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Swipe File: Faster Vs Criminal: Lawless

Published Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:30:46 -0600

Last updated Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:36:52 -0600

Synopsis for Faster, the new Dwayne Johnson movie, out this week;

After 10 years in prison, Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has a singular focus – to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his imprisonment. Now a free man with a deadly to-do list in hand, he's finally on his mission…but with two men on his trail – a veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) just days from retirement, and a young egocentric hitman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) with a flair for the art of killing and a newfound worthy opponent. The hunter is also the hunted. It's a do or die race to the list's finish as the mystery surrounding his brother's murder deepens, and new details emerge along the way hinting that Driver's list may be incomplete.

Synopsis for Criminal: Lawless by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, out in 2007.

After 20 years in the military (the last eighteen months in military prison), Tracy Lawless has a singular focus – to avenge the murder of his brother during a botched robbery, as a Driver. AWOL with a deadly to-do list in hand, he's finally on his mission…but with two men on his trail – a veteran mobster Sebastian Hyde and and younger enforcer Chester with a flair for the art of killing and a newfound worthy opponent. The hunter is also the hunted. It's a do or die race to the list's finish as the mystery surrounding his brother's murder deepens, and new details emerge along the way hinting that Tracy's list may be incomplete.

Criminal writer Ed Brubaker been courted by most of the major studios for these books, and sources tell me he's on the verge of announcing a deal with the director of one of the biggest films of the year…

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