I'll be brief (by mastersond76) |
I thought The Rock had abandoned us for Disney movies until I went to an early screening of Faster hosted by our local Rock station. No spoiler alert necessary because I'll keep this short. This movie is action packed from the opening scene but has two twist, one a whodunit, the other about a character's origin, not even hinted at in the previews.The plot starts simply enough. The Rock walks or rather runs out of prison after 10 years and starts hunting down the guys responsible for killing his brother. Things get complicated when the cops Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Gugino and a <more> |
Action Thriller Comes Screaming Out of the Gate (by mushbuster) |
Dwayne Johnson's action thriller doesn't waste any time. It comes screaming out of the gate with rubber burning and guns blazing and does just about everything right. Besides the mayhem you paid your hard-earned dollars for, there's betrayal, vengeance, and even a bit of redemption woven in, just like the noir classics of old.Now, you've probably seen some bad reviews a certain San Francisco reviewer who gave it an "empty chair" comes to mind , but these are the same old hacks who ding flicks because, well, they aren't the movie they wanted the filmmakers to <more> |
WARNING: If u have a vagina this movie is NOT for you! (by creedreaper) |
To start off, BRILLIANT acting by The Rock. Every single scene was so damn intense. I went in not expecting much and came out Surprised by how good it was. I had been playing the PS1 game driver since the day it released and it was about time the movie came out. The storyline was super good. Although I was expecting a lot more from Billy bob Thorton, but I guess the overall performance of the movie took my attention to an whole new level.This is what The Rock is meant to do, not those CRAPPY Disney movies which made no sense. After watching this I am SUPER excited to see him again in Fast <more> |
Faster Redeems a Misguided Career (by Gorefather) |
While I always thought Dwayne Johnson The Rock! had potential as an actor, I thought his career choices have been pretty dismal since he left the world of wrestling. Whether throwaway crap like "The Scorpion King" or just plain embarrassing stuff like "The Tooth Fairy" we get it Dwayne, you can laugh at yourself - how about getting down to business! , I just never felt compelled to see one of his movies. Until now.I could tell from the trailer this one was going to be different.Faster is a throwback to the merciless action flicks of the 1970s. Existential in tone. <more> |
My 369th Review: One Of The Better Films About Vengeance Not Revenge In A Long Time (by intelearts) |
I went expecting a basic action film. I did not get it.What we got was a man's movie - and in this reviewer's opinion one of the best in recent memory.This it is not yet another film about revenge - it is a film about vengeance, and that's another animal entirely. If the true essence of great story-telling and myth is that it takes us on a journey that is on the surface almost simplistic, but leaves the audience more by the end; then Faster succeeds and succeeds way beyond expectations.In side-stepping the current vogue for mindless action it does hark back to the 70s - and the <more> |
Good Old R-rated Violence (by deltajvliet) |
These movies are a dying breed. Studios opt for PG-13 when they can, and the few R-rated movies there are often fail financially. Unfortunately that looks to be the case for Faster. I never cared about wrestling or The Rock, but since he switched to acting I've generally been impressed by Johnson. We can all agree material like Tooth Fairy is lame, but he was surprisingly solid early on in The Rundown and Walking Tall. The guy even out acted veterans like Travolta and Keitel in Be Cool. Since then he's turned in a number of good performances: Get Smart, The Other Guys, and now Faster. <more> |
The Rock has finally come back!! (by illnino-2) |
To start of, this movie is not groundbreaking and I doubt it is going to claim to be. It's a simple revenge thriller with a few plot twists. That's why I did not give it a full score.But those things aside, this movie was quite fun to watch. Loved how Dwayne Johnson finally decided to get back to his action roles after the lame kid movies he had starred in lately. His screen presence was awesome, and kinda reminded me of the good old times while he was wrestling.The music and the setting were awesome, it really did remind me of the 70's revenge thrillers. The entire movie was like <more> |
The real Rock is back in action (by the-movie-guy) |
Synopsis After serving 10 years in prison for bank robbery, Driver Dwayne Johnson has only one mission in life, to avenge the murder of his older brother who was killed when they were double-crossed after the heist. Now a free man with the names and addresses in hand, there is nothing on earth that can stop him from killing all of them. However, two people are in the hunt to stop him, veteran cop Billy Bob Thornton only days from retiring, and a young hit man Oliver Jackson-Cohen , both on Driver's trail. The race is on, and there can be only one winner. My Comment The story is <more> |
It's about time! (by kowgirl_tina-1) |
This was the first movie our family went to in a long time, and it was so worth it! My boys said it was excellent.The plot was simple enough, bad guy wants revenge for the murder of a loved one. In all honesty, it didn't seem to need a wide range of acting from Dwayne Johnson aka, The Rock . I should rephrase that; it wasn't so much the dialog, but his mannerisms and facial expressions that said it all!The movie wasn't just about revenge, it also looked into how he got to be the way he was... the way he was treated growing up. It talked about forgiveness & redemption. I say <more> |