
Snitch (2013)
How far would you go to save your son?
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Snitch rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 57% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 51/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Snitch
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.
Cast of Snitch

Dwayne Johnson
as John Matthews

Barry Pepper
as Agent Cooper

Susan Sarandon
as Joanne Keeghan

Benjamin Bratt
as Juan Carlos "El Topo" Pintera

Michael Kenneth Williams
as Malik

Melina Kanakaredes
as Sylvie Collins

Nadine Velazquez
as Analisa

David Harbour
as Jay Price

Jon Bernthal
as Daniel James

Harold Perrineau
as Jeffrey Steele

J. D. Pardo
as Benicio

Lela Loren
as Vanessa
Snitch facts
- Budget
- $35M
- Box office
- $42.9M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •True story action thriller provides genuine stakes
- •Parent child relationship grounds crime drama emotionally
- •Drug enforcement backdrop creates realistic tension throughout
What the audience disliked
- •Drama action balance feels uneven throughout narrative
- •DEA thriller conventions limit character exploration opportunities
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