Every WWE Studios Movie - Ranked From Worst To Best

11. 12 Rounds (2009)

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Starring: John Cena

By far John Cena's best live-action movie, 12 Rounds is a fairly competent Die Hard knockoff, aptly enough directed by Die Hard 2's Renny Harlin and starring Littlefinger himself, Aidan Gillen, as the snarling baddie.

The plot is horrendously silly - Cena has to go through 12 games (or "rounds") of challenges in order to save his girlfriend - but the action is sharply directed, it moves fast, and Gillen is terrifically over-the-top as the villain.

It's no classic of the action genre and Cena is really struggling to be charismatic here, but it's easy to just switch your brain off, crack open a few beers and soak in the fun.

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