Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson finally holds a gun again in new FASTER action trailer

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson finally holds a gun again in new FASTER action trailer

Jul 20

After seeing Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in trailers for so many family-friendly kids Disney films lately (I never actually watched any of those…) seeing him in a trailer for a new, violent action film is remarkably refreshing. I like it better when Dwayne has a gun in his hands and throws menacing looks off-frame. The man was built for action movies and if he stuck to his guns (pun intended) he really could turn out to be one of those A-list action stars. Heck, he could be part of the action revival that seems to be happening lately.

Here he is in the trailer for Faster (not to be confused with Fast Five, which he will also appear in) where he plays Driver, a guy who seeks revenge for the death of his brother after spending 10 years in jail stewing over it.

Faster also stars Billy Bob Thornton and is released in the States 24 November 2010. You want an Australian release date? Dream on.

Faster synopsis

A stint in prison usually has one of two effects on a man – it either breaks him down or makes him stronger. For Driver (Dwayne Johnson), a 10-year sentence proved the latter. His strength was not just fueled by time, but also by a hunger to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his own imprisonment. Untouchable on the ‘inside,’ he made plenty of enemies in prison – men who were counting the days until his release so they could exact their own revenge on the outside. Now, on the day of his release, he is hell-bent on reaping vengeance upon the four men responsible for his brother’s murder. With a list of names and addresses in hand, he sprints out of the prison gates and is immediately on his mission.