The Marine 2

M2 is an enjoyable, action-packed, suspenseful movie with exciting scenes and vibrant cinematography (the shots of the island resort were wish-I-was-there breath-taking). It does deserve its R-rating as the violence to and from the terrorists can be brutal at times.

What I liked most is Ted's acting allows you to truly sympathize with Joe (Ted Dibiase) and how he'd do anything to get his wife back. Joe (Ted) is not an over-the-top, emotional, screaming-maniac Marine hero; he keeps his cool, which is quite refreshing.

I hope WWE does more of these action movies, and I look forward to seeing Ted in more of them. M2 went straight to video; yet, it was much better than some of the WWE films that came out in theaters.

M2 is a good addition to your movie library. Will be watching this movie again.

Despite what another critic wrote, this is not just another wrestler movie filled with wrestler fighting. As a matter of fact, there was very, very little wrestling apparent in this movie, especially compared to other WWE movies. I would NOT hesitate to say that Ted DiBiase Jr. was actually the one redeeming factor in this film, to my own personal surprise. Every other actor and actress in this movie acted, or overacted, as would be predicted in a typical thrown-together WWE action film. Yet, Ted DiBiase spoke and acted in a much more real way that would allow us to believe that we could relate to him and his actions and decisions. Though this film is predictable 99.9% of the time, I actually enjoyed watching it for nothing other than the factor of simple fun and amusement. Don't look for meaning or deep moral values, just pop some popcorn, sit back and enjoy an easygoing, relaxing afternoon with this cool, fun action flick.

I didn't expect much when I was given this movie to watch since it was a WWE movie. But I did have some optimism since Ted Dibiease was the main actor as he has shown he is a great actor in the WWE ring. I did not get to watch the original Marine but I believe the stories are not related and that it is just a sequel in the sense that it is about another particular Marine.

Well now to the movie, it started off with a bang and it made me glued to the screen thinking good things will continue to happen in this movie. Unfortunately the movie slowly dipped down due to the long time it took for the story to pick up the pace after the beautiful intro. But post-interval the movie picked up to its action roots, and the action looked believable which is a rarity in movies these days. Dibiease was able to showcase his acting talents through facial expressions as he did not have many lines that a main actor would.

Had the directer been better able to tighten the plot and the writers been able to write better dialogue preferably for Joe (Ted Dibiease) the movie would have done much better since it had good action and a decent story albeit some loopholes.

If you are interested in watching a good action movie to entertain you then I suggest you go rent this or buy it. If your interested in something with a great story with powerful dialogues then you may wanna give it a miss. I give this movie a 6.8/10.

First of all I didn't expect much of this movie. But I actually got surprised a little. The story is nothing special, but surprisingly, the acting is decent. Ted actually gave a good performance taking into account that he is not an actor and he is at his first ever movie. Decent action, but now I know Vince loves the superman gimmick a lot, and I do mean A lot, but this is a little to much, he breaks his arm, but still uses it, he survives an explosion and a mountain coming down on him. I know it might be just me, but i do think that hat pulls the movie down a little.

Anyway, if you want a little entertainment on an afternoon, I recommend this movie, it works.

As much as I like Die-Hard-style action movies, I never go into them expecting a masterpiece. They're usually cheesy, endlessly similar and useful only as an entertaining escapist diversion. This one doesn't break the mold.

That said, it's not bad. There's some really quite accomplished cinematography on display, and obviously some highly skilled people working on the production. Some of the gun battles are shot in an exciting and dynamic way. The acting varies a little, but nobody lets the side down.

The fights are good and Ted DiBiase Jr acquits himself well. His role is not colourfully written, he's a run-of-the-mill, vanilla flavoured action hero. In fact, this entire movie is about as unimaginative as they get, presumably having been plotted by a computer that generates the storyline by choosing generic plot points, locations and characters at random.

So despite the linear nature of the plotting, and the fact that it went a bit wonky in the last 30 minutes, it's worth a bash. Especially if you like to see terrorists get shot, stabbed, punched, impaled, blown up and otherwise molested.

You'll need to overlook the usual (comparatively) low-budget action movie silliness, and some slightly jarring video effects during one section, but on the whole this is a fairly well made example of the genre. All it needed was a bit of a creative spark at the scripting level to elevate it to seven stars or better.