Dwayne Johnson

Red One (2024)

Over the last two years, you’ve seen bada** David Harbour Santa. You’ve seen a miserable Joel Kinnamen barely get through his own movie. Now get ready for Jake Kasdan’s take on Santa! J.K. Simmons plays a ripped, PG-13 version of the jolly old elf. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Chris Evans have to find ole Kriss Kringle after he’s abducted. Is it an overly-CGIed movie with no heart? Who is this movie for? Find out with Jim and A.Ron on this episode of First Runs Bald Movies!

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Black Adam (2022)

Ok. Um, ok. Here we go. DC hasn’t quite cracked the Marvel formula for making fun movies. It begs the question, can the most charismatic man on the planet pull off DC’s latest deep cut? Black Adam owes some copyright fines to all those superheroes that you actually like. It’s not great, but it bolsters the Rock’s standing in the Bald Move Badass Hall of Fame…so there’s that!

Keep watch for the next First Run movies, Wakanda Forever and The Fabelmans!

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Skyscraper (2018)

Jim and A.Ron are back with another first run Bald Move, this time taking in The Rock’s latest family friendly action flick, “Skyscraper”. Die Hard + Towering Inferno = a pretty damn engaging and entertaining action film, smarter than most, and with plenty of heart courtesy Dwayne Johnson’s charisma and chemistry with co-star (and fellow badass) Neve Campbell. You’re going to be able to predict most beats of the film from the first 10 minutes, but it’s still a pleasure to watch Mr. Johnson do his thing. The flaming 220 story building against the dramatic back drop of Hong Kong serves up several great set pieces and looks great doing it. 

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