Perfect movie for a Saturday evening. Plot is simple, Driver gets out of 10 years prison with a single thought in his mind: REVENGE! Dwayne Johnson at his best and simply faster. If you are in for an action, adrenaline movie, this is a great choice.

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.

This movie premise is not original and that alone wouldn't be a problem because at least it's gripping just to hear about it: man is released from prison and seeks revenge on a group of people who were responsible for his imprisonment. That story was told a thousand times before. And with The Rock starring in it, you're already hooked and trust this will be good, entertaining at best. However, his first action flick since "Doom" (oh boy!), doesn't go nowhere, misses a lot of marks and delivers almost nothing. And the fault lies not only with the lazy screenwriters, or the poor direction but also comes from the casting director. I'll return to that later.I don't know if the blame should be put on the director since he selected as main focus the drama story rather than the thrills and the excitement for the action; or the writer for writing this exact script. Something was strangely wrong with this picture. Neither of those people and their choices worked for the better development of this wreck. Too slow, too uninteresting, with minor accomplishments and even those managed to be overlooked by audiences. And since both workers opted for odd choices why picking Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson as the leading man? Hear me out: his character is a real menace for every one he meets not because of his towering height and dangerous looks but simply because of a tattoo, code to something dangerous that gets people killed when they cross this guy's path. Not to mention, The Rock barely makes use of his muscles, he's always carrying a gun. Hold that idea. If the tattoo is the great threat why not choosing Danny DeVito for the role? We would get something meaningful, dramatic and the action is just a tool to make the story move. In any case, everything moves with no interest, sloppy and carelessly. Some of the twists and the revelations were intense and good to see but almost everything else was silly or not great enough to make you care about this movie. OK, I liked the dirty detective played by Billy Bob Thornton, dividing his time between investigating the murders of many folks (all killed by the main character) and trying to find some quality time for his kid; his partner the honest detective in charge of the case, played by Carla Gugino; and the methodic killer played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen, easily the best part of the movie, in my opinion. People complain about his acting abilities, so-and-so, but his character was really something (and hot as hell, let's face it!). You keep the whole movie trying to figure out what's the real deal with his pursuit to the "hero". Not a complete waste of time and manageable in some ways, "Faster" is just a distraction and sometimes we can use that - but it's so much better if you devote yourself to something else. 5/10

This was better than I expected, I guess because its more than just a shoot-em-up action movie. There are 3 story lines running at the same time and initially you don't know why anyone is doing what they're doing. And its dark, wow its very dark. Dwayne Johnson plays 'Driver' who after 10 years in prison has a singular focus, to avenge the murder of his brother. Now as a free man nothing and no one will get in his way and that includes the veteran cop and self absorbed hit-man tracking him.Dwayne Johnson (besides being ginormous here ) barely speaks, seriously he might say 10 words for the whole movie, but he does a lot of acting with his eyes, conveying a range of emotions I didn't know he was capable of. Yeah his character is pretty focused and bitter. Billy Bob is, well Billy Bob which is a good thing and "The Killer" was an interesting character too. The ending of this really threw me, No way! I had to rewind it at two different points because I couldn't believe that "that" actually happened. 04.13