I made a bad
choice—after the first 30 minutes, I still sat through to see how it would end.
Ironically, the movie itself is about bad choices: the ones made by the
characters and, probably, the producers.
This was when The
Rock was still trying to build a name for himself, so there were many bad
movies like this, that we had to sit through.
The lead
character’s (The Rock) son made a bad choice by having a friend send drugs to
his house. He knew it was drugs, but for the sake of friendship, he accepted
it—and got busted. The friend set him up, even though he knew the son had no
involvement in drug distribution. The friend needed to take someone down with
him to shorten his jail sentence.
When you think
about snitches, you usually think of lowlifes who take the easy road, ratting
on their friends instead of going down alone with the ship. But here, the
snitch is actually our hero, The Rock, who infiltrates a drug ring to bust
them. His deal with the DEA is to reduce his son’s jail sentence. Ironically,
his son refused to do what his friend did to him—call someone up and set them
up for a fall to reduce his own sentence.
The makers, in
my opinion, took the movie a little too far. There’s a scene where a big man
like The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) gets beaten up by some guys, and it felt a bit
too easy to believe. Come on—it’s The Rock! And yet, he hardly threw a punch.
Then there’s the
action and acting, which I felt could have been better. The movie didn’t
completely draw me in or convince me it was all real, even though the opening
credits claim it’s based on a true story.
Snitch might
work for fans of The Rock because you can just sit back and watch him get down
to business in this crime-action flick. But for someone like me, who likes to
see a solid reason behind a story, it fell short. The film doesn’t quite meet
the usual standard for an enjoyable movie, mainly due to the screenplay and
script.
That said, I’m sure the movie will be a commercial success. With a moderate budget of $15 million and the box office numbers rising, it’s likely to be a financial win.
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