Best Dwayne The Rock Johnson Movies

Dwayne Johnson is 1 of the last great movie stars. Whether he'southward kicking butt, tickling funny bones or (frequently) both, The Stone has the uncanny ability to make almost every picture better merely by showing up. (Note: These films are ranked based on quality and Dwayne Johnson-ness. Minor roles more often than not rank low, and cameos are simply included if they're noteworthy.)

Universal Pictures

Honorable Mention: "The Mummy Returns" (2001)

It's hard to judge "The Mummy Returns" as a "Dwayne Johnson picture": The wrestler-turned-histrion is in the moving-picture show for a very short prologue, then he comes back at the terminate equally a CGI scorpion monster. But it's Johnson's first major role in a film, so it deserves a shout-out for that reason and (since the movie is so hyperactively shrill information technology's kind of difficult to watch) for that reason alone.

Columbia Pictures

Honorable Mention: "The Other Guys" (2010)

Johnson has done more than i cop comedy where his cameo amounts to trivial more than a joke (see also: "Reno 911!: Miami"), but his appearance in Adam McKay's smart and subversive "The Other Guys" is a detail treat. Johnson appears as the heroic activeness movie platonic of law enforcement, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, only to die unexpectedly, forcing "the other guys" -- Will Ferrell and Marking Wahlberg -- to take middle stage instead. Information technology's a small office, but Johnson owns it, and the rest of the motion-picture show is funny as heck too.

Peak Entertainment

31. "Snitch" (2013)

Johnson has made several embarrassing movies (we'll go to them in a infinitesimal), just he'southward never made a movie more boring than "Snitch." He plays a dad whose son gets busted for drugs, and the only way to become the child out of prison is to rat out a bigger drug dealer. So Johnson goes cloak-and-dagger to find one. The idea is pulpy and interesting, but the movie is turgid and lifeless, merely notable for a stiff supporting turn past Jon Bernthal.

Universal Pictures

xxx. "Doom" (2005)

This may not exist the worst video game picture show, merely that says a heck of a lot more about the other video game movies than it does about "Doom." Johnson and Karl Urban star as Space Marines on a mission to Mars, where monsters are killing people. Andrzej Bartkowiak'due south film is so dimly lit it's hard to tell what's going on, and when you do figure out what'southward going on, you realize it'south really quite dumb. The final fight between Johnson and Urban is kind of cracking, just information technology'south non worth watching the residue of this terrible motion-picture show to get to information technology.

Universal Pictures

29. "Southland Tales" (2006)

Richard E. Kelly's ambitious follow-up to "Donnie Darko" has an impressive bandage and a lot of big ideas, merely the cast is wasted, and the big ideas are the kind you'd but come up up with when you lot're wasted. Johnson stars as a conservative movie star who gets caught in a sprawling sci-fi conspiracy, but the film isn't funny, information technology's non insightful, and even the craziest moments don't feel crazy enough. If you ever wonder what information technology would wait like if Neil Breen remade "Wild Palms," well, you have very specific tastes, but this is the movie for y'all. And probably only yous.

Paramount Pictures

28. "Baywatch" (2017)

Johnson takes over the David Hasselhoff role in "Baywatch," a one-act adaptation of a TV serial that probably didn't know it was funny. That's not a bad idea, and Johnson occasionally makes the most of it, merely the film's grotesque sense of sense of humor and lazy stereotyping undermines any attempt it makes at cleverness. Believe or non, "Baywatch" deserved better.

Netflix

27. "Red Notice" (2021)

Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds star in a crime caper that, despite its reported $200 million upkeep, feels like a cheap knockoff of other, better, cheaper criminal offense capers. Johnson is a federal agent framed for a heist, Reynolds is a primary thief who becomes his unlikely partner, and Gadot is a master criminal who'south manipulating them both. Not a single joke lands, not a unmarried set piece stands out and all three of the usually charismatic leads are egregiously miscast.

The Film Arcade

26. "Empire State" (2013)

The true story of the biggest cash heist in American history isn't nearly as interesting as you might think. In this competent only unremarkable drama, Liam Hemsworth and Michael Angarano pull off the law-breaking, while Johnson takes a thankless supporting function as the cop hunting them down, who has no personality traits to speak of. There's a reason well-nigh people don't know this movie exists. Information technology'southward for Dwayne Johnson die-hards only.

TriStar Pictures

25. "Planet 51" (2009)

An alien lands in an idyllic 1950s suburb, but the twist is, the "alien" is a human being, and the townsfolk overtaken by paranoia are green-skinned creatures from another planet. Johnson stars as the homo astronaut, and he seems to exist having a proficient time, merely this harmless, humdrum animated comedy never demonstrates any imagination beyond its premise, and in that location'due south nary a laugh to be found.

