The Rock: Every Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

Widely hyped up as The Rock's return to action movies after spending several years in predominantly family-friendly fare, the generically-titled Faster is a formulaic but efficient action flick that mines Johnson's steely charisma for all it's worth, even if there's nothing here that'll remotely stick with the viewer once the credits roll.

There's some enjoyable action and the 1970s exploitation movie tone works just fine, but the shockingly good cast (including Billy Bob Thornton, Johnson's frequent collaborator Carla Gugino and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) is largely wasted on a generic shell of a revenge thriller plot.

It's a meat-and-potatoes film that might scratch the itch when you're craving some stylish schlock, but it definitely could've amounted to much more.