Snitch-quad
21 June 2013
This crime drama, based on a script by Justin Revolutionary Road Haythe, wants to be so much more than a Dwayne Johnson vehicle, exploring a particularly barmy piece of legislation that targets the little people in America's drugs chain.
The little person, here, is Jason (Rafi Gavron), an average teenager who suddenly faces a 10 year sentence for dealing because he won't “snitch” on his (innocent) friends. It's all very worthy and full of sharp turns (from the likes of Susan Sarandon and The Wire's Michael K Williams), but Johnson (as the boy's brave, millionaire dad) struts through the proceedings, wrecking the grungy mood at every turn. Snitch wants to be Breaking Bad. When the camera's on Johnson, it's just bad.
