets caught up in tiring chases."

- Gregor Ries : cinefacts.de

“Conclusion:“ Twelve rounds ”is sometimes exciting and comes up with tightly staged action, but the breathless plot is poison for an inexperienced actor like wrestling star John Cena. To be worshiped like his idols Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger, he is a few decades too late. His obvious goal of becoming the next Hulk Hogan through a sports, music and acting career, Cena should better give up early. Because making a wrestler the main character of a film is only worthy of an Oscar if he is played by Mickey Rourke. "

- Daniela Leistikow : Filmstarts.de

"A sloppily staged action film whose main actor, a wrestling star, can never cover up the weaknesses of the script, camera and noisy soundtrack."

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Certificate of Release for Twelve Rounds . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2009 (PDF; test number: 117 623 K).
  2. ↑ a b Certificate of Release for Twelve Rounds . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, October 2009 (PDF; test number: 117 623 V).
  3. ↑ Budget and box office results. imdb.com, accessed September 12, 2012 .
  4. ↑ 12 Rounds (2009) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
  5. ^ Roberta Carrow-Jackson: State Film Office announces 2007 statistics . NOLA.com. December 7, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2008.
  6. ↑ 96 hours and twelve rounds. Amazon , accessed September 12, 2012 .
  7. ↑ TV broadcast - twelve rounds. cinefacts.de, accessed on September 12, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Comparison of the theatrical version and the Unrated Extreme Cut on Schnittberichte.com
  9. ↑ Compare RTL from 12 to theatrical version on Schnittberichte.com
  10. ↑ Twelve rounds - review on cinefacts.de ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  11. ↑ Twelve rounds - review on filmstarts.de. Retrieved September 12, 2012 .
  12. ↑ Twelve rounds. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used