In “Snitch,” a parent’s valiant effort to help his son has a sobering message underneath its action-movie surface — and behind the marquee power of its muscle-bound leading man.
Dwayne Johnson, the former pro wrestler sometimes still known as The Rock, stars as John Matthews, the owner of a big-rig transportation company whose 18-year-old son, Jason (Rafi Gavron), goes to prison after accepting delivery of a large amount of the drug ecstasy from one of his friends, who has cooperated with federal agents to set Jason up in a raid.
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