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Review of The Marine 5: Battleground

Well it looks like WWE studios has brought us another The Marine sequel out of their ass. At least The Miz is a consistent star. I don't know why, but I kind of enjoy him in this role. I think of all wrestlers as a joke except for ones that actually try acting and aren't that bad. In fact action stars themselves aren't always great actors either. Anyways it seems as this series goes on they lose big stars more and more. The recognizable faces become less and less known. This one manages to get a few, but it looks like most of the main cast would only be familiar with wrestling fans. James Nunn actually directed two other films I liked which were Tower Block and Green Street Hooligans 3. Scott Wiper also returns from the previous two films as one of the writers. The other two writers I have never heard of. Could this be as good as other work from James Nunn or has WWE just lost interest in caring about these films?

Well to be honest the concept here was actually interesting. I went in expecting this to be just plain ridiculous, but I was pleasantly entertained. I liked some of the new characters. The action was fun and brutal. I thought the bartender joining the hunt for the shooters was a little silly though. I have to admit WWE Divas are pretty nice to look at though so I won't complain too much. The acting was pretty corny from the villains. As for The Miz I have to admit he seems to improve as he goes in these films. It gets a bit cheesy with fakeout moments near the end. They end up taking the fun of this down.

I don't know why, but the more they make of these the more entertaining they get. I was surprised to find myself getting a kick out of this one. It's a corn festival, but it's a fun one. Turn off your brain and take into consideration that this shouldn't be taken too seriously and you might enjoy it. There are way worse movies than this one for sure.
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Added by BAMF
7 years ago on 6 April 2017 03:06