Faster is a 2010 American action thriller film[5] directed by George Tillman Jr. with Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton as a criminal seeking vengeance and the corrupt cop who pursues him, respectively. Tom Berenger, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Carla Gugino also appear. Faster was released on November 24, 2010, and grossed $35 million against production budget of $24 million.
Contents Plot
On leaving prison James "Jimmy" Cullen retrieves his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, a gun, and a list of names before heading to an office in Bakersfield, California and killing a man. 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 to his girlfriend, 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.
Cast
Dwayne Johnson as Jimmy Cullen/Driver, a small-time criminal who avenges his brother's death.
Billy Bob Thornton as Detective Slade Humphries/Cop, a corrupt police detective responsible for the robbery and murder of Gary, Driver's brother.
Carla Gugino as Detective Cicero, a police detective who works with Humphries.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Killer, a hit-man hired by Slade to kill Driver.
Maggie Grace as Lily, Killer's girlfriend. Later, his wife.
Moon Bloodgood as Marina Humphries.
Courtney Gains as Prescott Ashton/Telemarketer.
John Cirigliano as Kenneth Tyson/Old Guy
Lester Speight as Hovis Nixon/Baphomet.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Alexander Jarod Evangelist, a former criminal who is now a priest.
Tom Berenger as Warden.
Mike Epps as Roy Grone.
Xander Berkeley as Sergeant Mallory.
Matt Gerald as Gary Cullen.
Annie Corley as Mrs Cullen.
Jennifer Carpenter as Nan Porterman.
Michael Irby as Vaquero.
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