Snitch

"How far would you go to save your son?"

2013 1h 52m EN

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 2,542

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Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.

“How far would you go to save your son?”

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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

Credits

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Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Writers: Justin Haythe, Ric Roman Waugh
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, shot by Dana Gonzales. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Antonio Pinto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jonathan Chibnall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Dwayne Johnson and Barry Pepper and Susan Sarandon carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How far would you go to save your son?".

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The take

Ric Roman Waugh directs. Dana Gonzales behind the camera. Antonio Pinto scores. Jonathan Chibnall cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Released 13 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
3International production across 3 countries: United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United Kingdom.
4Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, shot by Dana Gonzales. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Antonio Pinto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jonathan Chibnall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Dwayne Johnson and Barry Pepper and Susan Sarandon carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "How far would you go to save your son?".
9IMDB entry: tt0882977 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "prison", "undercover", "parent child relationship", "arrest".
11Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dana Gonzales
Original score: Antonio Pinto
Editing: Jonathan Chibnall
Production design: Vincent Reynaud
Costume design: Kimberly Adams
Makeup / hair: James MacKinnon
VFX supervisor: Michael D. Leone
Stunt coordinator: Tim Trella
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $42,930,462
Return: 123% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Snitch (2013)

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CinemaSerf2025-02-22
★ 6/10
This mundane vehicle for Dwayne Johnson seems more intent on shining a light on seemingly rather arbitrary US federal narcotics legislation than breaking any ground as a drama. He is successful businessman “Matthews” whose son “Jason” (Rafi Gavron) finds himself embroiled in some drug trafficking for which he seems destined to spend ten years in jail. Dad and lad aren’t exactly close, but there’s no way he is going to allow him to grow old in prison so “Matthews” does a deal with the shrewd and politically ambitious DA “Keeghan” (Susan Sarandon) to infiltrate a ruthless cartel and deliver their leader and his stash of cash to her. In return, she will cut the boy some slack on sentencing. Despite the scepticism of the veteran DEA agent “Cooper” (Barry Pepper) but with the assistance of reformed character “Daniel” (Jon Bernthal) he finds himself immersed in a brutal scenario where one wrong move is going to see him feeding the fishes. What now follows is entirely procedural stuff with the usual shoot ‘em ups, car chases and fifth columnists to keep the pace moving along energetically if not exactly originally. Sarandon doesn’t appear enough to make much difference and it does seem uncertain as to how it wants to end, so drags that out into an overlong truck chase that looks like it was filmed on a very quiet Sunday morning and that can really only end one way. It’s watchable but entirely forgettable stuff.

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