You won't be disappointed!

Lack of good storyline.

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Brilliant and touching

"Snitch" starring and also produced by Dwayne Johnson for approximately 15 Million U.S. Dollars, who keeps his head high in this R to PG-13 down-rated version of a family father busting out his son from jail by going undercover into a crime syndicate, directed by Ric Roman Waugh, who hardly finds thrilling angles with a majority of scenes put on hand-held cinematography by Dana Gonzalez even in tension dialogue scenes as the prosecutor's office interior, completely out of place, visualizing a further more weak script based on a television documentary.Nevertheless actor Dwayne Johnson had brought enough enthusiasm toward the project to carry the character of John Matthews through a 100+ minutes movie without further delays nor dull moments; under additional support by a rock-solid supporting cast starting out with actress Susan Sarandon, lifting the suspense level with the pushy character of prosecutor Keeghan and a hard-boiled Agent Cooper, portrayed by Barry Pepper and Jon Bernthal reprising an arresting state of the character of Shane Walsh in the early years of the television series "The Walking Dead".Yet director Ric Roman Waugh does not turn the corner to come to sufficient resolutions in this picture, too shallow stays the main character's conflicts, who stands in a gun-store to make a purchase in order to secure merchandise on an action-peaking truck ride, where the pay-offs have been missed out with one or two shots from the shotgun rifle out of a truck window; "Snitch", which had been pushed out of a 2012 release in order to attract an higher frequency of a U.S. domestic audience with a mid-February release in 2013, which at least returned the production budget with approximately 42 Million U.S. Dollars at the U.S. Box Office, making the movie a calculated hit for the producers consortium surrounding star vehicle actor Dwayne Johnson.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Snitch is set in a post-divorce era. A son (Jason), somewhat rebellious, is suckered by a mate who, gaining brownie points for the DEA, tricks him into receiving illegal drugs. Jason in turn is offered a deal: sucker others in the drug's network and you'll get time off jail. He is basically an innocent, doesn't know anyone to be in the network, and won't sucker in the innocent as he was. His father (John), a successful businessman, offers to help the DEA for his son's early release. This requires contacting the local drug's network, and this (in eventum) requires bribing an employee and reformed criminal (Daniel). Daniel likes his boss and advises him to stay away from drugs, but Daniel finally yields to the temptation of serious money if he helps John make a contact: Daniel's family is very hard up and John seems serious.Daniel knows a nasty (Malik), who gives John a drug's job. The DEA could have gotten a good arrest out of that, and honoured their deal to release Jason early, but decide that John's success as a courier can help them nail a bigger fish in a strong drug's cartel (El Topo). It soon turns out that John's second trip will be a one-way trip, leading to his murder in Mexico: the DEA is morally divided. John, put in the picture, redraws the plan to give himself a fighting chance of survival. At this stage Daniel understands John's family motivations, and himself a family man, helps John's plans. Without going further, suffice to say it's a nail biter, and (to my ears) F-word free. A gritty film, showing real courage and concern for others, as well as dirty tricks within the DEA, where motivations are mixed. Was left hoping the cartel's snitch would get her comeuppance. Would have loved Cordell Walker to have shown up and spared me my fingernails, too.

Apparently, that's the question you need to ask yourself before watching this. There are mixed reviews about 'Snitch' and whether they're good or bad seem to depend on how much you like the actor (now better known as Dwayne Johnson). Yes, he didn't start out as an actor, instead he was a wrestler.However, after numerous films of various genres, the jury is still out as to whether or not he can actually act. If you think he can, you'll probably like this. If you think he can't, probably best to steer clear.Here, Rock Johnson plays a father whose estranged son is convicted of a drugs offence and so he has to help out the authorities bring the culprits to justice in order to get his son's sentence reduced.If you've seen any of Dwayne Rock's other movies then you'll probably expect a fair amount of action and fighting. However, if that's what you're looking for then you'll probably be sorely disappointed. Here, there's more to do with drama and tension than all out scrapping. And, I think it worked. There are plenty of pretty tense scenes when you will be wondering whether someone major is going to go wrong. All the characters are good - yes, The Johnson may not be the most accomplished actor, but he's not having to recite Shakespeare here, merely being a tough father interacting with various drugs cartels - a task which I think he's more than capable of pulling off. Plus you have Susan Sarandon - an actress who you might not normally expect to star opposite The Dwayne.Snitch does have a bit of a 'made for TV' feel about it, but its A-list cast elevates it to something worth watching, which it is. Don't expect action, just tension. Also... it's apparently based on a true story. But then I've heard that before about Hollywood films, so I just look at it as some fun fiction.

From the beginning, this film moves at the perfect pace. Not too Fast and Furious but not too slow either. Realism is very prevalent in this and Dwayne Johnson's acting is the best I've ever seen it. Very believable, not just him but all the characters involved in the film. The authenticity of the "bad guys" (drug dealers, criminal associates) is not at all over-the-top, the locations of interactions (El Paso) is correct and by all means, for a film based on real life, it definitely comes off as one of the more realistic. Much respect to the actor who played Omar on HBO's "The Wire" for his few and far between scenes. Always a pleasure, either that man has been through some real-life serious sh**t or he's just a really good actor. Anyway, not the best review I've written by any means, but just had to say how impressed I am with this film. In fact, it's the ONLY Dwayne Johnson movie I would call a "film". It's earned that title. Go and see this. It has something for everyone.