John Matthews (Johnson) is the owner of a successful construction and trucking company whose life will soon get turned upside down and inside out when his estranged son Jason (Gavron) from a previous marriage gets arrested for involvement in a drug smuggling ring. Although he continually professes his innocence, the top prosecutor plans to give him the maximum sentence of 30 years for drug trafficking unless he becomes a snitch and sets up some of his friends as drug dealers. His refusal to do it, moves his father John to relentlessly step forward to become the informant for the DEA, setting up deals in return for his son's freedom. Soon everything in John's world is jeopardized as he becomes involved deep in the drug dealing sanctum of the Mexican Cartel and one of their bosses El Topo (Bratt). But he's willing to risk everything to save his son from a long stint in prison.
Reel Talk:
The trailer for this movie is very misleading. I went in thinking the film to be one way but it was completely another. But that is not to say that the movie is bad. The movie based on true events, not an all out action film, places Dwayne Johnson in an average guy role oppose to his super bad ass roles he's known for, playing a man trying to make up for earlier mistakes he made as a father toward his son. This is a performance that he pulls off very well, even though I don't think I know many fathers that would stick their neck out, getting involved with the drug cartel to save their kid. This was a good movie that clearly shows the consequences that can come from making one bad decision or being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Worth getting out and checking out!
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper, Jon Bernthal, Susan Sarandon, Michael Kenneth Williams, Rafi Gavron and Benjamin Bratt
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Rated: PG-13
I give it 3 and a half eaten corn dogs.
By: Corn Dog - The Reel Hustler
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