Line #73 Film/TheMarine


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3	''The Marine'' is a series of action films produced by WWE Studios starring various Wrestling/{{WWE}} wrestlers in the lead roles.
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5	The first film, starring Creator/JohnCena, was released theatrically by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox in 2006. A sequel was released on DVD starring Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr in 2009. In 2013, a third movie was released on DVD/Blu Ray starring Wrestling/TheMiz. A fourth movie was released in 2015 on DVD/Blu Ray with Miz returning, and also featured the first Diva in the series, Wrestling/SummerRae. A fifth movie was released in 2017 on DVD/Blu Ray with Miz again returning, and also featured Miz's wife Wrestling/{{Maryse}}, Wrestling/HeathSlater, Wrestling/CurtisAxel, Wrestling/BoDallas and Wrestling/{{Naomi\|Wrestler}}. A sixth movie with Miz yet again returning and also featuring Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was announced in November 2017.
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8	!!These films provide examples of:
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13	* ArtisticLicenseMilitary
14	** The slab-side M16 [=SP1=] in the first movie was ''never'' used by the USMC. Also, the black uniform and jacket worn by Triton in the prologue is definitely not standard issue to the USMC, not even Force Recon, whom he is a part of. In addition, assuming that the film took place in 2006, when it was released, all of the marines in the base are seen wearing the M81 woodland pattern, no longer used by the USMC in 2004 and by the Army in 2005.
15	** [[http://3sshop.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/4/3/11430790/496660136_orig.jpg The urban camouflage]] seen in the second movie doesn't even look close to [[http://www.hyperstealth.com/MARPAT-Urban-Standard.jpg the actual MARPAT pattern]].
16	* BaldOfEvil: Morgan. Also the two drug dealers in the woods and Damo.
17	%%* BottomlessMagazines
18	%%* IHaveYourWife
19	* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Surprisingly averted. The first, fourth, and fifth films have one token DarkActionGirl among the bad guys and each one is killed off with as little fan fare as their male counterparts.
20	* NumberedSequels: There's "The Marine 2", "The Marine 3: Homefront", "The Marine 4: Moving Target", and "The Marine 5: Battleground".
21	%%* OneManArmy: The protagonists.
22	%%* Post911TerrorismMovie
23	%%* RatedMForManly
24	* SemperFi: Big time. The movies show you that kidnapping the wife[=/=]relatives of a Marine is ''NOT'' a good idea.
25	* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: The first film is silly. All of the sequels are serious.
26	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Being a WWE film series, you can expect a few wrestling moves in the fight scenes. The most egregious of which is Triton chokeslamming a mook to his death; both the camera angle and the fact that the mook smashes through a wooden dock disguise the fact that Cena is not as large as the wrestlers who usually do this move, like Wrestling/TheUndertaker. Oddly, Cena doesn't use this move while actually wrestling.
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29	[[folder:''The Marine'']]
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32	John Triton (Wrestling/JohnCena) is a veteran marine operative who is discharged from the Iraq War, despite his best wishes to remain. He returns to his wife (Creator/KellyCarlson), who after a great big welcome home, suggests they take a vacation. Their paths cross with Rome (Creator/RobertPatrick), a diamond thief, and his cronies who are on the run from a previous heist. They steal Triton's ride and, of course, his wife. Triton must save his wife as he chases Rome through the South Carolina environment.
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34	%%* BadassDriver: John Triton.
35	* BlackComedyRape: The reason Morgan hates rock candy? [[spoiler:A camp counselor tempted him with it, then raped him]].
36	%%* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Lampshaded
37	%%* CarChase
38	* CoolCar: The Chevy Camaro police cruiser that Triton hijacks for the car chase.
39	%%* DarkActionGirl: Angela.
40	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Rome seems to genuinely love Angela, [[spoiler:if his enraged reaction when she dies is anything to go by]].
41	* GunsAkimbo: Bennett during the diamond heist.
42	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Triton [[NeckSnap snaps Rome's neck]] with the [[ChainPain same chain]] he is attacking him with.
43	%%* ImplacableMan: John, a rare heroic version.
44	* ImprovisedWeapon: Rome attacks Triton with a sledgehammer and [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]] during their climactic fight. Triton defends himself from the latter with [[WrenchWhack a big wrench]].
45	* LargeHam: Robert Patrick is clearly having a ball playing Rome, and is clearly ''not'' taking the movie as seriously as Cena is.
46	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: After Rome shoots Vescera, alligators appear to eat his body.
47	* NoodleIncident: Morgan and rock candy.
