The Marine is a 2006 American action film directed by John Bonito from a story written by Alan B. McElroy and Michelle Gallagher.

In Iraq, John Triton, a U.S. Marine, arrives at an al-Qaeda hideout, where a group of terrorists are preparing to behead several hostages.

Disregarding direct orders to wait for reinforcements, Triton attacks the extremists and rescues the hostages.

Meanwhile, criminal Rome robs a jewelry store with his gang: girlfriend Angela, Morgan, Vescera, and Bennett.

He kills Morgan and Bennett then drags the bodies under the lodge, where he again meets Detective Van Buren.

Van Buren enters the room but points his gun at Triton, revealing himself to be the anonymous partner.

Rome makes his escape and joins up with Angela and Kate before firing at a gasoline tank and blowing up the lodge.

Rome escapes in Van Buren's car, but abandons it due to a police tracking device.

The Marine was originally written with Al Pacino in mind for the part of criminal Rome, with Stone Cold Steve Austin as hero Triton.

Orton turned down the role because of his bad conduct discharge from the Marines in the late 1990s, and was replaced by John Cena.

After Pacino turned it down, Ray Liotta was considered for the role of Rome, but Robert Patrick got the part instead.

In order to cover for John Cena's absence from WWE events, a storyline was written after Carlito beat Cena for the WWE United States Championship, saying that he was stabbed by Carlito's bodyguard Jesús and was taking time off to recover.

[4] The Blu-ray version was released on February 13, 2007, with a DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 track and a 1080p HD transfer.