Snitch

Based on a true story, Snitch portrays the events in which a father named John Matthews went undercover to bust up a drug ring in order to have his son Jason's prison sentence for drug possession reduced. Jason is in prison due to making a poor choice of allowing a friend of his to ship a package of pills to Jason's house so that he can make some money off of it. As a result he is busted by the DEA and given 10 years in prison - the minimum for a drug possession charge. The district attorney's office tries to make a deal with Jason by asking him to help them bust some of his friends who might be dealing drugs and in return have his sentence reduced. Jason refuses, but his dad begs the D.A. to allow him to be the one to help them make the busts. As John goes undercover he soon realizes that he might be in over his head. He meets up with a high-level thug named Juan Carlos 'El Topo' Pintera in the hopes of getting enough evidence to bust him and reduce his son's sentence.

Snitch is advertised as an action flick, but it's more than that (and not in a good way). As far as the action goes it's not really all that exciting, just a bunch of random sequences of car chases, shootouts, and fist fights. The story itself is more of a criticism on the harshness of the laws regarding drug possession and the government's willingness to pull out all the stops to end the "war on drugs". The audience is supposed to feel pity towards John and his son in this situation - never mind the fact that it's Jason's stupidity in his decision making which put him in this situation. The editing in the film is a little weird too. Most films have soundtracks that are exciting and loud whenever an action sequence is taking place. That isn't the case with Snitch. It had a weird, slow and almost eerie tone during these sequences that personally didn't make sense. Overall the movie was decent, but nothing too special. It's probably better as a rental/date night type of flick than one to see on the big screen.