Director and co-writer Ric Roman Waugh promises Snitch will show audiences a Dwayne Johnson we haven’t seen before. In the action thriller inspired by a true story, Johnson stars as a father who risks his own life in order to work a deal to get his son released from prison.
The cast also includes Susan Sarandon, Benjamin Bratt, Jon Bernthal, and Barry Pepper. Summit’s releasing Snitch in theaters on February 22, 2013.
The Plot: Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission — risking everything, including his family and his own life.
