Director: James Nunn
Notable Cast: Mike ‘The
Miz’ Mizanin, Anna Van Hooft, Nathan Mitchell, Taylor Rotunda, Heath Miller,
Trinity Fatu, Sandy Robson, Tony Skinner, Joe Hennig
It’s been stated numerous times on this site how I feel
about WWE Studios. I love what they are doing and where they are going with
their set of films. They’re expanding their catalog, while at the same time
delivering fun and highly entertaining straight to home video action flicks.
Granted, the quality of these flicks does fluctuate drastically between
franchises and lone wolf entries, but for those who enjoy low budget action
flicks then they at least satiate a kind of B-movie craving. The spine of this development
just so happens to be The Marine
franchise. Starting as a theatrical film, it quickly moved to the home video
release department and it hasn’t looked back since. This series has seen its
ups and downs as it goes, scraping bottom with the third entry and The Miz’s
first one as the new series lead, but the fifth entry just might be the best
one yet. The Marine 5: Battleground
is trimmed, fun, and sports a silly blend of action and thriller elements to be
the highlight of the franchise. Yes, you read that correctly, the fifth film in
a straight to home video action franchise from WWE is the best one yet. Weird,
huh?