Warner Bros. Entertainment

24. "Journey two: The Mysterious Island" (2012)

This forgettable sequel to the forgettable "Journey to the Center of the World" stars Johnson as a stepdad who takes his kids on an incredible adventure to a CGI-island total of giant birds that poop on Luis Guzmán while he'south riding a giant bee. Everyone seems to have only shown upwardly to collect their paycheck, only "Journey 2" does take one of Johnson's most iconic on-screen moments: "The Pec-Popular of Love," in which he bounces a berry off of his chest and into the audience, utilizing the full power of 3-D.

Warner Bros.

23. "Get Smart" (2008)

In this generic picture show reboot of one of the funniest TV shows of all time, Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway take center stage, Alan Arkin gets most of the best lines, and Johnson gets trapped as the fourth pb, sitting out most of the second act. Anybody's reasonably charming in "Get Smart," just the film only has a handful of express mirth-out-loud jokes, and Johnson isn't used very well (when he's used at all).

Disney

22. "Race to Witch Mountain" (2009)

This remake of the Disney classic "Escape to Witch Mountain" stars Johnson as a cab driver who gets pulled into a sci-fi gamble and escorts 2 alien children back to their U.F.O. at a hush-hush authorities base. It sounds like a adept idea, but the moving picture is so perfunctory in its storytelling that Johnson's grapheme rapidly gets taken for granted. He has no reason to exist in virtually of this movie, and near no reason to care about what happens in it. So the audition has no reason to care either, even though objectively it's kinda nifty.

MGM/UA

21. "Be Cool" (2005)

The long-awaited sequel to "Get Shorty" was not, sadly, worth the wait. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) goes into the music industry, and criminal shenanigans ensue. It's an overstuffed comedy, with besides many characters who have too little to do, but Johnson steals every scene he's in as a lovable gay musician and histrion who makes ends encounter as a hired goon. Information technology'southward a mess, but Johnson nigh (almost) makes it work.

MGM

20. "Walking Tall" (2004)

Another remake of a 1970s genre film, "Walking Tall" stars Johnson as a soldier returning habitation to his small boondocks, simply to notice that criminal corruption runs rampant. So he runs for Sheriff and becomes corrupt himself, merely he'southward only corrupt in gild to stop the BAD abuse, so it's ... OK? Perchance? The politics are questionable (at best), but as a lo-fi vigilante thriller, it's reasonably entertaining, and Johnson makes a fine lead.

Walt Disney Pictures

19. "The Game Plan" (2007)

Johnson plays a selfish football player who finds out he has a daughter, and that he has to take care of her all by himself, in this harmless, heart-of-the-road family unit comedy. Johnson eventually learns a valuable lesson about parenting, obviously, and of form he winds up wearing a tutu because, for a few years in that location, filmmakers idea putting him in a tutu was the funniest thing ever. Fortunately, Johnson and his young co-star Madison Pettis are very likable together and make this very familiar formula work nearly every bit well every bit anyone could promise.

CBS Films

18. "Faster" (2010)

George Tillman Jr.'s crime thriller stars Johnson equally a getaway driver on a mission of brutal revenge, and sure plenty, he's threatening plenty to pull off the role. "Faster" is inventive and violent but ultimately too grim for its own good. However, it'south worth sitting through the bleak parts to see this film's impressive supporting bandage -- including Billy Bob Thornton, Moon Bloodgood, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Carla Gugino and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje -- play some extremely pulpy characters.

Disney

17. "Jungle Cruise" (2021)

Johnson takes Emily Blunt and Jack Whitehall on an activity-packed trip through the Amazon in Jaume Collet-Sera's adaptation of the archetype Disneyland ride. The cast is great -- especially Edgeless and Jesse Plemons as a scene-stealing German language World War I villain -- but the story is a rehash of tired adventure beats, overloaded with unnecessary CGI monsters. Information technology's too long and likewise shallow, just at least it's got amuse.

Warner Bros.

16. "San Andreas" (2015)

The "Big I" finally hits California, and merely Johnson tin save the day. Well, kind of. Johnson plays a rescue helicopter pilot who abandons his job and steals a chopper to relieve his own small family, presumably at the cost of many, many others. That'due south not to say his motivation isn't understandable, simply it's just one of many things in this moving picture that fall apart under the mildest scrutiny. Even so, "San Andreas" clearly wasn't made to tell a brilliant story, and as a cheesy spectacle, information technology gets the job reasonably well done.

