Faster

I was thinking this was going to be a typical Dwayne Johnson vehicle but boy was I wrong. This film took a much darker tone than I would have ever thought. After spending 10 years in prison for a botched robbery that left his brother dead, Driver (that's the only name we know) immediately goes looking for the informants that instigated the death of his brother. Meanwhile we have the Cop (Billy Bob Thornton) who's a few weeks away from retirement but has a nasty drug habit who's also trying to reconnect with his only son and the mother of his child. Cicero (Carla Gugino) is on the case when people become murder victims and Driver becomes a wanted man by the police and also by another killer as well. What's the connection with him? Well you'll just have to see the film to find out! Much better than I would have given credit for this was a nice change of pace for Johnson who is not his usually smartass self in this one. Here he is way quieter and much more menacing who must have worked out a hell of a lot to get those guns for arms looking that big. An enjoyable ride (with Driver's car a treat for gearheads) with no holding back on the violence and blood (this is a R-Rated film). Check it out if you want to see Johnson in something other than The Tooth Fairy or Race To Witch Mountain.