At first glance, Faster looks like any other action film.  There’s a lone hero, a cop, a detective and a love interest.  On closer inspection, it is apparent that director George Tillman Jr. has melded works by Quentin Tarantino and every film Jason Statham has ever been in into a decent action movie.

Driver, played by Dwayne Johnson, has just been released from prison and is on the hunt for the men who killed his brother and helped send him to jail.  While on his rampage, Driver is pursued by Killer (played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen), who is trying to kill him, and Cop (Billy Bob Thornton) who is trying to arrest him.

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This one took me by surprise. Based on its initial promotion, I thought “Faster” was going to be something entirely different than what its final product turns out to be. I think this one is going to be passed on by a lot of people and it’s a shame if it is.

We’re introduced to a man simply called Driver. He’s just been released from a ten-year stretch in prison, and he’s hell-bent on revenge. The Driver leaves prison with no one to meet him and runs to a nearby junkyard. There he collects several things: a super-fast muscle car, a gun, and instructions on where to find a certain man. The Driver quickly goes to the destination, an office building, and, like a primal force of nature, kills his target in cold blood in front of many witnesses. But he’s not done yet…

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Sadly Carla is not featured in this one.