We found this one on DVD at our public library. One thing going for it, there's never a dull moment, and the car and truck chase near the end has some of the most spectacular action and crashes I have seen in any movie. With camera placements it often looked like the audience was right there.
The other thing it has going for it is Dwayne Johnson, who also produced. I have enjoyed The Rock in all his roles, and this one is no exception. Here he is John Matthews , former long-haul driver who now owns his trucking company. He is divorced and has a new family. But he also has a teenage son living with his ex-wife, and it seems there isn't much interaction.
One day John gets a call, his son has been busted with enough drugs to get him put away for 10 years minimum. As we see what happened, the boy was apparently set up by one of his friends, who told him all he had to do was receive and hold a package. But when the locater went off, the cops came in.
This movie is loosely based on some real accounts of similar cases. But this is a fictional story and as such some situations may not be plausible, but it illustrates both the danger of kids experimenting in the trade, and the dangers of dealing with the cartels.
John bargains with the D.A., if he will get a big capture then they will reduce his son's incarceration. With no background that would make him suitable for such a task, he forges ahead knowing it is what his son needs.
The other thing it has going for it is Dwayne Johnson, who also produced. I have enjoyed The Rock in all his roles, and this one is no exception. Here he is John Matthews , former long-haul driver who now owns his trucking company. He is divorced and has a new family. But he also has a teenage son living with his ex-wife, and it seems there isn't much interaction.
One day John gets a call, his son has been busted with enough drugs to get him put away for 10 years minimum. As we see what happened, the boy was apparently set up by one of his friends, who told him all he had to do was receive and hold a package. But when the locater went off, the cops came in.
This movie is loosely based on some real accounts of similar cases. But this is a fictional story and as such some situations may not be plausible, but it illustrates both the danger of kids experimenting in the trade, and the dangers of dealing with the cartels.
John bargains with the D.A., if he will get a big capture then they will reduce his son's incarceration. With no background that would make him suitable for such a task, he forges ahead knowing it is what his son needs.