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St0rmFury
10/28/23 10:37:31 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/9/AALk4HAAE-1T.png
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/freelance_2023

Ouch.

I like Cena, dude's a bro. But guy's not having the best of luck in Hollywood.


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Jagr_68
10/28/23 10:39:33 AM
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This is literally the first time I'm hearing of the existence of this movie.

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itcheyness
10/28/23 10:40:04 AM
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Jagr_68 posted...
This is literally the first time I'm hearing of the existence of this movie.


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ssb_yunglink2
10/28/23 10:40:17 AM
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Hes been in 2 fast and furious movies and peacemaker is actually good, so i think hes doing fine
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Irony
10/28/23 10:40:29 AM
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Are you telling me that John Cena is a bad actor and that people only like Peacemaker for dumb reasons?

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BurmesePenguin
10/28/23 10:40:34 AM
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Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis (John Cena) is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington (Alison Brie) as she interviews the ruthless--but impeccably dressed--dictator, Juan Venegas (Juan Pablo Raba). When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other in order to make it out alive!

Aside from the '(Alison Brie)' part, this does sound like the worst thing ever.

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ThatGeminiGuy
10/28/23 10:43:03 AM
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https://youtu.be/_XAKjc2gIfo?si=TmEkNJZD_gah0M1y

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LeCh0nk
10/28/23 10:43:59 AM
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It's because no one can see it

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Mew
10/28/23 10:44:39 AM
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Jagr_68 posted...
This is literally the first time I'm hearing of the existence of this movie.


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Ricemills
10/28/23 10:46:26 AM
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St0rmFury posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/9/AALk4HAAE-1T.png
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/freelance_2023

Ouch.

I like Cena, dude's a bro. But guy's not having the best of luck in Hollywood.


"John Cena deserves better. And so do we." -Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail, TOP CRITIC

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Irony
10/28/23 10:47:13 AM
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Reminder that Cena is a dumb CCP shill

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majin_nemesis
10/28/23 10:47:43 AM
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he has a new movie?

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lots of great actors have movies that didn't do very well
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Raikuro
10/28/23 10:48:01 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Eh wrestling is more of a campy form of acting that doesn't always necessarily translate to film, similar to theater work.
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hockeybub89
10/28/23 10:48:15 AM
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He's still better than Dwayne Johnson

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ThatGeminiGuy
10/28/23 10:49:36 AM
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Raikuro posted...
Eh wrestling is more of a campy form of acting that doesn't always necessarily translate to film, similar to theater work.

This. My mom still isn't over taking me to see No Holds Barred when I was a kid

https://youtu.be/0wYs-0EO0ts?si=WAf1gI5tnOHmgYhb


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Jagr_68
10/28/23 10:52:57 AM
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Irony posted...
Reminder that Cena is a dumb CCP shill

*XIna

https://youtu.be/MZtH3dgwGUs?si=2FeQAsydkciWYmda

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loafy013
10/28/23 10:54:06 AM
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I never saw it, but I remember hearing that the Amy Shumer movie he was in showed his talent and he was one of the best parts of the movie.

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hockeybub89
10/28/23 10:54:57 AM
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Irony posted...
Reminder that Cena is a dumb CCP shill
It's really not that big of a deal. Pretty much everyone bends to China. Their greedy employers fear losing that sweet China money.

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Ricemills
10/28/23 10:56:54 AM
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Especially when he's still at the beginning of his acting career, he have no choice.
Is it a shitty move? Yes, but understandable.

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Irony
10/28/23 10:57:48 AM
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Ricemills posted...
Especially when he's still at the beginning of his acting career, he have no choice.
Is it a shitty move? Yes, but understandable.
He's been in movies for 17 years

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Hayame_Zero
10/28/23 11:04:22 AM
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Also was very briefly in Barbie.

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Ricemills
10/28/23 11:05:50 AM
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Irony posted...
He's been in movies for 17 years

Then it even makes more sense after 17 years of mediocrity in acting career, he has to protect it when it starting to launch.

Unfortunately this movie is a sign of return to mediocrity.

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Foppe
10/28/23 11:19:06 AM
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Buy Cena tshirts!

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Irony
10/28/23 11:28:18 AM
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Foppe posted...
Buy Cena tshirts!
Here's me wearing a John Cena shirt

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/3/AAJHVqAAE-2J.jpg

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thekosmicfool
10/28/23 2:48:59 PM
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I'll still probably check it out tbh. I have AMC A-list so I'm not too discriminating about what I see.

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Turbam
10/28/23 3:13:27 PM
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Irony posted...
Reminder that Cena is a dumb CCP shill
Bing Chilling

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Charged151
10/28/23 3:19:06 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
This is literally the first time I'm hearing of the existence of this movie.


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BearlyWilling
10/28/23 3:21:36 PM
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Even House of the Dead is higher than that at 3%.

Damn lol

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CyrusV
10/28/23 3:35:44 PM
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Peacemaker was pretty good tho.

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archizzy
10/28/23 3:39:33 PM
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loafy013 posted...
I never saw it, but I remember hearing that the Amy Shumer movie he was in showed his talent and he was one of the best parts of the movie.

