Snitch

Put Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a half-decent film, and he effortlessly shows what a good actor he is, and Snitch is a solid crime thriller with a capable supporting cast. Johnson plays construction boss John Matthews, whose estranged son falls foul of harsh mandatory minimum sentencing after daftly participating in a low-level drugs deal. Matthews persuades a dragon-lady DA (Susan Sarandon) to let him pose as a truck-driving drugs trafficker, to entrap drugs dealers important enough to get his son freed from prison. The action scenes, shootouts and car chases are efficiently handled by director and former stuntman Ric Roman Waugh, and Johnson genuinely impresses in the more emotional moments, too - It's nice to see him keeping his shirt on for once. If it's not quite the really good film that Johnson has in him, Snitch more than passes muster.