Snitch (2013)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: Ric Roman Waugh (stuntman on Lethal Weapon 2, Roadhouse, Total Recall, Hook)
	Actors: Dwayne Johnson (Welcome to the Jungle, Faster), Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise), Jon Bernthal, Nadine Velasquez (My Name is Earl TV-series), Rafi Gavron
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 18.10.2013, HD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Barely 18 years old, Jason (Gavron) accepts to hide a large bag of Exstacy pills for a friend. He is arrested for that and faces ten to thirty years in prison. His father (Johnson) would do anything for the Law to reduce his sentence.
Review: From the poster of the movie it would seem to be filled with action while it is not. The Rock doesn't even land a punch of the whole movie! His massive size seems to be useful only for the viewer not to fear for him. With this movie, he may have tried to become more than just an action hero. He tried comedy and that more or less worked. He already tried a movie with more meaning (Walking Tall) and he was quite good but still using his fists. In Snitch I found him very good, not taking show-off poses or playing with his eyebrows (or worse, his pectorals like in Voyage to the Center of the Earth 2). If I dare this comparison, I would say he succeeded where Arnold Schwarzenegger failed when stopping with Collateral Damage. The story in Snitch is very interesting. The kid made this one mistake and faces decades of jail time. The movie is actually done to make people aware about such sentences (Juveniles life without parole) like can be seen on its website. The reaction of the father is understandable, as he feels responsible for abandoning his kid after divorcing his mother. The drug dealers are scary and impredictable like they should be to keep you on your toes during the whole movie. A special mention to Barry Pepper (Enemy of the State) that I don't see often enough in movies and here that plays beautifully a cop who knows all too well the drug world.
Rating: 8 /10