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"Totally Twelve Rounds Revenge Knockout Killer!"

By Ramesh C.Reddy
Pittsburgh Standard

June 30, 2009

Twelve Rounds (2009)

Source: http://www.imdb.com.
The movie is rated PG-13 for explosive action sequences, mild language and gun violence. The run time is 108 min.

Main Cast:
John Cena - Detective Danny Fisher
Aidan Gillen - Miles Jackson
Ashley Scott - Molly Porter
Steve Harris - Special Agent George Carter

Movie Trailer: 12 Rounds
RECOMMENDATION:  *** 3/5 rating
WATCH THE MOVIE  ONCE

PLOT SYNOPSIS:
"Twelve Rounds" is about an New Orleans Police Dept officer named Danny Fisher (played by John Cena) who captures a notorious terrorist but in the process the man's girlfriend dies. The movie revolves around 12 different puzzle scenarios that have to be solved if Fisher wants to see his own girlfriend alive.

PLOT REVIEW:
"Twelve Rounds" is a very cleverly written script packed with riddles. 

CONTENT REVIEW:
"Twelve Rounds" is an explosive action-packed thriller that will keep you guessing what the next puzzle is in the 12 rounds. It is packed with intense sequences of violence.  It addresses issues such as TEAM WORK, REVENGE, OVERCOMING GUILT, LOVE, GREED, MURDER, LOYALTY, BETRAYAL, AND PERSISTENCE.

WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THE MOVIE: (SPOILER ALERT)

Liked how the movie focused on 12 different rounds to keep us in suspense and the persistence of an officer to try to save his girlfriend not knowing whether she will live or die in the end.

QUESTIONS TO PONDER BASED ON INDUCTIVE STUDY OF MOVIE:

1. Which character in the movie do you most identity yourself with and why?

2. What scene or issue raised in the movie touched you the most and why?

3. What are all the consequences of crime that we see in the movie?

4. What emotion drives Detective Fisher, Special Agent Carter, and Miles Jackson the most and why? What does the Bible have to say regarding whatever emotion you think is driving each of them?

5. What emotion drives you to do things the most and why?

6. What do we learn about being a lone ranger vs. being part of a team? What does the Bible have to say about it?

7. What do you think the main theme of the movie is that you can take away as an application for your life that is also supported in the Bible?

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