Snitch

Snitch

Rating 3 out of 10

I'll be the first one to admit I don't have much patience with poor life choices.  With this movie the stupidity cup runneth over.  No matter how they try to paint it this is one bad decision after another.

John Matthews (Dwayne Johnson) is a very successful businessman that has a 18 year old son with his ex-wife.  The son has such hard feelings about the break up he goes by his moms last name.  He is big into drugs and his best friend is a drug dealer.  When that drug dealer buddy wants to FedEx him a large bag of pills he reluctantly agrees because he and his girlfriend are going to get some.  Amazingly enough this is against the law and equally amazing drug dealer buddies will throw you under the bus if it helps get them a lighter jail sentence.  He is looking at a mandatory ten year sentence (I guess no trial-straight to jail) unless he rolls over on someone else.  He has way too high of morals to turn in one of his other drug dealer buddies.  He will do his ten years.

Matthews feels bad for not being there with for his son and decides he will do what ever it takes to get the sentence reduced.  Does not matter what danger he puts his new wife, young daughter or business.  Not to mention one of his employees that was determined to turn his life around.  He agrees to go undercover with some of the worst Mexican drug lords in exchange for a lesser sentence.

I am amazed to see all the praise on Johnson for his role here.  I don't think he could possibly be more miscast.  It's hard to see big tough "the Rock" get slapped around by little druggies half his size.

Needless to say I didn't care for this movie at all.