I know people hate Amy Shumer but I thought it was a legitimately decent movie. Cena is hilarious in his part and Bill Hader is really good in it too. Hell even Lebron James is decent in it and I'm really not a fan of his.

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RetsuZaiZen
10/28/23 3:41:19 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
He's still better than Dwayne Johnson
Try not to mention The Rock in a Cena or Batista topic challenge : Level Impossible

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Kradek
10/28/23 4:11:05 PM
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thekosmicfool posted...
I'll still probably check it out tbh. I have AMC A-list so I'm not too discriminating about what I see.

Same, though with the spooky season there was a lot out and I haven't even had the time for Killers.

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Axiom
10/28/23 4:12:16 PM
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Is that one of the WWE funded bombs they keep making for some reason
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StealThisSheen
10/28/23 5:59:24 PM
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When the second biggest star is Alison Brie, yeah, the movie isn't exactly destined for stardom.

No offense to Brie, I like her, but...

They didn't exactly break the bank on this one, especially since it had... No marketing, that I can tell? I assume Cena owed somebody a favor.

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StealThisSheen
10/28/23 6:00:55 PM
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Axiom posted...
Is that one of the WWE funded bombs they keep making for some reason

Even worse:

In 2015, Relativity Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after lawsuits and missing loan payments.[4][5][6][7] The bankruptcy was noted as one of the most notorious in entertainment industry.[8] As a result, the company began selling off previously acquired films. Relativity Media reorganized and emerged from bankruptcy in March 2016,[9] but in May 2018 it filed for bankruptcy again.[10] The studio is now a wholly owned subsidiary of UltraV Holdings.[11]

It's produced by somebody who literally had to file for bankruptcy TWICE.


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StealThisSheen
10/28/23 6:04:57 PM
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archizzy posted...
I know people hate Amy Shumer but I thought it was a legitimately decent movie. Cena is hilarious in his part and Bill Hader is really good in it too.

The funniest part about this is that Cena played the part of another wrestler, who was a relatively big name in wrestling at the time (Dolph Ziggler), but can't act as well. The role was a real guy, who was a fairly well known professional wrestler.

EDIT: That said, besides not being able to act as well, I assume the fact that the role was literally him (Dolph Ziggler/Nick Nameth) was why he was never asked to be in the movie. I assume there were... Personal conflicts, there.

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PurpleOutsider
10/28/23 6:18:01 PM
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I saw it Thursday night and it was rough. Cena was horribly miscast and it was just straight up boring.

Cena's character started law school, dropped out, went into the military, got injured, finished law school and became a lawyer. When the movie takes place, he's been away from the military at least a decade. At no point does he properly convey his character's lot in life. Despite that, he's still comically overpowered anyway. Also, he has a bad back but they seem to forget about it almost immediately since it doesn't affect him for most of the movie.

I don't know who would've worked better for the character, but Cena just did not fit at all.

It's also weirdly pro-dictatorship. Kinda odd.

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thekosmicfool
10/30/23 5:34:11 PM
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^all completely fair criticisms, but I thought it wasn't that bad. The weirdest part to me was when his wife said she's done and he needs to get out and then immediately is like "wait, you're going out of town?! I love you!" seconds later.

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HornyLevel
10/30/23 5:43:03 PM
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Damn, Alison Bree and Alice Eve in one movie?

Seriously though, RT is highly misleading. This just means nobody gave it above a 7.

IMDB shows a 5.6. Which is what I would expect.

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thekosmicfool
10/30/23 5:46:45 PM
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Absolutely. It's just thoroughly mediocre, enough to entertain me, some loser with nothing better to do with his afternoon.

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Jupiter
10/30/23 5:46:49 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
This is literally the first time I'm hearing of the existence of this movie.


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MatzoTov
10/30/23 5:57:16 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
This is literally the first time I'm hearing of the existence of this movie.
Seems like they want to keep it buried so the write-off can be bigger.

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Tyranthraxus
10/30/23 6:00:38 PM
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majin_nemesis posted...
he has a new movie?

lots of great actors have movies that didn't do very well

*Coughleagueofextraordinarygentlemancough*

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DarkAssassin89
10/30/23 6:10:21 PM
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LeCh0nk posted...
It's because no one can see it

10/10

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K181
10/30/23 6:33:49 PM
#48:


Jagr_68 posted...
This is literally the first time I'm hearing of the existence of this movie.

I saw a commercial for it yesterday, and my assumption was that it must suck to only be getting ads for it now.

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crayola555
10/30/23 6:52:39 PM
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It's a thing with John Cena movies now they get like no advertising or promotions. I never even heard of this movie and his last movie, the one with Jackie Chan I also had no idea existed until it left the theaters or something.

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Jupiter
10/30/23 7:20:50 PM
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crayola555 posted...
It's a thing with John Cena movies now they get like no advertising or promotions. I never even heard of this movie and his last movie, the one with Jackie Chan I also had no idea existed until it left the theaters or something.
Wtf he did a movie with Jackie Chan? Man, I haven't been hearing any of this.

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