5 Wrestling Movies You Need To See

#3 The Marine

The Marine is arguably the defining franchise for WWE Studios.

It’s telling that John Cena was cast as the lead for The Marine, as WWE Studios launched its flagship franchise. Cena was the face of the company at the time, and it’s fitting he’d star in the film the fledgeling Studios pinned its early hopes on. The Marine series has very little to do with wrestling in terms of movie content, but has consistently featured a current WWE star in the title role, and often other wrestlers in the supporting cast.

There’s little to write home about in regards to The Marine itself—it’s largely a cliché action movie, focused more on fight scenes and stunts than meaningful plot development or artful film technique.

Just the same, it distills what WWE expects its core audience to like in a film, with sleek production and an honest stab at making Cena look like a grade A action hero—a role he quite arguably pulls off better than Ted Dibiase or The Miz in the five (to date) movies to follow in this series.