48	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The opening sequence has Triton freeing some comrades from captivity; when it is seemed like they are surrounded by enemies with no way out, one of them asks Triton, "How do we get around them?", Triton drops, "We don't; [[BondOneLiner We go through them.]]" He fires his gun at the camera...and the movie fast-forwards to after the incident.
49	* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Triton's down-to-earth wife Kate wears a denim jacket, white tank top, and jeans. Bad Girl Angela wears a leather getup with a leopard top. [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2336135168/tt0419946 Compare]].
50	* StockFootage: That gunship you see in the intro? Yep, it's taken straight from ''Franchise/{{Rambo}} III''.
51	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the opening scene John Triton is told to stand down from attacking a group of terrorists that have hostages till reinforcements can show up. John ignores that order and attacks anyway killing all the terrorists and saving all the hostages. Despite saving the hostages, John is then forced into accepting a honorable discharge since regardless of what happened, he still disobeyed a direct order from his superiors and put everyone at risk with his actions.
52	* UnratedEdition: Such a labeled DVD case exists. However, the differences between it and the rated one are near-undetectable.
53	* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Triton, who throws Angela against the windshield of an oncoming ''bus.'']]
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56	[[folder:''The Marine 2'']]
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59	* AxCrazy: Thickset, Damo's brother. He's essentially a [[Film/DieHard Karl]] {{expy}}.
60	* BigDamnHeroes: Church rescues Joe from being killed by [[spoiler:Thickset]].
61	* CoolVersusAwesome: Muay Thai vs. wrestling.
62	%%* DarkerAndEdgier
63	* DieHardOnAnX: ''Die Hard'' on a hotel.
64	%%* EvilSoundsDeep: Again, Damo.
65	%%* FriendlySniper: Joe.
66	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The {{mooks}} scored only one hit on Joe.
67	* InspiredBy: Inspired by the 2001 Dos Palmas kidnappings.
68	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Joe attempts this on [[spoiler:Blondie]].
69	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Blondie]] and [[spoiler:Shoal]]. Both [[OnlyInItForTheMoney only care about money]].
70	%%* NumberedSequel
71	* PrivateMilitaryCompany: One is hired by Shoal to deal with the rebels. [[spoiler:Predictably, the team gets backstabbed by one of them, and were killed off except Calob]].
72	%%* RebelLeader: Damo.
73	* RetiredBadass: Church. He's an ex-Army Ranger and a [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam vet]].
74	* SceneryPorn: Done several times, such as in the scene where Joe's plane flies across the hotel.
75	%%* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Shoal]].
76	* YouHaveFailedMe: Damo kills [[spoiler:Blondie when he revealed the hostages' location to Joe]].
77	-->'''Damo''': You talked, didn't you? You disappoint me. ''boom''
78	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Damo discusses this trope to Conner. He does this to [[spoiler:Shoal]].
79	-->'''Damo''': There'll come a time when you're more useful to us dead than alive.
80	* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: How the rebels view themselves as.
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83	[[folder:''The Marine 3: Homefront'']]
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86	%%* BadassBookworm: Pope... sort of.
87	* BloodierAndGorier: And how. This film is by far the bloodiest of the series.
88	* BombThrowingAnarchists: The villains.
89	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Pope becomes a terrorist [[spoiler:when his family went bankrupt, losing their house. It goes FromBadToWorse when his father was DrivenToSuicide and his sister was diagnosed with ovarian cancer]].
90	%%* TheDragon: Jackson.
91	* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Pope allows himself to be killed in the climax, knowing that the car bomb he's planted cannot be defused]].
92	%%* IcyBlueEyes: Pope.
93	* JitterCam: Justified in the scene where the FBI agents get slaughtered because some of it is shot from the agents' camera feed.
94	* PoliceAreUseless: Or rather, FBI are useless. When the FBI decide to storm the hideout of the bad guys, Jake tells not to do it that way, since he's an expert in infiltration. They don't listen, some agents end up injured/killed.
95	* RevolversAreJustBetter: Averted. Jake kills only one {{mook}} using the revolver given to him by Harkins.
96	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Pope claims that his motivation is centered on ridding away greed and reclaiming personal responsibility.
97	-->"{{Greed}}, people. It's a disease that is eating away at our nation from the top down. Personal responsibility. That's what builds a nation. No more, no less."
98	* WordSequel: Not only does it have three in the name, it's called "Homefront" as well.
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101	[[folder:''The Marine 4: Moving Target'']]
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105	[[folder:''The Marine 5: Battleground'']]
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107	* DisneyVillainDeath: Alonzo (played by Bo Dallas) gets thrown off the roof of the parking lot by Jake.
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110	[[folder:''The Marine 6: Close Quarters'']]
111	%%*GrandFinale: Of the entire film series.
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