The Marine
Seen it?2006 | 92 min | Action
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (20% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans. If you loved True Lies, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 32 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13: peril. Probably too much for younger kids.
A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
20% on Rotten Tomatoes, 45 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$22 million worldwide on a $20 million budget; spent 1 week in Netflix's global Top 10; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 110K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by John Bonito
- John CenaJohn Triton
- Robert PatrickRome
- Kelly CarlsonKate Triton
- Anthony Ray ParkerMorgan
- Abigail BiancaAngela
- Jerome EhlersVan Buren
- Manu BennettBennett
- Damon GibsonVescera
- Drew PowellJoe
- Frank CarlopioFrank