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We all love to watch Dwayne Johnson while he was in a ring or in a movie. He is an amazing entertainer and his acting skills are famous from his wrestling times. Today in this life article we will be looking at the list of best movies of Dwayne Johnson, the Rock. He entertained the world with his charisma.
Rundown (2003)
Rundown belongs to one of the earliest movies of Dwayne Johnson in Hollywood. According to the critics, the movie was a complete package of comedy, drama, action, and dialogue.
Dwayne plays the role of retrieval agent where in the main plot he is sent to Brazilian jungles to bring back the employer’s son who went for the legendary treasure hunt and went missing.
The movie also casts Sean William Scott (famous for acting in American Pie movie) as the treasure hunter and Christopher Walken as the villain.
Dwayne Johnson’s fights scenes in the bar with baseball players and a jungle fight with locals kept the audience thrilled, laughing and captured their attention.
It’s more than two decades now but its effect has still cemented Dwayne in Hollywood. In a particular scene of Rundown, while entering the club, Arnold Schwarzenegger says to Dwayne “Have Fun”. It felt like the baton of Arnold has been passed to Dwayne Johnson.
Hercules (2014)
Hercules was a period film in which Dwayne played the role of Hercules. It wouldn’t be incorrect to say that his body, acting, fight scenes and the overall picking of the character by Dwayne would only be referred to as Perfection.
He was shown as the son of the Greek god Zeus. And his body built was no less than a bulky tank ready to bombard.
The film didn’t disappoint at any point and will always be on the list of best movies of Dwayne. The total budget of the movie was approx. 100 million dollars and it successfully minted 244 million dollars from the box office.
San Andreas (2015)
The movie was a natural disaster-based epic movie. Where he saves his daughter Alexandria Daddario and his divorced wife from the seismic earthquake and tsunami that strikes California.
Dwayne played multiple roles in the movie and justified each role from being the King, tooth fairy, sports coach, daddy and much more. One of his most notable roles was being the air pilot and he truly nailed it.
Fast and Furious Franchise (2011 – 2019)
Dwayne was the part of four movies which were
- Fast 5 (2011)
- Fast and Furious 6 (2013)
- Furious 7 (2015)
- The fate of the Furious (2017)
- Fast and Furious Presents : Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson’s name in the movie) made his debut in Fast 5 as a former agent of the Diplomatic security service. He was tasked to bring down the wanted criminals Dominic Toretto
(Vin Diesel) and Brian O’Conner (Paul walker).
The franchise would have never got the badass cop with his monster car specially designed for him that fits his personality if Dwayne was not been part of the film.
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Gridiron Gang was an American sports drama film and the real-life story of Kilpatrick mustangs. Dwayne played the role of Sean porter who plays the role of the football coach as he was a counsellor at a juvenile detention centre in Los Angeles.
Sean trains the young mates suffering from low self-esteem and his encouraging words and motivational training force the underdog team of criminals to win against the High school football team.
Rampage (2018)
Rampage is the story of Primatologist Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson) who tries to save an albino gorilla named George. Dwayne teams up with George to fight against creatures which
creates havoc in Chicago.
The Communication between Dwayne and Gorilla was a great treat to watch. The storyline of the movie was normal but Dwayne’s attitude, acting, sarcasm and genuine personality took the movie to the next level.
Walking Tall (2004)
The big man portrayed himself as the honourably discharged U.S Army special forces sergeant Chris Vaughn who return back to his hometown in Kitsap county of Washington.
After returning he finds that the cedar mill is closed and his friends and the whole town was slowly getting deteriorated due to the dirty casino business operated by his schoolmate.
The film was the remake of 1973’s Joe Don Baker starred “Walking Tall”. Chris Vaughn turned into a policeman and ended the crime and corruption of the town.
Journey 2 : The Mysterious Island (2012)
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a complete entertainer film filled with the creative writings of Jules Verne. The story is full of excitement when Sean (Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded signal
from his missing grandfather to a mysterious island. Later with the help of his stepfather Hanks (Dwayne), he finds his grandfather and the island.
The most interesting part of the movie is approaching the island.
Central Intelligence (2016)
Central Intelligence features Kevin hart and Dwayne Johnson. Which means getting ready to laugh. During school time Calvin (Kevin) was a cool kid, while Bob (Dwayne) was shy. Bob was ruthlessly bullied over the years. Later after 20 years, Bod turned into a muscular giant CIA agent with thrilling life. While Calvin was married and worked as an accountant with a boring life.
Both gets together and work on a mission to save the US spy satellite system.
This movie also had a very strong message about bullying and how to handle life positively after
getting bullied.
Baywatch (2017)
Baywatch is a collection of hotness, comedy, action and crazy stunts. Mitch Buchannon
(Dwayne) plays the role of a captain of a team of lifeguards.
The company also includes Zac Efron, the former gold medal Olympian, Kelly Rohrbach and
Alexandra Daddario.
The team saves the bay from a merciless businesswoman (Priyanka Chopra) who is engaged in smuggling drugs and was threatening the future of the bay.
This movie received negative reviews but it’s a treat to Dwayne Johnson’s fans and was worth
watching.
