CLOSE QUARTERS is no less than the sixth instalment of the long-running MARINE franchise, which started with an awful John Cena movie back in the day but have got a bit better since then. These movies tend to feature wrestlers doing their business in the low budget B-movie action genre and this film is no exception. A couple of buddies, played as usual by wrestling stars, randomly end up in an abandoned factory where they have a run in with some sinister kidnappers who seem to have an endless army of henchmen helping them out. What follows is virtually non-stop action, mixing and cutting between explosions, chases, shoot-outs and more protracted hand-to-hand combat. The hulking Martyn Ford and the imposing Terence Maynard are two imported British actors who make good use of their typical 'muscle' roles while the action comes thick and fast and is quite enjoyable to boot. This one's an easy turn-off-your-brain kind of watch.
Review of The Marine 6: Close Quarters
