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MONEY
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Earned back only 79% of its budget on initial theatrical â a commercial disappointment on release.
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12 Rounds
"Can you survive 12 rounds for the one you love?"
2009 1h 48m EN
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ActionThrillerCrime
Synopsis
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When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with 12 rounds of near-impossible puzzles and tasks that he must somehow complete to save the life of the woman he loves.
âCan you survive 12 rounds for the one you love?â
Cast
John Cena
Danny Fisher
Aidan Gillen
Miles Jackson
Ashley Scott
Molly Porter
Steve Harris
George Aiken
Brian J. White
Hank Carver
Gonzalo Menendez
Ray Santiago
Taylor Cole
Erica Kessen
Kyle Clements
Dave Fisher
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Renny Harlin
- Writers
- Daniel Kunka
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released 17 years ago.
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CINEMA
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Part of the "12 Rounds Collection" â so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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CAST
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237+ people credited in cast and crew â a small city's worth of labour.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Renny Harlin, shot by David Boyd. Note their partnership â DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Trevor Rabin. Worth a dedicated listen after â most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Brian Berdan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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John Cena and Aidan Gillen and Ashley Scott carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Renny Harlin directs. David Boyd behind the camera. Trevor Rabin scores. Brian Berdan cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 79% of its budget on initial theatrical â a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released 17 years ago.
- 3Part of the "12 Rounds Collection" â so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4237+ people credited in cast and crew â a small city's worth of labour.
- 5Directed by Renny Harlin, shot by David Boyd. Note their partnership â DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by Trevor Rabin. Worth a dedicated listen after â most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor Brian Berdan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8John Cena and Aidan Gillen and Ashley Scott carry the top of the cast.
- 9Marketing tagline: "Can you survive 12 rounds for the one you love?".
- 10IMDB entry: tt1160368 â still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- David Boyd
- Original score
- Trevor Rabin
- Editing
- Brian Berdan
- Production design
- Nicholas Lundy
- Costume design
- Jill Newell
- Makeup / hair
- Donita Sather
- VFX supervisor
- Ray McIntyre Jr.
- Sound
- David Werntz
- Stunt coordinator
- Steven Ritzi
- Runtime
- 108 min ¡ 1h 48m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $22,000,000
- Box office
- $17,280,326
- Return
- 79% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
- IMDB
- 12 Rounds (2009)
Part of
12 Rounds Collection
12 Rounds is a 2009 American action film directed by Renny Harlin and produced by WWE Studios. The cast is led by John Cena, alongside Aidan Gillen, Steve Harris, Gonzalo Menendez, Brian J. White, Ashley Scott, and Taylor Cole. The film was released on March 27, 2009 in United States theaters. Randy Orton stars in a stand-alone sequel titled 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded. The sequel was released in 2013. It was announced in 2014 that Dean Ambrose was going to star in the third film in the franchise called 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown.
Also by
Renny Harlin
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Dan_Tebascoâ 6/10
I liked it better when it had Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock and Dennis Hopper in it Needless to say SPEED (1994) was definitely an inspiration for this movie, to the point that if they'd switch things around just a little bit it could have been a sequel to it. And even though John Cena is better than he usually is in movies, he's just no Keanu (did I say that? Oh yes I did). And Ashley Scott is definitely no Sandra Bullock and furthermore Aidan Gillen no Dennis Hopper. That said, it's not terrible, SPEED (1994) to me is just one of the best blockbuster action movies of the 90's so the chance that it would match up to it would really be second to none. Anyway back to this movie, it's okay fairly mindless popcorn entertainment, Renny Harlin is good when it comes to action-sequences and yet again he delivers on those aspects. I'm usually not bothered to much over shaky cams but this movie contains a overabundance of that and occasionally you wish they would just use steady cam but what can you do? not much. There's really not that much more to talk about the movie, it's not a bad movie we've just seen it before. It's the best movie I've seen with John Cena at least, there is always that.
Production companies
Who made it
The Mark Gordon Company
US
- MI
Midnight Sun Pictures
US
Fox Atomic
US
WWE Studios
US
Key crew
- ProducerJosh McLaughlin
- ProducerMark Gordon
- ProducerMichael Lake
- Utility StuntsNick Stanner
- Stunt DriverNicholas Rich
- StuntsTanner Gill
- Stunt DriverJeff Galpin
- Utility StuntsKevin Beard
- StuntsEric Norris
- StuntsTodd Warren
- StuntsEddie Matthews
- StuntsJim Henry
- Utility StuntsHaley Nott
- StuntsJosh Mueller
- Stunt DriverHenry Kingi Jr.
- StuntsArielle Zimmerman
- StuntsJill Stokesberry
- StuntsRussell Towery
- Stunt DoubleBilly D. Lucas
- StuntsBill Orsini
- Stunt DriverPauline Boudreaux
- Stunt DoubleKhristian Lupo
- Utility StuntsJacob Kabel
- Utility StuntsDurk Tyndall
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- police
- cop
- revenge
- cat and mouse
- family
Release history ¡ US
When it landed
- Theatrical2009-03-27PG-13
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International titles
- Twelve RoundsGB
- 12 RundenDE
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- Shoot & RunFR
- 12ãŠãĻãŗãJP
- 12 ŅĐ°ŅĐŊдОвRU
- 12 RoundsUS
- 12 RaundAZ
