Snitch

"I admire you so much. The stand you're taking. You didn't take the easy way out. Not setting up one of your friends. I couldn't do what you did. So it looks like you're the one teaching me what real character and integrity is all about. I love you, son."

Filmology Rating: 2 out of 4

Dwayne Johnson stars as a drug-cartel-fighting dad in Snitch.  Johnson is, by and away, my favorite part of Snitch, due to his great screen presence.  As usual, he is funny and charismatic, stealing the scene many times over.  However, his presence is not enough to save this film from itself.  The plot features Johnson’s son in prison for drug trafficking, facing maximum sentence even though it’s his first offense, and daddy comes to the rescue by going undercover in the seedy underground drug world.  The setup could lead to either a drug drama or an action movie, but someone couldn’t pick one, so they try to follow both paths, without great payoff.  I was expecting this film to be absolutely horrible, and I was pleasantly surprised that it is only bad.

Rating: Skip It

-Megan