Snitch (2013)

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.

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