Even Dwayne Johnson fans have forgotten this movie where he accidentally smashes gangsters

Even if you’re a rock fan, you probably haven’t seen – or forgotten about – this movie since its debut! He plays Chris Vaughn, a former SWAT officer who returns to his hometown to find it corrupted by an underworld led by Hamilton, the owner of the local casino. Vaughn becomes the sheriff to fight him.

It’s Zero Tolerance, a remake of Savage Justice, directed in 1973 by Phil Carlson and based on the life of Buford Pusser, a former wrestler turned sheriff. A wrestler himself, we can understand why bringing this story to the screen might be a challenge for Dwayne Johnson. Unfortunately, he gets his feet all wrong.

Dwayne Johnson’s next film will be a remake!

in the question? Perhaps the inexperience of director Kevin Bray, who came from the music video industry (for Whitney Houston or Jennifer Lopez) and who makes his second film after Bounty Hunters with Ice Cube. The image is not polished, the effects attempts are not really successful and the rhythm is poorly handled.

Zero Tolerance is quite short (1h 15), but the big moment of violence is preserved until the end. It was this sequence of filming and distribution of mandalas that led to the film being banned for children under 12 upon release.

The rest is a little “move it, nothing to see”: Rocky makes his acting debut and is not very comfortable, the script is inept, the dialogues are worthy of the worst tours, and the audience waits patiently for the hero. A rebellion that ends. And meanwhile he is as patient as he can be.

However, the film has the advantage of Rocky teaching his profession as an actor. For an anecdote, stay for the duration of the credits and you will be surprised that back in 2004 the actor-businessman already employed a kind of “entourage” with a hairdresser, an actor, two personal assistants, a silhouette. , three security guards and a double. It’s not bad, is it?