Snitch
“How far would you go to save your son?”
Director
Ric Roman Waugh
Screenplay
Justin Haythe, Ric Roman Waugh
Loosely inspired by a PBS Frontline documentary, this drama stars Dwayne Johnson against type as John Matthews, a construction-company owner who goes undercover in the drug trade to help authorities build a case big enough to free his son from a draconian mandatory-minimum sentence. Trading his usual action-hero bravado for a more restrained, desperate-father performance, Johnson finds himself in over his head as the operation pulls him deeper into a dangerous cartel pipeline. Director Ric Roman Waugh uses the thriller mechanics to indict America's mandatory sentencing laws for nonviolent first-time offenders. It stands as one of Johnson's more socially conscious star vehicles, prioritizing tension over spectacle.
Release
Feb 21, 2013
Budget
$35M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$43M
Cast
Dwayne Johnson
John Matthews
Barry Pepper
Agent Cooper
Susan Sarandon
Joanne Keeghan
Benjamin Bratt
Juan Carlos "El Topo" Pintera
Michael Kenneth Williams
Malik
Melina Kanakaredes
Sylvie Collins
Nadine Velazquez
Analisa
David Harbour
Jay Price
Jon Bernthal
Daniel James
Harold Perrineau
Jeffrey Steele
J. D. Pardo
Benicio
Lela Loren
Vanessa
Rafi Gavron
Jason Collins
James Allen McCune
Craig
Sam Medina
Juan Carlos' Driver (uncredited)
Reviews
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