The Rock, please stop it. It just makes me sad.
In reality the Rock has basically saved his career by shifting into a family man. The Game Plan was his biggest hit in years, and he is following it up with some more family friendly stuff that looks like junk.
Check the trailer for Race to With Mountain, where The Rock plays escort to alien kids.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/racetowitchmountain/small.html
My personal favorite part is when AnnaSophia Robb says, “Those vehicles behind us are indicating a pattern of pursuit.”—-I’m an alien! Did you get it yet? That’s why I speak this way! Indicating a pattern of pursuit!
How exactly does one “indicate” a pattern of pursuit? Does the car hint at pursuit? Think about pursuing?
There was a time when The Rock was a fun and perfectly legitimate B-movie action lead, but disappointing box office totals curtailed a possible career as an actioner.
The guy has plenty of rage as an actor, he’s charming and capable of being funny (Get Smart), and was reasonably bad-ass in the aforementioned B-movies like Walking Tall, The Rundown, and to a lesser extent Doom.
But it looks like we won’t get to see The Rock in that vein again for a while.
Oh well.