A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.
It's not a good film by any practical standard, but The Marine is bad in just the right way, a mindless throwaway that's at least smart enough not to take itself too seriously.
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct 2006
fresh:
A happy surprise.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
16 Oct 2006
rotten:
A delectably bad '80s-style actioner.
– Gregory Kirschling,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct 2006
fresh:
The Marine often feels like an oddball black comedy about a dysfunctional band of sociopaths, just masquerading as an action movie about one tough ex-Marine.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
20 Oct 2006
fresh:
The Marine subscribes to the notion that there's no such thing as a gratuitous explosion.