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A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.


“How far would you go to save your son?”
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.

Dwayne Johnson
John Matthews

Barry Pepper
Agent Cooper

Susan Sarandon
Joanne Keeghan

Benjamin Bratt
Juan Carlos "El Topo" Pintera

Michael Kenneth Williams
Malik

Melina Kanakaredes
Sylvie Collins

Nadine Velazquez
Analisa

David Harbour
Jay Price

Jon Bernthal
Daniel James

Harold Perrineau
Jeffrey Steele
Snitch is a thriller, drama, action film released in 2013 exploring themes of prison, undercover, parent child relationship, arrest, based on true story, drugs. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, it stars Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper, Susan Sarandon. 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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