Faster (2010 film)

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Faster
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by George Tillman Jr.
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Grady
Edited byDirk Westervelt
Music by Clint Mansell
Production
companies
Distributed byCBS Films [1]
Release date
  • November 24, 2010 (2010-11-24)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$24 million [3]
Box office$35.6 million [4]

Faster is a 2010 American action thriller film directed by George Tillman Jr. [4] The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Carla Gugino, Maggie Grace, Moon Bloodgood, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Tom Berenger. Faster was released on November 24, 2010. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $35 million against a production budget of $24 million.

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Plot

On leaving prison Jimmy Cullen retrieves his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, a gun, and a list of names before heading to a telemarketing office in Bakersfield, California and killing a man named Prescott Ashton. He then visits Roy Grone, who gave him the car and gun, and forces him to give him more names. Meanwhile, Cullen is tracked by detectives Cicero and Humphries; a hitman known as “Killer” is also hired to kill Cullen.

Cullen locates the second person on his list, Kenneth Tyson, who films his own personal snuff films. After finding and killing Tyson, Cullen gets into a gunfight with Killer in the hallway, but manages to escape. This affects Killer philosophically, and, after proposing marriage to his girlfriend, Lily, begins to take the task personally. Humphries and Cicero investigate Cullen’s past and discover he was double-crossed during a robbery. Cicero remembers him from a video of his older half-brother Gary's death filmed by Tyson, which depicts an unidentified man shooting Cullen in the head; he narrowly survives, and has a metal plate surgically implanted in his skull.

Cullen visits his former girlfriend, Nan Porterman who knows he is killing those involved from the video of Gary's death. After revealing that she aborted their unborn child and has begun a new life by having a family, she wishes him well. At a strip club in Nevada, Cullen stabs bouncer Hovis Nixon for his role in Gary’s death, but he manages to survive. Soon, both Humphries and Killer get word that Nixon is in the hospital. Knowing Cullen will go back to finish him off, they converge there.

Cullen enters the hospital and kills Nixon while he is in surgery. Humphries attempts to unsuccessfully bring down Cullen, but is spared when the latter sees his badge. While driving away from the hospital, Cullen encounters Killer where they get into a high-speed chase on the freeway, culminating in Killer shooting Cullen in the neck.

Eventually Cullen comes to believe that his father arranged to have him and Gary killed after they refused to share the money they stole in a bank robbery. However, Cullen finds out that his father died years before, and realises that it was Gary’s girlfriend who sold them out. The last man on his list is a traveling evangelist named Alexander Jerrod; after concluding his service, he is confronted by Cullen, but is spared after revealing that he has turned his life around and begging for forgiveness. Cullen is then confronted by Killer.

Cicero eventually learns the true identity of the man who shot Cullen, and she hurries to the church where Humphries is already on the scene. As Killer and Cullen confront each other, Humphries walks in and shoots Cullen in the head, revealing it was he who shot him in the video. He offers Killer the money for the job, but Killer declines, telling Humphries to never contact him again.

Humphries calls his wife, Marina, who is revealed to have been his informant, while she was still Gary's girlfriend. Suddenly, he is shot and killed by Cullen, who survived due to his metal plate. Cicero arrives on the scene after Cullen leaves, and she covers up Humphries’ involvement.

Cullen scatters Gary's ashes in the sea and drives off into the sunset, while Killer returns home to Lily; simultaneously, Jerrod begins a sermon on forgiveness.

Cast

Production

Variety reported in May 2009 that Dwayne Johnson was in final negotiations for his role and that Phil Joanou would be directing. [5] That September it was reported that Joanou had dropped out and George Tillman Jr. would direct. [6] Salma Hayek was considered for the role of Cicero, but a week before filming was started she dropped out due to scheduling issues. [7] Hayek was replaced by Carla Gugino. [8] Principal photography began on February 8, 2010, in Los Angeles, California and continued in Pasadena and Santa Clarita in California. [7]

Chevelle

The Chevrolet Chevelle driven by "Driver" which is prominently displayed in the movie [9] has the rear of a 1971 or 1972 model, but the front of a 1970 model [9] presumably due to the rarity and value of the 1970 Chevelle SS 454 which the car in the film is presumably portraying (it is never actually specified). [10]

Soundtrack

Faster
Studio album by
Clint Mansell
Released2010
Genre Electronic, Rock, Classical, Stage & Screen
Length54:06
Label Lakeshore Records LKS 342022
Producer Clint Mansell, Geoff Foster
Clint Mansell chronology
Last Night
(2010)		Faster
(2010)		 United
(2011)
Faster (Music From The Motion Picture) [11]
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Goodbye My Friend" Guido & Maurizio De Angelis 4:03
2."I Wanna Be Your Dog" Iggy Pop 4:05
3."Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" Kenny Rogers & The First Edition 3:19
4."Short Change Hero" The Heavy 5:21
5."Grifos Muertos" Jeffrey Luck Lucas 3:00
6."John The Revelator" Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje 0:54
7."Ten Year Stretch" Clint Mansell 1:49
8."History Lesson"Clint Mansell3:03
9."Predators & Prey"Clint Mansell7:01
10."Lost lives"Clint Mansell1:53
11."Lovers"Clint Mansell2:51
12."Hospital Visit"Clint Mansell4:34
13."The Driver Drives"Clint Mansell4:27
14."Family Matters"Clint Mansell2:36
15."On A Mission"Clint Mansell3:37
16."Redemption"Clint Mansell1:33
Total length:54:06

Additionally, another song used for the film include "En mi viejo San Juan" (Spanish for, "In my old San Juan") composed by Noel Epinanio Estrada Suárez and sung by Mexican singer and actor, Javier Solís. [12]

Box office

Faster grossed $23.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $12.3 million in other territories, for a workdwide total of $35.6 million. [4]

The film grossed $12.2 million over its five-day Thanksgiving release weekend.

It was released on video on March 1, 2011, and it grossed $17.3 million in DVD and Blu-ray sales in the US. [13]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 41% of 128 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.9/10.The website's consensus reads: "It's good to see Dwayne Johnson back in full-throttle action mode, but Faster doesn't deliver enough of the high-octane thrills promised by its title." [14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 44 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [15] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times said,

Rotate the plot, change the period, spruce up the dialogue, and this could have been a hard boiled 1940s noir. But it doesn't pause for fine touches and efficiently delivers action for an audience that likes one-course meals. [16]

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