adonis98-743-186503 An ex-con gets on a series of apparently unrelated killings. He gets tracked by a veteran cop with secrets of his own and an egocentric hit man. Thanks to a talented cast, great action set pieces and well written and interesting characters this throwback to the 80's and 90's action films that we loved has The Rock at his finest for sure. (10/10)

Nadine Salakov "Faster" has it's positives and negatives, the positives is the Christian theme throughout, the main character "Driver" (Dwayne Johnson) has options to take the high road and not get his revenge, but he always tunes out the good advice and does his own thing anyway."Driver" has just gotten out of prison after being set up, and his goal is to kill everyone that set him up and that killed his brother, one thing that this movie seems to shy away from is that it was partly his own fault being in prison, he was a getaway driver which is a participant in a crime, so by law he is supposed to do some time in prison, but what this character is angry about is being set up for the other stuff as well as the obvious.At one point in the movie someone phones him and threatens to take his life, and "Driver"'s response is "think about it, because it's a dark road you're headed down", he knows that revenge is a dark road yet he takes that path himself.Another main character is a drug addict/detective simply titled "Cop" (played by Billy Bob Thornton) we see him basically take over a case that isn't his which is the case of "Driver" killing a bunch of people, on top of that "Cop" is trying to get back with his ex-wife who seems to have been a drug addict with him at one point and has gotten clean and is getting her life back on track also co-parenting their son, we see that she takes "Cop" back and ends up taking some of the drugs (she previously told "Cop" to give her the drugs, to help him, but it ended up becoming bad for her as she ended up taking those specific drugs) there is a powerful scene where she is high and she says some powerful words, that scene also shows how harmful things can get when you go back to the past which is what she did by agreeing to take him back."Faster" is a dark film at times with a few disturbing implications.There's another main character, a British Hit man, simply titled "Killer" (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) who is hired by a mysterious person to track down and kill "Driver", "Killer" has a girlfriend/turned wife who he has conversations with face to face and on the phone, they clearly put her there so he could have someone to talk to and so that viewers can find out more about him, if she was not there then he would be a mute, just chasing and trying to kill "Driver".The plot twist is shocking and hidden very well until the reveal.This movie obviously doesn't want viewers to become too attached to the characters hence the most important characters having no first name.The performances are well-acted, Dwayne Johnson does a great job portraying anger in a calm way as we see that he doesn't actually lose his temper, he is actually self-controlled even though he is killing people, he does it all with planning while keeping his anger visible but contained."Faster" is an action thriller that has a powerful story line, even though it's clichéd, there is an originality to this cine which is how "Driver" goes about killing people, this film has something that similar movies don't have which is that it doesn't have him stop to take breaks so to speak, he just literally goes to kill one person straight after the other, one by one.

Tss5078 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.

Finfrosk86 This is not an action movie. This is a crime-drama-thriller. In the trailer for it, it looks like an action movie, but it is not.Probably the reason why I didn't like it. I like The Rock, but he is not really he type of actor you put in a thriller-drama. He is more suited for action or action-comedy. It's not that he can't act, he's not bad, but still.. He fits better in a more action-oriented environment!This movie is not all that entertaining, really. It is kind of boring at times, you just want some more action. You want The Rock to be the super bad-ass that can throw guys around and beat everyone up, here he is supposed to be more of a normal guy. Not exactly normal, but he is not supposed to be much of a bad-ass. And lets face it, he looks like a wrestler/bodybuilder, he looks nothing like an average man.Faster is just a little boring. I can't think of much more to say.