John Cena and WWE have a lot to answer for. He quickly finds himself trapped inside his own precinct, hunted and in search of the truth, as the crooked cops stop at nothing to recover the evidence. This was just bad.Ī police officer returns to duty after recovering from a gun shot wound to discover incriminating evidence of illegal activities against those closest to him. The previous 12 round films were passable and had some decent action. Several times Shaw is saved because of external factors nothing to with any cunning or planning by the main star. Also I never figured how Burke would realistically pin all the deaths on Shaw. I could never figure why Shaw never made a copy of the drive or save it elsewhere. Ambrose shows little charisma or action abilities. Then again as you watch the film you figure that when brains were handed out he was at the back of the line. When Burke finds out he evacuates the police station in a bogus fire scare and puts in on lockdown so he and his unit could hunt down Shaw who only has 12 bullets in his gun and seems incapable to find any more. Shaw finds evidence and saves it in a flash drive that the star officer in the precinct Tyler Burke leads a team of crooked cops. His first day back on the job ends up being far from rosy. Wrestler Dean Ambrose is cop John Shaw who returns to duty after being shot and his partner getting killed. While the plot seems ridiculous and implausible, if one can disengage ones mental faculties, it offers some entertaining action sequences. While the film never really engages the viewer, neither does it bore. And yet, the tone is very serious and down to earth, unlike such films as "Shoot 'Em Up" or "Smokin' Aces," which have a comic book sense of reality. There is no way the villains could hope to argue that their use of force was justified by the circumstances or that the top brass would allow them to continue shooting up the department with wild abandon. The script is a largely predictable mishmash of familiar tropes. He has an opportunity to team up with another cop, but doesn't. Shaw has inner demons, but seems to ignore them. There is no character development and no moral. The villains are able to get into the armory and equip themselves with assault rifles and bulletproof vests, but Shaw can't manage to pick up one of the weapons dropped during a fight. Shaw frequently ejects his magazine to count the number of bullets remaining, but never adds in one for the bullet in the chamber. Unfortunately, he's not given much to work with. An early scene at a stoplight is effective without dialogue. Dean Ambrose can be effective when given the material.
"12 Rounds" and "12 Rounds 2: Reloaded" have been compared to "Die Hard with a Vengeance," while "12 Rounds 3: Lockdown" has been compared to the original "Die Hard." However, where the first two 12 Rounds films had clever scripts that compared favorably with the second Die Hard, the third pales compared to the original "Die Hard." Long segments without dialogue require actors of the caliber of Bruce Willis ("Die Hard"), Robert Redford ("All is Lost") and Tom Hanks ("Castaway"). Shaw also has history with the villain, but neither seems to use any unique understanding of the other to any advantage. But it is never developed and his experience doesn't seem to infuse his actions. We expect to find out that either it wasn't really his fault due to circumstances he didn't understand, as in "Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol" or to learn that some character fault or error in judgment did result in the death and that he can overcome a similar dilemma only if he has learned from the experience. Several characters refer to the incident however, there is never any resolution. The script tries to give Shaw (Ambrose) a backstory and inner conflict with an incident that resulted in a partner's death and required an extended leave for psychiatric care.
Why would a police department even have a lockdown mode that prevents fire doors from opening from the inside? Why would the villains think they could hunt down and murder an officer when every corner of the building is monitored by security cameras? The villains operate as if there is no forensic evidence of anything, even the caliber of weapons. The somewhat gratuitous car scenes seem more like product placements than part of the script. The unarmed combat scenes are much better than the gunfights.
Production values are adequate and there are some decent action sequences. As a mindless action flick, it's not a bad way to spend ninety minutes. "12 Rounds 3: Lockdown" deserved a much better script.
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