The Marine

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The Marine
Poster for 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)	October 13, 2006 November 30, 2006 February 22, 2007
Running time	93 mins
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
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The Marine is a 2006 film directed by John Bonito, written by Michelle Gallagher and Alan B. McElroy, produced by Joel Simon, and starring WWE professional wrestler John Cena. The film was produced by WWE Films and released by 20th Century Fox on October 13, 2006. [1] The MPAA has rated this movie PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, sensuality and language. The DVD will be released on January 30, 2007.

The movie was made in Queensland, Australia but will not be shown in Australia until 22 February 2007.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 Box office performance
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The film centres around the character of ex-marine John Triton, who was discharged for disobeying a direct order and saving three of his friends from being tortured while on service in Iraq.

Struggling to come to terms with his new career as a security guard, He is convinced by his wife Kate to take a trip to the mountains of South Carolina. They stop at a gas station where they are caught in a gunbattle between a criminal gang and police officers. Injuring the officers, The criminals kidnap his wife and make their escape. Commandering the police car, Triton gives chase.

He runs out to the cop car pulling the second injured cop out and gets in the car to chase the criminals. He radios in about the explosion and says he's chasing the criminals in the squad car.

The rest of the film follows his adventures as he tries to rescue his wife.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

John Cena as John Triton
Robert Patrick as Rome
Kelly Carlson as Kate Triton
Khurram Rana as Ali
Jeff Chase as Jeff
Jon Bennett as Bennett
Abigail Bianca as Angela
Troy Brenna as Peter
Remi Broadway as Marine #1
Frank Carlopio as Frank
Nick Dash as Marine
Firass Dirani as Rebel Leader
Steve Harman as Marine #2
Christina Lindley as Chop Shop Girl
Ashley Lyons as Chris Baxter
Anthony Ray Parker as Morgan
Drew Powell as Joe

[edit] Trivia

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The script for The Marine was originally written for Stone Cold Steve Austin to play the lead role of John Triton. After Austin and WWE parted ways in 2004 Kurt Angle was considered for the role, which was eventually given to John Cena.
The film was originally planned for a January or February 2006 release, then moved to Spring 2006, then to September 8 (which was changed because The Rock's newest movie, Gridiron Gang was released September 15), and finally October 13.
John Cena did all of his stunts[2]
Was actually shot and completed in 2004.
While John Cena was away from SmackDown! shows to film the movie, the television storylines suggested that Cena was away recovering from being stabbed at a night club. The storyline was so that Carlito had his enforcer, Jesus, attack Cena.
In the film Robert Patrick is driving the car and the man in the back seat says "This guy's like the Terminator." This is a reference to Robert Patrick's character in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day where he played the evil T-1000.
About 12 Minutes into the movie the skyline of Calgary, Alberta is clearly visible, even though the film is set in South Carolina. The filming was done in Queensland, Australia.
"If It All Ended Tomorrow", a track in Cena's album You Can't See Me, was used in the ending credits.

[edit] Box office performance

The Marine earned $7 million in its first week of domestic sales, coming in third place for the weekend. On Oct 22, 2006 BoxOfficeMojo.com reported that The Marine had dropped to #9, grossing $3.75 million.

Citation: Rajah.com October 15, 2006, 4:28PM

On a per-theatre basis, the The Marine's opening weekend performed below See No Evil's opening weekend. The Marine averaged $2,750 per screen (2,545 total) whereas See No Evil averaged $3,644 (1,257 total) per screen.

As of 24 November 2006, The Marine's gross for the U.S. is $18,512,339^[1]