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.
29 April 1984, Arlington, Texas, USA
11 August 1971, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
24 January 1974, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
September 21, 2010
as a fast-food action director, Renny Harlin still delivers a fun movieJuly 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.March 30, 2009
12 Rounds is an occasionally exciting but always empty action movie experience.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
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.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.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.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...September 01, 2009
Heavy on stunts but light on plausibility, humor, surprise, visual ingenuity or psychological depth.July 09, 2009
A very satisfying and well made action thriller that could only be improved if Arnold Schwarzenegger was the star.