We Bet You Can't Match The Screenshot To The Dwayne Johnson Movie!
- by Aaron Bernstein
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This mega movie star certainly fought his way to the very top. Dwayne Douglas Johnson, who we also affectionately know as “The Rock,” started out in football. Johnson won the college national championships in 1991 with his University of Miami football team. Johnson went on to play professional football in Canada, with the Calgary Stampeders no less. An apt team name for a crusher like The Rock.
But football in Canada didn’t hold him for long because Johnson was destined for much more. Dwayne took his first step into the spotlight by following his grandfather’s and father’s legacy straight into the professional wrestling ring. Johnson was the first third-generation wrestler ever in the World Wrestling Federation. Johnson, as the wrestler “The Rock,” is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. He still steps into the ring from time to time. Just for fun and giggles, presumably. Because Johnson is now one of the busiest and highest paid actors in Hollywood.
Johnson leaped into his movie career in 1999 with a role in a documentary about the professional wrestling business. Since then Johnson has appeared in 36 films. And counting! Johnson is on schedule to star in 3 movies that will be released in 2018, and another that is already filming for 2019. And he has over 15 on the drawing board.
With so many fabulous big screen films already under his belt, are you up to the challenge of figuring out which one is which? See if you can match these screenshots to the movie they belong to!
Do you know this video game adventure Johnson Movie?
In this 2017 release which is a sequel to a 1995 movie, Johnson plays a teen named Spencer who is transported, along with 3 of his pals, into a video game which they must win in order to return home. Upon entering the game each of the kids is transformed into a game character. Spencer becomes buff archaeologist Dr. Smolder. Smolder and the others each have 3 lives. They must rescue the magical jewel from the power-crazed Professor Van Pelt and return it to the statue from where it was stolen in order to save the video game world and return home. Can you name this movie?
Can you name this suntanned Johnson Movie?
Johnson stars in this action comedy film released in 2017 based on a TV series by the same name. Johnson plays Lieutenant Mitch Buchannon. Buchanon is the fearless leader of a crew of hard-bodied well oiled lifeguards who keep the swimmers safe and the drug smugglers at bay. A couple of newbies and one former Olympic swimmer prima donna join the team. This group of elite lifeguards uncover a drug smuggling operation that threatens the beach. Naturally, the suntanned wonders foil the villains, and everything is sunshiny once again at the beach. Can you name this wet and sandy film?
Can you name this action-packed Johnson Movie?
In this 2013 action/sci-fi release Johnson plays Roadblock who is part of the most elite U.S. special forces unit. The nemesis terrorist organization, COBRA, has kidnapped the President of the United States and planted one of its operatives to impersonate him. COBRA frames Roadblock’s team as traitors. The fake president announces that COBRA will take over as the premier special forces team. Roadblock’s team fights back, proving that the sitting president is an imposter, rescuing the real president, and thwarting the nuclear devastation that COBRA had planned. Do you know this action-packed Johnson movie?
Can you name this high fantasy Johnson movie?
This movie is set “before the time of the pyramids” in a prehistoric world ruled by the ruthless King Memnon. Memnon has enslaved sorceress Cassandra, played by Kelly Hu. The sorceress can foresee the future and therefore can ensure that Memnon is victorious against his enemies. The King of the remaining free tribes offers Mathayus, played by Johnson, the last of his fortune to kill the sorceress and overthrow Memnon. In this world, the law holds that the mightiest warrior shall reign as King. Therefore when Mathayus destroys Memnon he ascends as the land’s new King. Can you name this high fantasy Johnson movie?
Can you name this Johnson-as-the-bad-guy movie?
In this action comedy, released in 2008 and based on a late 1960s TV series by the same name, Johnson plays super-secret agent “23” working for the top US Intelligent Agency, CONTROL. Also at CONTROL is the movie’s protagonist, well-meaning yet bumbling agent 86. 86 is partnered with his more competent colleague, the beautiful 99. The evil enemy of CONTROL, an organization known as KAOS, has infiltrated CONTROL with a double agent and plans to blow up Los Angeles. Humorous mayhem ensues. 23 is discovered to be the double agent, and 86 and 99 save the day. Which Dwayne Johnson movie is this?
Do you know this tropical animated Johnson flick?
This animated film is based on stories from Polynesian mythology. Johnson plays the voice of Maui. Maui is the tattooed shapeshifting demigod who meant well by stealing the heart stone of the goddess Te Fiti to pass it to mankind to convey the power of creation. But the theft of the heart stone brought blight upon the ocean islands. A millennium later the brave daughter of the Polynesian chief is chosen by the ocean to find and return the heart stone. The daughter finds Maui. And partly with and without his help restores Te Fiti’s heart stone and harmony to the ocean islands. Can you name this Dwayne Johnson animated film?
