12 Rounds 2: Reloaded
| 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roel Reiné |
| Written by | David Benullo |
| Produced by | Michael J. Luisi |
| Starring | Randy Orton Tom Stevens Brian Markinson Cindy Busby |
| Cinematography | Anthony C. Metchie |
| Edited by | Radu Ion |
| Music by | Nathan Furst |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million |
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded (also known as 12 Rounds 2 and 12 Rounds: Reloaded) is a 2013 American action film directed by Roel Reiné, and produced by WWE Studios, and starring Randy Orton, Tom Stevens, Brian Markinson and Cindy Busby. It is a sequel to the 2009's 12 Rounds starring John Cena. Unlike the original, which saw a theatrical release. The film was released on direct-to-DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on June 4, 2013.
Plot
Nick Malloy (Randy Orton), who is a paramedic, and his wife Sarah (Cindy Busby) are going home after the movie, when an accident occurs. Nick attempts to aid and rescues the victims: a young boy and a couple (wife and husband). Despite Nick doing his best to save their lives, the wife of the couple dies and this shatters Nick completely as it never happened in his career.
One year later, Nick and his Paramedic colleague Jay Thompson (Colin Lawrence), are going to work when they get a call from a abandoned building site where they finds a dying citizen. They operate on him, only to find the number 1 stitched on his stomach and a bomb, Nick receives a call and he steps outside the ambulance to answers it. Nick finds himself playing a game called 12 Rounds by Patrick Heller (Brian Markinson) moonlighting as a mastermind and using Sarah as a pawn.(This is not true, its an elaborate scheme orchestrated by Heller in order to persuade Nick to play the game). Round 1 begins with a "bang". Before the ambulance explodes, killing the citizen instantly, setting alight Jay, although he survived. For Round 2, Nick receives a text message which leads to a parking lot where a car waits for him. Round 3, Nick must find a clue in the car. He finds a matchbox with Palace Hotel written on it. Driving frantically to the hotel, he takes an alternative route. An enraged Heller threatens to detonate the bomb under the car, Nick manages to reach the Hotel with 2 seconds to spare.
Round 4 begins in the Hotel. Nick converses with the hotel manager who is wearing a white top with a cueball on the front with the number "4" on it and a key that dangles around his neck. Realizing this the 4th round, but Nick assumes that this could be a hint. Nick attacks the manager to steal the key. Nick must find a room that will give him all the answers. Leading to the clues, Nick finds out it's room 44. Inside the room, a young boy, Tommy Weaver (Tom Stevens), is having fun with a prostitute named Amber (Chelsey Reist). Round 5 begins when he enters the room. Nick ransacks the room and gets in a fight with Tommy and the prostitute. The phone rings in the room which is Heller. He orders Nick to bring "it with you" and get into a car parked next to Tommy's, Nick notices a tattoo on Tommy, the same as the calling card of the mastermind. However, Nick takes Tommy out of the room, on the way Nick gets in a fight with the security guard but escapes. Nick puts Tommy in the car next to his, Nick finds a black glove with some coordinates leading to the intersection of Grant and Sherwood Street.
During the trip, Nick learns that Tommy has a parole anklet by following his DUI arrest. Heller gets a bit lenient and blocks the signal to the anklet. During the trip, they stops halfway because both Nick and Tommy can hear a cellphone in the boot. They both open the boot to find Tommy's lawyer Roberta Shaw (Rachel Hayward), dead. Round 6 they must go to Grant and Sherwood intersection. They find a telephone booth. Heller tells them a series of events that leads them there. Tommy finds out this is the street where he had an accident following his DUI arrest.
Meanwhile, Nick puts the pieces of the puzzle together, and finds out he was at the right place at the right time. The accident at the start of the film, Tommy was the young boy, the woman who died was Patrick's wife (Janene Carleton). However, Tommy breaks into a run, but Nick catches and steals the police car. They take an alternative route until they meet a dead end with police cars. They drive up a storey building. When they reach the top they find are cornered by Detective McKenzie (Venus Terzo), whose is solving a case involving the Governor.
The woman tells them to play his game to discover and his true intentions. Round 7 and 8 they must reach a beer factory. This is where Tommy's father, (Sebastian Spence), conducted his illegal activities, Tommy finds his father buried in sand. Nick drives a tractor to stop the overflowing of sand. Meanwhile, the cops take care of Round 9. Heller appears and shoots Tommy's father. Round 10 begins with Sarah, but Tommy uses a taser on Nick temporarily taking him out. Round 11 begins in front of a club called Karma. It turns out the boy who died in the ambulance worked here. Heller gives 2 glass bottles to Tommy containing water. One of them is poisoned. Tommy drinks one, presumably acts dead and laughs hysterically but Heller pours the contents of the other bottle, igniting it leaving Tommy to die. Later that night, Final Round, Heller tells Nick and Sarah there will be an accident at Grant and Sherwood Intersection. Nick and Sarah escaped before the car explodes. Nick and Sarah are inside the ambulance, Detective McKenzie tells Nick and Sarah to thank them for help.
Cast
- Randy Orton as Nick Malloy
- Tom Stevens as Tommy Weaver
- Brian Markinson as Patrick Heller
- Venus Terzo as Detective McKenzie
- Cindy Busby as Sarah Malloy
- Sean Rogerson as Detective Sykes
- Colin Lawrence as Jay Thompson
- Chelsey Reist as Amber
- Sebastian Spence as Governor Devlin Weaver
- Janene Carleton as Diana Heller
- Sean Owen Roberts as Kid / Valet
- Charlie Kerr as Motel Clerk
- Rachel Hayward as Roberta Shaw
- John Wardlow as Judge Perlmutter
- Jason Diablo as Bomb Squad Man
- Jesse Hutch as Swat #1
- Kyle Cassie as Tech #1
- Patrick Gilmore as Tech #2
- Sophie Lui as TV Newscaster
- Mike Ching as Homeless Guy
- Cecilia Willmer as Club Girl
Production
On August 3, 2012, it was reported that Renny Harlin would not be directing the film in order to do the 2014's Hercules: The Legend Begins. The director went to Roel Reiné, from the director of The Marine 2 and Pistol Whipped. John Cena was set to reprise his role as Detective Danny Fisher. However, Reiné reportedly turned Cena down the role. Reiné able to get Randy Orton to replace Danny Fisher role as a new character name Nick Malloy. It is set and filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 20 days on September 27 and October 17, 2012.
Home media
DVD and Blu-ray was released in Region 1 in the United States on June 4, 2013, and Region 2 in the United Kingdom on 24 June 2013, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The Worldwide revenue of the film was $18,184,083