Genre:
Drama
Directed
by: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring:
Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper, Susan Sarandon, Benjamin Bratt
Running
time: 112 minutes
John Matthews is the owner of a construction
company who finds out that his estranged son has been arrested and is being
charged as a drug dealer, even though he is no such thing. The young man has
been snitched on by a friend who sold him out to save himself. Since his son
refuses to snitch on anyone, Matthews makes a deal with the authorities to set
up a real drug dealer to be caught so his son will get a deal.
The pace of the action is this film is fast
and the story offers real potential. It is easy to identify with the plight of
a father trying to save his son from prison time. This role offered a great
opportunity to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to show some depth in his acting. Unfortunately,
he did not deliver. The acting felt really uninspired, so it all just kind of
fell flat. Same goes for the rest of the cast.
I did love the pace of the movie, and the use
of a shaky hand-held camera in certain scenes was a nice touch. It is kind of
disappointing that a film that offered such potential in its premise get lost
in the delivery.
Rating:
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