12 Rounds 3: Lockdown

Director Stephen Reynolds
Staring Jonathan Good (as Dean Ambrose), Roger Cross, Daniel Cudmore
Rated R
Score 2/6

Upon returning to work after recovering from an injury, a police officer discovers and attempts to turn in incriminating evidence of illegal activities against his fellow cops.

I’ve already said that most if not all movies released by WWE Studios are the cinematic equivalent of carbohydrates, but there is something that just always keeps me coming back for the next helping from a franchise. Maybe I’m a little too optimistic but WWE Studios doesn’t exactly have the best track record with franchises. Even if the previous installment ended up proving to be forgettable and the current installment seemed to forget about the rules that the franchise had set out. It would have been good to see some directorial continuity with the trilogy so that this movie would at least have a similar feel to its predecessors.
For his first feature film, Dean Ambrose gave a decent enough performance. I suppose I should applaud the filmmakers for at least attempting a twist ending but the writer seemed to make the villain portrayed by Roger Cross was too much of an alpha for the twist ending to be completely believable.


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