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FILM DETAILS | | Certificate 12A |  | Cast John Cena Aidan Gillen Ashley Scott |  | Directors Renny Harlin |  | Screenwriters Daniel Kunka |  | Running Time 108 minutes |
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12 Rounds It's like the '90s never went away...

Plot Officer Danny Fisher (Cena) gets the break of his career when he nabs terrorist Miles Jackson (Gillen). Unluckily for both, the perp’s girlfriend is killed during the arrest. A year later, he escapes from jail, kidnaps Fisher’s partner, Molly (Scott), and kickstarts a diabolical 12-step game of Simon Says. Verdict Derivative it may be, but with its echoes of Speed, Lethal Weapon and Die Hard With A Vengeance, this is a welcome throwback for audiences raised on ’90s action flicks — what they used to call “a pulse-pounding roller-coaster thrill-ride of a movie”.
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