Dwayne Johnson has been loads of films over the course of his profession, and these are those that stand out. After establishing himself on the planet of wrestling because the Rock, Dwayne Johnson transitioned into movie by counting on his allure, beauty, and muscular body. Nevertheless, he is additionally steadily revealed himself to be a compelling motion star and surprisingly humorous.
These traits helped form him into one of many world’s greatest film stars. It additionally implies that it is thrilling to see him deal with extra dramatic movies like The Smashing Machine. In honor of his projected Oscar contender hitting theaters, right here is each main Dwayne Johnson movie ranked from worst to greatest.
Some movies the place Dwayne Johnson solely appeared as a cameo, similar to Preventing with My Household, Shazam!, and Quick X, haven’t been included on this rating.
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Tooth Fairy
The Tooth Fairy is the worst movie Dwayne Johnson has ever starred in, highlighting how the actor’s pure skills as a performer have their limits in elevating weak materials. Johnson is the plain spotlight of the household movie, discovering small moments of allure amid an in any other case flat and trope-heavy film that solely scored a 19% Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
Regardless of a solid that additionally contains Ashley Judd, Brandon T. Jackson, Stephen Service provider, Seth MacFarlane, and Julie Andrews, The Tooth Fairy does not have any of the center or humor wanted to make the fantastical premise work. The Tooth Fairy works in any respect largely on account of Johnson’s charisma, however even that may’t salvage the movie.
40
Gridiron Gang
Just like The Tooth Fairy (albeit in a unique fashion of movie), The Gridiron Gang drops Johnson in the course of a cliché plot and depends on him to raise the fabric — and there is solely a lot he can do. Loosely impressed by a soccer group composed of youngsters at a juvenile detention middle, Johnson performs Coach Sean Porter.
The film simplifies real-life occasions and characters to create a painfully clichéd “inspirational sports activities film” that’s only a bore to get via. The movie not less than affords a greater have a look at a dramatic Johnson efficiency, however even that’s weighed down by the predictable components and the compelled gang drama compelled onto the one-note teenage characters.
39
Jumanji: The Subsequent Degree
Dwayne Johnson has been in worse films than Jumanji: The Subsequent Degree, however this movie stays considered one of his most irritating. A retread of the (considerably higher) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel tries to reinvigorate the idea for some extra laughs. It does not actually discover them, regardless of Awkwafina enjoying Danny DeVito, seeming a strong comedic idea.
Jumanji: The Subsequent Degree follows the identical basic trajectory of the earlier movie, however with none of the shock and little of the allure that made Welcome to the Jungle a lot enjoyable. It even repeats gags. This is without doubt one of the most pointless sequels to a superbly self-contained movie in recent times, and it is higher forgotten than revisited.
38
The Sport Plan
Probably the most notable a part of The Sport Plan, a family-friendly comedy a couple of soccer participant discovering out he has an 8-year-old daughter, is that it is the ultimate movie the place Johnson is credited as “the Rock.” Just like The Tooth Fairy and Gridiron Gang, the clichéd tropes and run-of-the-mill storytelling go away The Sport Plan a painfully forgettable film.
Nevertheless, it is one other reminder that Johnson’s charisma and on-screen allure could make nearly something watchable, not less than for a bit. The few vivid spots within the film give attention to his relationship with Peyton, which is not less than well-acted if not all that memorable. The Sport Plan has a contact of allure to raise it past his different weaker movies.
37
Southland Tales
Dwayne Johnson delivers considered one of his best-ever performances in Southland Tales, and it is a disgrace the remainder of the film cannot match. In a dystopian model of the US, the movie incorporates amnesiac film stars, neo-Marxist splinter teams, and plenty of time journey. If that sounds odd, it is as a result of the movie is unapologetically bizarre and bombastic to a fault.
There’s merely an excessive amount of happening in Southland Tales with out sufficient emotional core to maintain all of it grounded emotionally. The result’s a chaotic and infrequently complicated film that has discovered a cult-following in recent times. The spotlight of the movie is the solid, with Johnson showcasing the form of vulnerability a lot of his subsequent characters would not get to showcase.
36
Crimson Discover
Johnson moved into the streaming realm with Netflix’s Crimson Discover, which did get a restricted theatrical launch, although it turned an enormous hit, considered one of Netflix’s greatest unique movies. The transfer paid off for Netflix, particularly contemplating the $200 million price ticket, although followers and critics (37% on RT) weren’t too impressed.
Whereas it is intriguing to marvel how the movie could have fared if it was given a conventional large launch in theaters, with Johnson teaming up with Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, we’ll by no means really know for positive the way it could have fared.
35
Hercules
Given his large body, a Hercules film appeared a logical manufacturing for Johnson to undertake, although followers and critics weren’t totally on board. The movie pulled in $244.8 million worldwide from a $100 million funds, plus critics had been break up relatively evenly with 58% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie was based mostly on Steve Moore’s graphic novel collection The Thracian Wars, and whereas followers and critics appeared to benefit from the motion set items, the story appeared to fall quick for a lot of of them, resulting in an underwhelming crucial and business efficiency, although a historian did name it “admirable.”
34
Planet 51
There is a good idea baked into Planet 51, even when the film by no means realizes that full potential. Flipping the standard “first contact” narrative by having Johnson’s human astronaut Chuck be the “alien” on a deep-space planet, the star-studded solid of Planet 51 cannot do a lot to raise the usual tropes and unsurprising plot twists of the narrative.
The movie stands out for some intelligent gags right here and there, however for probably the most half, all of it comes throughout as a superbly predictable household movie that by no means reaches its true potential as an inverted E.T. Johnson can also be nonetheless clearly discovering his rhythm as a voice-over actor on this movie, one thing he would adapt higher to in later movies.
33
Doom
With online game variations surging in recognition now, maybe this adaptation of Doom would have been extra profitable now, than it was 20 years earlier. The movie flopped laborious with $58.7 million worldwide from a $60 million funds, with simply an 18% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Johnson performed Sarge, a part of a rescue group despatched to Mars on a rescue mission, the place they encounter all kinds of ghastly creatures. Because the Doom online game franchise continues to be going sturdy, maybe some day Johnson will get an opportunity to return as Sarge and avenge considered one of his greatest flops.
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Race to Witch Mountain
The Rock delved into household fare with Race to Witch Mountain, a reboot of Disney’s beloved Witch Mountain franchise that in the end didn’t spawn one other collection of movies. The movie solely took in $106.4 million worldwide from a $50 million funds, which clearly wasn’t sufficient for Disney to maintain making extra, regardless of Johnson’s rising star energy.
The story follows Jack Bruno, a Las Vegas cab driver who encounters two younger aliens with wonderful talents, performed by younger rising stars AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig. They race via the desert, avoiding authorities brokers alongside the best way on this journey. Whereas critics and followers didn’t appear to attach with the movie, others nonetheless consider it’s value one other look.