When New Orleans cop Danny Fisher prevents a brilliant thief from successfully carrying out his latest heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. Hungry for revenge, the criminal breaks out of prison and kidnaps Danny's fiancee. Now, Danny will have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to save her.
15 March 1959, Riihimäki, Finland
17 April 1984, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
13 September 1967, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
29 April 1984, Arlington, Texas, USA
21 April 1961, Long Beach, California, USA
17 December 1961, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
13 July 1977, Metairie, Louisiana, USA
3 December 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 March 1978, Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
11 August 1971, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
19 October 1954, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
15 May 1959, USA
17 April 1961, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
5 July 1956, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
September 21, 2010
as a fast-food action director, Renny Harlin still delivers a fun movieMarch 30, 2009
12 Rounds is an occasionally exciting but always empty action movie experience.March 30, 2009
12 Rounds is the unholy stepchild of Die Hard with a Vengeance and Speed, starring a man whose lack of range makes Steven Seagal seem nuanced by comparison.September 01, 2009
Heavy on stunts but light on plausibility, humor, surprise, visual ingenuity or psychological depth.March 30, 2009
The future of vacuous action movies is clearly with the likes of Cena, humans who resemble characters from video games, albeit without the acting chops.July 09, 2009
A very satisfying and well made action thriller that could only be improved if Arnold Schwarzenegger was the star.July 04, 2009
With its wonderful post-Katrina NOLA setting and the standard stunt spectacle as only Harlin can deliver, 12 Rounds is actually quite good. It's no masterpiece, but then again, few post-millennial adrenaline rushes have been.July 24, 2009
With all the nuance of a fist to the groin, ... (it's) the kind of forgettable film that isn't impossible to enjoy but that only a Cena fan could truly love.August 12, 2009
Awfully forgettable, but Harlin makes things go boom again, with ruthless efficiency that puts the flick just over the hump of the straight-to-cable Jeff Speakman school. [Blu-ray]June 24, 2009
...a decent action movie that could've been a great one...May 29, 2009
There's a decent little action movie somewhere inside '12 Rounds': a bit more complexity of character, a few more jokes and a hero who doesn't look like a two-by-four with a buzz cut might have gone a long way.March 30, 2009
Renny Harlin's 12 Rounds satisfies, on the most primitive level, the expectations for a second-rate action flick.