Snitch

Snitch (2013)

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In the fast-paced action thriller SNITCH, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission -- risking everything, including his family and his own life. (c) Summit

PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

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"Snitch" is more of a dramatic thriller than an action movie, and director Ric Roman Waugh fills it with close-ups, dark interiors and tense faces.

February 21, 2013 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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"Snitch" has a way of keeping you guessing about the next turn in its story, and a way of keeping Johnson's character compellingly at the mercy of others.

February 21, 2013 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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This movie executes two missions: A) to entertain us; and B) to put some big exclamation points on a couple of messages about certain drug laws in this country in need of a thorough re-examination.

February 21, 2013 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Chicago Sun-Times
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Designed to make empathetic citizens question the system, this strangely compelling issue pic plays less to auds' hearts than to their craving for testosterone ...

February 19, 2013 Full Review Source: Variety
Peter Debruge
Variety
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Unusual for this sort of thing, Snitch is a film for which you remember the characters and actors more than the big action moments.

February 19, 2013 Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter
Todd McCarthy
Hollywood Reporter
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I think the movie actually made my heart beat slower.

February 21, 2013 Full Review Source: RedEye
Matt Pais
RedEye

It builds into a moderately engaging character study of men driven to dangerous extremes by desperation ...

February 21, 2013 Full Review Source: AV Club
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

An incredible human story filled with tension and drama that leaves you thinking in a way we rarely get from typical 'action movies' these days.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Waugh is more interested in inspirational melodrama and clumsy social commentary than in rousing action.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

Snitch is the latest in a long line of films whose sole purpose is to flatten a major social problem into a pulp ideal for self-serious spectacle.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Calum Marsh
Slant Magazine

A straight-no digital chaser actioner, with the most subtle Dwayne Johnson performance ever.

February 19, 2013 Full Review Source: Movie Nation
Roger Moore
Movie Nation

Dwayne Johnson continues to develop as an actor in this well produced thriller, which quite effectively blends conventions of actioner, social problem film and family melodrama.

February 19, 2013 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The film's first half is weighed down by clich�d dialogue and clunky drama.

February 19, 2013 Full Review Source: Screen International
John Hazelton
Screen International

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The Rock is NOT an A-List actor. He's a supporting character, or at best a got-milk spokesperson..
February 18, 2013
Daniel G.
Daniel Ganser
It was actually much better than anything I had ever expected. It seems like the rock has a few years to build back the reputation he's lost.
February 20, 2013
Riley J.
Riley Jones

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