Has the Rock ever made a good movie?

[13Gigatons]

Wow..watch another one late last night and it was pretty bad. He is no Schwarzenegger replacement. He needs a better agent or someone to develop better projects for him.

 

[bbhaag]

Moana and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle come to mind as some of the better films he has stared in.
I know I'm probably gonna catch some shit for this but I also didn't mind The Rundown either but you are overall correct. If you look at his career as a whole it's pretty bad.

 

[BoomerD]

GOOD? Not likely, but still fun to watch.

I'm not a fan of Ah-nold Schwartzenactor. Never understood why he was so popular.

 

[Chaotic42]

Be Cool was good except for some mild cringe.

 

[PingSpike]

I haven't seen all of the Rock's movies. Most of his movies are at best fun camp. I thought the new Jumanji was quite good.

The comparison to Schwarzenegger is that while they both are basically cartoon characters, Schwarzenegger still had a number of standout roles where he was a "serious" cartoon character, like Predator, Terminator and even Total Recall. There's some real stakes in those movies even if they end up over the top. I haven't seen anything like that from the Rock, his Walking Tall remake was close but it didn't seem to end up being a trend. So he ends up leaning more toward the comedic side.

 

[mikeymikec]

I enjoyed 'Get Smart'.

 

[Jeeebus]

Define "good." Academy Award worthy? No. Entertaining? For me - yes.

I'd rather watch a monkey hump a tranquilized Rock's face in the jungle than watch a woman love a fish man, but hey, that's just me.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I'd rather watch a monkey hump a tranquilized Rock's face in the jungle than watch a woman love a fish man, but hey, that's just me.

Can confirm. That movie was terrible.

On-topic, Moana was good. I also enjoyed his character in DOOM, though that may have just been a guilty pleasure.

Also worth noting he was in an episode of ST:V, and a pretty good one IMHO.

 

[deadlyapp]

I won't lie, the baywatch movie was terrible, but I liked the rock in it and enjoyed the movie overall.

 

[TecHNooB]

He was really good in Terminator

 

[DigDog]

He was really good in Bambi

 

[BurnItDwn]

He had a small part in the Reno 911 movie. I thought it was hillarious, but I know it was stupid.
He had a small part in The Other Guys. I thought it was hillarious, though, I know it was stupid.

 

[Homerboy]

Jumanji was pretty good for what it's supposed to be.
There's the whole Fast and Furious collection. Not my cup of tea, but lots of people like them.
Not a movie, but "Ballers" on HBO is a pretty decent show I guess.
I have to admit, I turned off Rampage about 15mins into it. Man that was horrible.

 

[Mayne]

That movie with Stifler was really good actually.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Moana and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle come to mind as some of the better films he has stared in.
I know I'm probably gonna catch some shit for this but I also didn't mind The Rundown either but you are overall correct. If you look at his career as a whole it's pretty bad.

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[JEDIYoda]

I thought Star wars was cool@!! The Rock playing Darth Vader was sheer brilliance!!

 

[ImpulsE69]

Honestly I like the guy. Could probably use some different movies yes, but he's not the worst actor out there.

 

[clamum]

I like The Rock. He just seems like a genuinely decent, cool, dude.

I'd say I like him in "The Rundown" the best.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Ohh, he was also in the Walking Tall remake, it was good IMO.

 

[PianoMan]

I’d agree there isn’t a “good” move the Rock has starred in, but I just watch since he’s in it. I mean, I actually made it more than halfway thru “Central Intelligence”. Not sure if it was abhorrence or pure boredom - but 45 mins to keep my attention is pretty good.

“Ballers” is awesome, and I plan to renew my binge watching when we start up HBO Now again once GoT starts...


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[dawp]

that prequel to 'The Mummy', 'The Scorpion King', was decent.

 

[MrBailey]

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[dave_the_nerd]

He's never made a bad one.

 

[ImpulsE69]

He's never made a bad one.

Erm...this latest one (Skyscraper?) or Earthquake..or something is pretty bad.

 

[Fritzo]

Yeah, Jumanji was pretty great. Jack Black stole the show though