I thought The Rock had abandoned us for Disney movies until I went to an early screening of Faster hosted by our local Rock station. No spoiler alert necessary because I'll keep this short. This movie is action packed from the opening scene but has two twist, one a whodunit, the other about a character's origin, not even hinted at in the previews. The plot starts simply enough. The Rock walks or rather runs out of prison after 10 years and starts hunting down the guys responsible for killing his brother. Things get complicated when the cops (Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Gugino) and a playboy-assassin (Oliver Cohen) and his girlfriend (Maggie Grace, LOST!) start hunting him. There are great supporting actors like Mike Epps, Moon Bloodgood and Mr. Eko from LOST along the way. I enjoyed it, my wife enjoyed it and we are going with her family to see it again after Thanksgiving lunch.

Starring:

Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton and Maggie Grace

Genre:

Action, Crime, Drama