12 Rounds - Film (Week 8)

Crew:
Director - Renny Harlin
Writer - Daniel Kunka
Producer - Mark Gordon & Michael Lake & Josh McLaughlin
Music - Trevor Rablin
Cinematographer - David Boyd
Film Editing - Brian Berdan

Cast:
Danny Fisher - John Cena
Miles Jackson - Aidan Gillen
Molly Porter - Ashley Scott
George Aiken - Steve Haris 
Hank Carver - Brian White

Genre - Action, Crime, Thriller.

Themes - Love, Determination, fear, revenge.

Running time - 108 minutes.

2009 Film.

Production Company - Fox Atomic, Mark Gordon Company, The Midnight Sun Pictures.

Budget - $22 million.
Box Office - $18 million.

Narrative:
A cop called Danny Fisher (John Cena) stops a very successful criminal from performing a heist. During this, the criminals girlfriend is accidentally killed. For revenge, the criminal breaks out of prison to kidnaps Danny's fiancé. To get her back, Danny has to perform and successfully complete 12 extremely difficult tasks otherwise he will see her die at the hands of the criminal.

The cinematography in the film is very good. At the start of the film, the whole scene is quite intense. The camera movements make it seem like the audience are part of the film and viewed from specific characters points of view. For example, there are moments within the scene when the camera seems like binoculars zooming on on its target. It makes the audience feel part of the movie. There are many establishing shots to show the location of the film and to show how busy it is. Long shots changing to close up shots prove the style of the binoculars, showing the characters from afar and up close. High angles from the building tops makes it seem like the police looking down to the targets. most of the camera wok in the scene is hand held, making the audience feel past of the scene and to really get into the action. Fast paced music adds to the tension of the first scene and makes the audience engaged and on edge to see what is about to happen. The editing within the video is very quick, cutting between long shots and close up shots to add to the fast pace of the scene. Many close ups on characters faces make the audience see their real emotions and help them get closer to the characters.

Love:
Love is a main theme within the film because a the plot happened in revenge of love. The criminal lost his love and blamed it on Danny. Then took Danny's fiance to make him feel the pain he felt himself.

Determination;
Determination is another main theme within the film because Danny loves his fiance and would do anything to get her back. He completes all 12 tasks which test him to his limits but he still completes them.