(older movie reviews with a fresh coat of paint)

Let’s get something straight.  Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock isn’t going to win any awards in his lifetime for acting.   He is an action star with a taste for kids comedies.  He isn’t a good actor and never was engineered to be one.  When people get that ideal confused is where they will under appreciate a fine thriller like this movie.   When I think of the Rock, I think of a big tall intimidating figure of justice.  In Snitch, though, he uncovers a different shade of his action hero persona.   He doesn’t bash a fist through Vin Diesel’s face or toss bad guys around like rag dolls.   Here, he is a regular guy getting way in over his head to help his son avoid long term prison time.

Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to the gentle giant known as Mr. Johnson.   In fact, he doesn’t throw a single punch the entire film.  There you go, action fans, run away.   Snitch works instead as an intelligent brick laying thriller with a decent dose of drama.    Here we have a trucking company owner, John Andrews(Johnson), living the good life.  He has remarried after a failed marriage(which yielded the troubled son), lives in a big house and has a daughter.  He is riding high and worrying about moving around equity in his business.  Then he gets a call about his son being arrested on drug charges.  Serious drug charges. (more…)