Twentieth Century Play a trick on Film Corporation

fifteen. "Molar Fairy" (2010)

Of the two movies that put Johnson in a tutu, "Tooth Fairy" is easily the better one. It's a preposterous fantasy in which Johnson tells a little child that the Tooth Fairy isn't existent and then gets sentenced by actual tooth fairies to practice their job. With a premise like that yous might recall the film would be terrible, but it's really very funny, with Johnson budgeted the cool situation with merely the right corporeality of annoyance, and a great supporting cast -- including Julie Andrews, Stephen Merchant and Baton Crystal -- having the time of their lives humiliating him in every magical way possible.

Universal Studios

14. "The Scorpion King" (2002)

Johnson reprises his villain role from "The Mummy Returns," but in this prequel he's a dashing and whimsical sword-and-sandal hero in aboriginal Arab republic of egypt, fighting super-powered despots, teaming upwardly with sorceresses and saving the 24-hour interval in a large battle sequence. "The Scorpion Male monarch" completely owns its silliness and plays like an expensive airplane pilot for a pretty good "Xena" spin-off. That's non a bad thing at all. Johnson was made for a role similar this, and for a office like ...

Paramount

thirteen. "Hercules" (2014)

If at that place'south such a thing every bit "no-brainer" casting, then "Dwayne Johnson equally Hercules" is it. He'southward very charismatic in this film, equally a version of Hercules who doesn't seem to be supernatural, but who lets the outlandish tales of his exploits flourish anyway, considering it makes his job every bit a mercenary easier. "Hercules" flies way off the rails by the end, but it's mostly a solid, rollicking chance.

Paramount Pictures

12. "K.I. Joe: Retaliation" (2013)

The sequel to "Grand.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" is completely superior to the first, for whatever that'southward worth. Jon Grand. Chu'southward moving-picture show kills off nearly of the cast members from the original and lets new characters, led by Johnson, accept center phase. In the picture show, the sinister organization Cobra has taken over America and declared war on the Joes, and the only thing that can stop them is badass activeness sequences and nonsensical but entertaining plot devices. It'south still a dumb movie, but it'due south a fun one, and the mountaintop ninja centerpiece -- inspired by the legendary comic book story "Silent Interlude" -- is lone worth the price of admission.

Sony

11. "Jumanji: The Next Level" (2019)

Jake Kasdan'south eccentric sequel to the smash hit "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" finds Johnson once again playing a video game avatar, simply instead of being inhabited past Alex Wolff, he's being "played" past Danny DeVito, an onetime man who loves having a young, powerful torso. It'south a dandy idea, but Johnson can't quite smash DeVito'southward signature interim style, and his accent is way, style off. Nevertheless, "Jumanji: The Next Level" is a mostly satisfying follow-up, with heady action sequences, clever ideas, and ambitious themes like expiry, depression and transhumanism -- themes that, alas, demand deeper exploration than this family-friendly fantasy can offer.

Universal

x. "Skyscraper" (2018)

A shameless mash-up on "Dice Difficult" and "The Towering Inferno," with Johnson scaling the world'south tallest building -- complete with indoor rainforests and a ridiculous holodeck suite -- to rescue his family unit from gun-toting arsonist bad guys. Only "derivative" isn't the same as "bad." This outlandish action thriller has unbelievable only oversupply-pleasing action sequences, and  Johnson and Neve Campbell -- who co-stars as the md trying to free her kids from the blaze -- are fully invested in their performances.

Paramount Pictures

ix. "Pain & Proceeds" (2013)

Arguably Michael Bay'due south best movie, "Pain & Gain" stars Marking Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie and Johnson equally halfwitted bodybuilders who kidnap a millionaire and immediately make it mode over their heads. This violent, more often than not funny movie plays like a Coen Brothers script if information technology were directed by, well, Michael Bay, and his brazen approach gives "Pain & Proceeds" a distinctive and manic sensibility. Sometimes information technology'south overwhelming, just ordinarily it's a hoot, and Johnson, as you might await, steals the film equally an ex-con trying not to practise terrible things and failing miserably at every turn.

New Line

8. "Central Intelligence" (2016)

Kevin Hart was the cool kid in high school, Johnson was the bullied kid, and they meet up years later at a reunion, where it turns out Johnson became an international super-spy and Hart became a milquetoast corporate cog. Naturally they air current upward saving the world together. It sounds a little generic on newspaper, just "Fundamental Intelligence" is actually a very sweetness, very funny flick, which earnestly explores the long-lasting effects of childhood bullying. The scene where Johnson confronts his loftier school tormentor, and falls apart in the process, is one of the all-time pieces of interim in his whole career.

