The Marine

Directed by John Bonito
Produced by Vince McMahon
Joel Simon
Written by Michelle Gallagher
Alan B. McElroy
Starring John Cena
Robert Patrick
Kelly Carlson
Music by Don Davis
Cinematography David Eggby
Editing by Dallas Puett
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) United States:
October 13, 2006
Australia:
June 28, 2007
New Zealand:
March 1, 2007
United Kingdom:
May 7, 2007
Running time 93 mins
Language English
Budget $23 million
The Marine is a 2006 action film starring professional wrestler John Cena. The film was directed by John Bonito, written by Michelle Gallagher and Alan B. McElroy and produced by Joel Simon.

Produced by the films division of World Wrestling Entertainment, called WWE Films, and distributed in the United States by 20th Century Fox, the film received a PG-13 rating from the MPAA for "intense sequences of violent action, sensuality and language". However an unrated version was released on DVD and Blu-ray.

Cast
Actor/Actress Role
John Cena as John Triton
Robert Patrick as Rome
Kelly Carlson as Kate Triton
Anthony Ray as Parker Morgan
Abigail Bianca as Angela

Damon Gibson as Vescera

Plot
After returning home from Iraq, ex-Marine John Triton (Cena), and his wife Kate (Carlson) decide to take a vacation. Meanwhile, criminals Rome (Patrick), Angela (Bianca), Morgan (Parker),and Vescera (Gibson) rob a jewelry store. While running from the cops, they stop at a gas station, where John and Kate have stopped as well. When the cops arrive to get gas, Morgan shoots one and Rome injures the other one. After Verscera knocks John out with a fire exstinguisher, Kate is kidnapped. Morgan shoots at the gas tanks, causing the store to blow up with John inside. John comes out alive, and takes the cop car. He chases after them, with every single member shooting at him. They go through a construction path, and to the edge of a lake. Under heavy fire, John falls out the car and into the lake. With Kate thinking John is dead, Rome and his crew travel through the woods, dragging a bound Kate with them. John comes out of the lake and follows them through the woods to save Kate.

Ratings
Australia: M
Brazil: 18
Canada: 14A
Canada (Quebec): 13+
Finland: K-15
Germany: 16
India: U/A
Philippines: PG-13
Portugal: M/12
Singapore: PG
United Kingdom: 15
United States: PG-13

Production
The script for The Marine was originally written Hollywood Heavyweight Academy Award Winner Al Pacino in mind for Rome. After Austin and WWE parted ways in 2004, the role of John Triton was given to John Cena. Al Pacino turned down the role of Rome due to low salary. After Pacino turned it down, Patrick Swayze was considered for the role of Rome, which was given to Robert Patrick.

Principal photography for the film was actually shot and completed in 2004. In order to cover for John Cena's absence from WWE events a storyline was written after Carlito beat Cena for the United States Championship, saying that he was stabbed by Jesús, the bodyguard of Carlito and was taking time off to recover.

Filming was done at Movieworld in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Marine Base was filmed at Bond University. The part in which skyscrapers are shown is the downtown area of Brisbane, Australia, in addition to being filmed throughout the outer areas of the metropolitan area in bush land.

The footage of an airplane landing is of Iran Air.

Release
Originally planned for a January or February 2006 release, it was later moved to Spring 2006, then September 8 (which was changed because former professional wrestler The Rock's Gridiron Gang was released September 15). It was finally released to theaters on October 13, 2006.

The film was released on DVD on January 30 2007. It is available in "Rated" and "Unrated" versions. The Blu-ray version was released on February 13, 2007, with a DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 track and a 1080p HD transfer. The Region 2 DVD was released in the UK on May 7, 2007.

Box office performance
In its first week, the film made approximately $7 million at the United States box office.[1] In its first weekend, it placed #3 in domestic sales. On October 22, 2006 BoxOfficeMojo.com reported that The Marine had dropped to #9, grossing $3.75 million. Even so, ratings were poor, and the movie garnered a 21% rating from RottenTomatoes.com.

After a total of ten weeks in theaters, the film grossed $18.7 million domestically.[1] Worldwide, The Marine earned $20,226,432.

The Marine is noted as being WWE Studios's most successful film to date, beating out its predecessor See No Evil, starring Kane and its successor The Condemned, starring Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Reception
The movie was largely panned by critics,[2] Jim Slotek of the Toronto Sun referred to it as "a movie so dumb, it may actually cause brain damage."[3] Critics have also complained about the movie's reductive dramatization of Marine operations in Iraq, [4] and its lack of respect for the military. [5]A sequel to "The Marine" is in production and stars Ted DiBiase, Jr. Release date has yet to be confirmed.

DVD Sales
The Marine was the #1 most rented DVD in its first week of release.[6] By March 2007, it had made over $24 million in home sales and rental.[7] Overall, the film made $30 million in rentals in the first twelve weeks.