
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 ... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Urban CinefileLouise KellerDelivering above expectations, Snitch ratchets it up beyond the average superficial action thriller in its portrayal of a gritty slice of life, being the consequences for actions taken in dire circumstances |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasAn incredible human story filled with tension and drama that leaves you thinking in a way we rarely get from typical 'action movies' these days. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovThe bulk of 'Snitch' is a lumbering drag, a sanitized PG-13 rendition of a season of 'The Wire' that feels rushed even as it refuses to end. |
| Movie MezzanineSam FragosoEffectively illustrates the great heights we occasionally rise to for the ones we love. |
| Film Journal InternationalDaniel EaganFather infiltrates drug cartel to rescue his son from prison in a thoughtful Dwayne Johnson vehicle. |
| Mania.comRob VauxSnitch isn't anyone's idea of a great film, but it aspires to be a good one. |
| Tulsa WorldNour HabibThe action thriller "Snitch" is more thriller than action. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussContrary to the suggestion of its misleading trailer, it's not really an action movie but a slow-burning and legitimate neo-noir -- the type of dark but not despairing feature that might have starred Glenn Ford in the 1950s. |
| We Got This CoveredLisa ElinTaut, suspenseful, insightful, and relentless, Snitch lets Dwayne Johnson display some acting chops and places Michael Kenneth Williams squarely on any casting director's radar. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallSnitch is grittily streetwise, and until its last 20 minutes fairly credible compared to other movies "inspired by" true stories. |