Sony Pictures

7. "Gridiron Gang" (2006)

Johnson'south best "serious" drama is this familiar simply very effective sports movie, in which he reforms teenagers in a juvenile detention center by starting a football game team. Director Phil Joanou doesn't pull any punches, dramatizing the harsh lives of these kids with palpable tragedy. Meanwhile, Johnson gives a very respectable performance every bit the coach who comes to realize he'southward letting his past command him, simply like his players are. "Gridiron Gang" is based on a true story, and information technology's an inspiring one, and the film proves one time over again that old sports motion-picture show formulas nevertheless work and probably always will.

Universal

half-dozen. "The Rundown" (2003)

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a cameo at the beginning of "The Rundown," telling Johnson to "have fun," as if he were officially passing the action-hero baton. And in Peter Berg'south film, an early example is fabricated for Johnson'due south eventual superstardom: he's charming and thrilling as a bounty hunter who travels to Brazil to remember Seann William Scott, who thinks he's institute lost treasure. Together they run afoul of Christopher Walken, who plays (equally usual) a fantastic villain. The plot is old school adventure nonsense, but the characters are fun, and the action is dynamic. Simply a few cringe-worthy scenes of gross comic relief concord it back.

WWE Studios

5. "Fighting With My Family unit" (2019)

Florence Pugh ("Lady Macbeth") stars as WWE champion Paige, who grew up in a rowdy wrestling family, and surpassed her own brother to become a star. Dwayne Johnson plays himself in a pocket-size but pivotal role, as a fable ushering in a new generation of wrestlers, merely anybody involved is a winner. Pugh beautifully captures the self-doubt that sneaks in every bit success finally looms, Nick Frost and Lena Headey are delightful as Paige'south rough-and-tumble parents, Jack Lowden is heartbreaking as Paige's brother Zak, and writer/managing director Stephen Merchant'due south respect for wrestling is infectious and sweet. "Fighting With My Family" is sincere, uplifting, and inspirational. Everything you could want a sports movie to be.

Sony

iv. "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" (2017)

A group of teenagers get pulled into a video game, and they have to encompass new identities in order to exit again. Information technology takes as well long to plant the concept and the rules of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," but in one case information technology finally gets going it'due south one of the about rip-roaring blockbusters in recent retentiveness, with a dynamite cast (Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart and Jack Blackness) pulling double duty, equally both their stereotypical video-game personae and the completely different people stuck inside those bodies. The activeness is inventive, and the sense of humor mostly lands, and Johnson is fantastic as a nerd having trouble thinking of himself as a hero.

Warner Bros. Pictures

3. "Binge" (2018)

Brad Heyton'southward "Rampage" is the right kind of stupid. Johnson stars as a primate expert whose best friend, an albino ape named George, gets exposed to a sci-fi thingamawhatsit and grows huge and ambitious, doing boxing with a giant mutated wolf and a giant mutated crocodile. The plot makes no sense whatsoever, and the moving-picture show knows it, so it just runs full-speed alee from one outrageous and well-executed gear up piece to the side by side. "Binge" wisely focuses all its serious attention on the characters, specially the genuinely emotional, interesting relationship between Johnson and George, which makes the states care well-nigh all this craziness.

Universal

2. The "Fast & Furious" Movies (2011-????)

Separating them is impossible. Johnson doesn't show upwards until the fifth (official) entry in the "Fast & Furious" series, and he sits out a lot of the seventh movie, but he's a big part of what made this franchise jump from a decent serial of car-racing movies to one of the best and biggest action franchises on the planet. He'south the ultimate foil for Vin Diesel'due south seemingly unstoppable antihero, and when he joins the team his heroism makes all these unrepentant thieves seem more likable than ever. And of course, these films have some of the all-time action sequences around. They're cheesy, they're absurdly emotional, and they are a ton of fun.

Disney

1. "Moana" (2016)

Johnson plays a clever subversion of his typical on-screen persona in this fantastic Disney blithe flick as Maui, a hero whose reckless adventuring, and whose lifetime of coasting on charm, has actually doomed the world. It's upward to a young woman named Moana (voiced by Auli'i Cravalho) to find him, convince him to abound up, and ultimately save the day for him, typifying a new generation with a new kind of heroism. Information technology's gorgeously animated, incredibly funny, the songs are fantastic, and Johnson gives a wonderful functioning as a dashing demigod.

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-movies-ranked-from-worst-to-best-photos/

Posted by: reedvortunfir88.blogspot.com

Share this post