Faster
After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
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- Cast:
- Dwayne Johnson , Billy Bob Thornton , Oliver Jackson-Cohen , Maggie Grace , Carla Gugino , Tom Berenger , Matt Gerald
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It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Both the Driver (Dwayne Johnson) & the Killer had an ego: pushing themselves beyond their limits.This is a movie with a story packed with twists, actions in correspondence with character's nature, and at the same time it leaves an excellent lesson from both of the main characters.
Now this film got to make you wonder what was Dwayne thinking? To be honest with you it amazed me how some would just take a role just to get in a movie because this film is just how would you put it? While it is good to see him play in a full throttle action film since for a time he did family films. This one does feel mix.The level of Violence that Faster has can be too much for a lot of movie fans. Some of the most graphic fight scenes I've seen in any action film.With a title like Faster you would have hoped for more than you have bargain for but we don't get that with this film. And Faster has quite the cast: Dwayne Johnson as Driver Billy Bob Thornton as Detective Slade Humphries / Cop Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Killer Maggie Grace as Lily Moon Bloodgood as Marina HumphriesBut the film don't have the best acting in the world it is more or less just mix. Faster does have a interesting story which would spike your curiously however the film just feels a lot of mix that can hurt it.I give Faster an 6 out of 10
Revenge thrillers are my favorite type of action film. They are intense, fast pace, and have you rooting for the bad guy, who may not be so bad after all. My favorite revenge thriller is Payback with Mel Gibson, but Faster may be a close second. The Rock stars in a role that is absolutely perfect for him. The unnamed man was set-up for a crime his brother committed, a crime, that saw his partners turn on him and kill him. Now after nearly a decade in jail, The Rock is out and seeking revenge. With his size, intimidation, and weird eye brows, The Rock finds out who his brother was working with and goes on the hunt. Realizing this, the man who set everything up, hires a hit-man to stop him, and the chase is on. I do believe that wrestlers can be great action stars, but The Rock never really did anything for me until now. This cold, calculating man, out for revenge is by far better than any character he's ever played. If The Rock was alone in this film, it wouldn't have been as great as it was. He is paired with Billy Bob Thornton, playing a washed up, alcoholic cop, who is days away from retirement. He really doesn't need or want this case, but winds up stuck in the middle with some pretty funny moments. Thornton is one of those guys who is good in anything and always brings his unique and dry brand of humor to every role. The pairing of the two, in an intense, fast paced, story make this film an absolutely must see movie that shouldn't be missed.
This movie was pretty much exactly what I expected. Poorly written, but slick production value. The heroic cinematography isn't enough to make up for the lack of characters and overall lack of story. I like movies about anti-heroes, but these characters are not what I would call "anti-heroes." It's just a movie about a bunch of criminals. The rock, or "Driver" is nothing but a bank robber who survived when his crew tried to execute him. What is redeeming about that? The guy is a bank robber! I don't care if he gets revenge or not! Let him die like the rest of the scum bags. The story for the movie didn't work at all. Much of the character motivation is based on these ruthless villains feeling bad about what they did to "The Driver." And in fact, "The Driver" himself starts having second thoughts about his actions. So it boils down to all these despicable characters having a crisis of conscious. People who get in to drugs, assassination, blood money, murder, and bank robbing do so because they LACK a conscious. The story is unbelievable and unrealistic because these types of characters would never be swayed because of a moral conflict. They would get themselves involved in criminal activity because they LACK morality. This ridiculous story line is summed up in the final showdown between "The Driver" and "The Killer." Or, should I say, a LACK of showdown. Supposedly the showdown was shot but edited out of the final movie. Why would the Killer, the guy who has been trying to kill "The Driver" for the whole movie, totally hesitate when he has the drop on him at the end? And then let him live? Ridiculous. Totally out of character for "The Killer." This movie was mess and ultimately did not make sense. And worst of all, this movie has Billy Bob Thornton. That alone is enough reason to skip an entire movie. Billy Bob is literally the WORST actor in the film business. He is so bad I find him completely distracting. He does not mesh well with any other actors and he is ALWAYS the worst actor in any scene in which he is involved. No matter what role, no matter what lines he is saying, he always seems completely out of place. I don't think the guy belongs in the movie business at all. Also, "The Driver" is suppose to be this total bad ass action guy, but most of the movie he has no lines and instead is shown with a forlorn look on his face. Again, because he is having a moral crisis. As I said before, this just simply doesn't work. It is a pile of contradictory ideas that do not coalesce in to story that is interesting. "Faster" is a bad movie. I found it boring. I really expect more from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He seems like he could be such a cool character but all he makes is crappy action movies and silly Disney family fare. I miss the good old days of the 1980's. That decade produced some great action movies. But those days, unfortunately, are long gone. And by the way, the yoga sequence with Oliver Jackson-Cohen, was performed with a stunt double. Oliver tried to say that it was really him doing the hand balancing. It was not.