Faster

R

Released Nov 24, 2010

1h 38m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

List

41%

Tomatometer

130 Reviews

52%

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25,000+ Ratings

Following a 10-year prison stint, Driver (Dwayne Johnson) sprints through the gates to take vengeance on those responsible for his brother's murder. Within hours of dispatching his first one, he has two men on his tail: a veteran police officer (Billy Bob Thornton) and an eager assassin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). Driver tries to stay a step ahead of his pursuers, but there are hints that his list is incomplete, and the unknown person may endanger his life.

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Critics Consensus

It's good to see Dwayne Johnson back in full-throttle action mode, but Faster doesn't deliver enough of the high-octane thrills promised by its title.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

A white trash cousin to Jason Statham's geezer fu movies, this is no-nonsense, high- octane and as speedy as the title dares to suggest.

Mar 28, 2019

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

Revenge films bank on the audience's desire for the bad guys to get what they deserve, but the lack of any emotion in Faster invalidates that.

Mar 28, 2019

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Chicago Reader

The film never outshines its influences, but as back-to-basics action filmmaking, it's often superb.

Mar 28, 2019

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Faster needed either fewer brains or more, and Tillman’s directorial flourishes (saturated colors and offbeat angles) don’t make up for what’s lacking.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 3, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

There's virtually no comedy relief, the violence is brutal and grim, and the characters aren't even given names.

Rated: 4/10

Nov 29, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It would be almost impossible to completely diss a film that seems to accomplish what it sets out to do, even if what it sets out to do isn't particularly artistic.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 7, 2020

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Jacob R

It’s an okay movie to watch in the background or if you’re bored, quite predictable and a bit daft at times. Premise is good but just not told well enough and overall there’s little to no depth in the movie. I don’t regret watching it but I’ll never watch it again.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/21/24

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Jelisije J

A very entertaining simple revenge flick of one of the better Dwanye Johnson action movies.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/10/24

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Narciso R

Fantastic movie, love everything about it. NRJ.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/04/24

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Bruno S

Não é o melhor filme de ação de todos os tempos, mas aqui, Dwayne entrega uma das melhores atuações da sua carreira, num filme competente, que vale à pena cada minuto!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/03/23

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Jean-Michel C

Wow wow wow! Big surprise! Way above average cop movie, if it's not a masterpiece well it is very close to it. The plot looks very much like the kind you would find in 40s 50s 60s noir movies, very dense and dark. Acting is 1st class, with Billy Bob, the Rock and Carla perfectly fitting their characters. Photography is beautiful etc etc Lots to say about many things in this film Loved the Chevelle, spot on!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Ryan S

Easy enough to watch if you're bored. Just a numbskull movie really as it's pretty much just a numbskull movie really as it just uses violence to salvage itself from any real plot depth and its ridiculously stupid and pointless sub plot about a the hit man who is after him getting married to some random woman or something.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/22/23

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Synopsis

Following a 10-year prison stint, Driver (Dwayne Johnson) sprints through the gates to take vengeance on those responsible for his brother's murder. Within hours of dispatching his first one, he has two men on his tail: a veteran police officer (Billy Bob Thornton) and an eager assassin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). Driver tries to stay a step ahead of his pursuers, but there are hints that his list is incomplete, and the unknown person may endanger his life.

Director: George Tillman Jr.
Producer: Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Tony Gayton, Robert Teitel
Screenwriter: Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton
Distributor: CBS Films
Production Co: Castle Rock Entertainment, State Street Pictures
Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Language|Strong Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 24, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.2M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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