BATTLEGROUND is the fifth instalment of the MARINE franchise; these are low budget action thrillers put out by WWE Studios. It was directed by James Nunn, who previously made the underrated TOWER BLOCK, and it's mildly entertaining, more so than I was expecting. The story sees wrestler Mike Mizanin playing the world's most unlikely paramedic, who gets involved with a gang of Hell's Angels when he's trapped in an underground car park with them. A DIE HARD scenario, in which he picks them off one at a time, subsequently ensues. The film has a boring setting and back drops and not much in the way of story, but it does have a fast pace, some unexpected twists, and a lot of violent mayhem, so it's not all bad. It's the kind of film you'll watch and forget about the acting, focusing instead on bad guys getting whacked and beaten.

I've seen all the Marine series and this one is a big let down! So carter is an ex marine a very decorated one that apparently has no hand to hand combat skills in any of these fight scenes taking a pretty good beating from all the people he comes up against until the very last fight scene on the rooftop. He also can't hit 3 targets in the open with an assaslt rifle in the fairground and the very last gun battle in the construction site he cycles all of his ammo at a huge pillar where bo is stood behind whilist no isn't even firing his weapon!

All in all very disappointed with this film it's more of the writing/directing performance rather than the actors/actresses

For being a Marine that knows how to use guns Jake Carter apparently suffers from the "A-Team TV Series" syndrome. Bullets fly everywhere and, and, and, what for it.....meh! I guess Jake got tossed for not being able to hit the broad side of Pikes Peak.