Faster is a 2010 American action film directed by George Tillman, Jr. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Gugino, Moon Bloodgood, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Maggie Grace. It was released in the United States on November 24, 2010.Movie Synopsis
The film begins with Driver (Dwayne Johnson) being released from prison after talking to the warden (Tom Berenger). He exits curtly and breaks into a run, seemingly set on something. He continues running until he retrieves a car. He then drives to an office in Bakersfield where he kills a man (Courtney Gains).
Driver then goes to the man who gave him the car and the gun (Mike Epps) and forces him to give him the names and information about the rest of people on a list he compiled for Driver. Meanwhile, Driver is being tracked down by detective Cicero (Carla Gugino) and a Slade Humpheries, also known as Cop (Billy Bob Thornton), who is about to retire. They investigate the office crime scene and video from the security camera. Cicero gets a break in the case when she recognizes Driver. Later, a nameless hitman 'Killer' (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) is hired to kill Driver. Killer tells his girlfriend Lily (Maggie Grace) that it will be his last job.
Driver heads to the second name on his list. It is an old man who films his own personal snuff films, and he is in the middle of filming himself taking advantage of a girl he drugged when Driver busts in the door and shoots him dead. Killer has tracked down Driver and initiates a gun fight in the hallway, but Driver escapes. This affects Killer philosophically, who proposes to his girlfriend and takes the case personally.
It is revealed that Cop has a drug problem, as does his his girlfriend Marina (Moon Bloodgood). Cop and Cicero investigate Driver's past and discover he was double-crossed. Cicero remembers Driver from a video of his brother's death, filmed by the man Driver has just killed. On tape, Driver is shot in the head by an unidentified man, but narrowly survives, needing surgery and a metal plate to fix his skull.
Driver goes to his old girlfriend's (Jennifer Carpenter) house. She knows he's killing the people in the video and tells him she hopes he succeeds. Driver then goes to Nevada to kill the man who slit his brother's throat. He works as a bouncer in a strip club, and due to security, Driver cannot bring his gun inside, so instead he stabs him several times with an ice pick and leaves him to die in the bathroom. Meanwhile, both Cop and Killer have gotten word that the man survived the stabbing and is in the hospital. Knowing Driver will go back to finish him off, they converge on the place.
Driver enters the hospital and kills the man while he is in surgery. Cop attempts to bring down Driver but is unsuccessful, however Driver spares his life after seeing his badge. While driving away from the hospital, Driver encounters Killer. After a high speed chase on the highway, Killer manages to shoot Driver in the neck after Driver shoots out his tires.
Driver goes to the second-to-last name on the list, who turns out to be his father. He believed that his father was the one who arranged to have him and his brother killed, after they refused to give him a share of the money they stole in a bank job they pulled together. He finds out that his father died years before, and his mother stitches the gunshot wound on his neck before he sets off to finish the list. It is later revealed that his mother had an affair with another man who was apparently of a different ethnic background and that his supposed father abused Driver because of it. The last man is a traveling evangelist (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), and after his service is over and everyone has left, Driver confronts him. The evangelist knows why he is there and tries to tell him that he has turned his life around, begging for forgiveness. Driver spares him and goes to leave when he is confronted by Killer.
Detective Cicero learns the true identity of the man who shot Driver. She hurries to the church with Cop already on the scene. Killer tells Driver to pick up his gun, so they can have a true test of skill, but Driver declines, saying he has no fight with him. Killer then explains that he wanted to be better than anyone or anything, since he could not walk when he was a child.
Cop walks in and shoots Driver in the head. It is revealed that Cop was the man who shot Driver in the video. He gives Killer the money for the job, but Killer declines because he wasn't the one who killed Driver. Killer then departs, telling Cop never to contact him again, likely signifying the end of his career as an assassin. Cop calls his girlfriend, telling her that they will be okay because he closed the case. It is revealed in pieces that Cop's supposed girlfriend was actually Gary's girlfriend, Marina, and also a one-time confidential informant for the Cop. She let the information slip about the bank job, and Cop then put together the crew to take out Gary and Driver. Suddenly, Cop is shot by Driver, who survived Cop's shot due to the metal plate in his skull. Killer calls his girlfriend, telling her that he is coming home.
Detective Cicero arrives on the scene after Driver has already left and finds Cop's body. She promptly decides to cover up Cop's involvement in the whole mess presumably to allow his family to receive his benefits and retain some sort of dignity. The movie ends with Driver scattering his brother's ashes in the river and driving off into the sunset.
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Movie Credit
Directed by :George Tillman, Jr.
Produced by :Tony Gayton
Liz Glotzer
Martin Shafer
Robert Teitel
Written by :Tony Gayton
Joe Gayton
Starring :Dwayne Johnson
Billy Bob Thornton
Carla Gugino
Moon Bloodgood
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Maggie Grace
Mike Epps
Music by :Clint Mansell
Cinematography :Michael Grady
Editing by :Dirk Westervelt
Studio :Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by :CBS Films
TriStar Pictures
Release date(s) :November 24, 2010 (2010-11-24)
Running time :98 minutes
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