Can you pick this fast-paced Johnson movie?
In this 2015 release that is part of a cool car movie franchise, Johnson plays Luke Hobbs, an elite agent of the Diplomatic Security Service. Near the start of the movie Hobbs encounters bad guy Shaw, played by Jason Statham. Shaw detonates a bomb injuring Hobbs, putting Hobbs in the hospital. Shaw is out for deadly revenge against Vin Diesel’s character Dom Toretto. At the close of the movie Hobbs sharp shoots a bag of grenades that Dom has miraculously throw onto the skid of a getaway helicopter, killing another evildoing villain character. What action-packed Johnson movie is this?
Can you name this high fantasy Dwayne Johnson film?
In this 2014 high fantasy movie Johnson stars as a character of legends, leading a band of warriors and exhibiting superhuman strength and abilities. He and his band are hired by powerful Lord Cotys to train Cotys’ army against that of the warlord Rhesus. He and the band are successful, defeating Rhesus’ army and capturing Rhesus. But 2 things are revealed. It is Cotys who is the merciless aggressor and Rhesus who was merely defending against Cotys’ aggression. And, although Hercules has lived with the guilt of killing his family under the spell of a vengeful god, in fact, he did not. A King in league with Cotys was the killer. Can you name the tortured hero Johnson movie?
Which Dwayne Johnson movie this?
This movie revolves around a group of bumbling Nevada Sheriffs who travel to attend the American Police Convention. They can’t get in, but most of America’s law enforcement who are in attendance become quarantined inside due to a bio-chemical terrorist attack. This leaves the Nevada Sheriffs to control the situation and foil the bad guy. Johnson plays a small role as high-ranking SWAT agent, Rick "The Condor" Smith. The Condor drops in to coach the Sheriffs. But during his pep talk Condor blows himself up with the grenade he is waiving around for effect. Can you guess this movie?
Which Dwayne Johnson race and chase movie is this?
This 2009 movie starring Johnson is the second remake of a movie originally released by Disney in 1975. In this movie Johnson plays Jack Bruno, a former mob get-away driver, turned taxi driver in order to avoid further trouble. Bruno connects with 2 kids who each seem to have otherworldly special powers. The kids need Bruno to help them flee from an alien assassin and evil government agents in order to get to their spaceship and thwart an alien invasion of Earth. The battles and chase scenes ensue. Bruno gets the kids to the spaceship who return to their planet to successfully thwart the invasion. What Johnson movie is this?
Do you know this animated Johnson movie?
In this animated film, Johnson plays the voice of NASA astronaut Chuck Baker. Chuck in sent on an interstellar mission to explore new planets. No sooner does Chuck plant his U.S. flag on a never-before-visited planet than he realizes that it is inhabited, and he is the alien. His presence is met with fear and misunderstanding. Professor Kipple plans to dissect his brain as well as that of a friend, Lem, that Chuck has made along the way. Ultimately Chuck convinces the Planet’s Army General Grawl that Chuck has truly come in peace. Do you know this voice of the astronaut Johnson film?
Do you know this who’s-the-bad-guy and who isn’t Johnson movie?
In this 2016 release Johnson plays a CIA agent, Bob Stone, who was, in high school, the picked-on runt Robbie Weirdicht. The only person nice to young Robbie in high school was Calvin Joiner, played by Kevin Hart. As grownups, Johnson, now Bob Stone, contacts Calvin to help him solve a case because no one else can be trusted. Calvin is a forensic accountant who can help Stone find the bad guys. Do you know this Johnson / Hart action comedy movie?
Can you pick this Johnson movie?
This film is Johnson’s first appearance as Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs who develops a hate-love relationship with Dom Toretto, played by Vin Diesel, and his team of a fast car driving renegades. Hobbs is called in to arrest the car crew. But Hobbs and Dom’s crew find themselves battling the same bad guy, Reyes, played by Joaquim de Almeida. Reyes’ men kill Hobbs’ team. Dom saves Hobbs and Hobbs agrees to work with Dom and crew against the common enemy. Can you name this Johnson movie?
Can you name this uplifting Dwayne Johnson movie?
In this movie, Johnson plays Derek Thomson, a minor league hockey player turned temporarily into a magical kid’s tale character because of his pessimistic attitude. He is assigned to carry out his fairy-tale duties until he becomes good at it so that he learns his lesson. Derek is bumbling at first, but finally gets the hang of it and lightens up in general. Once Derek has proven himself, made up with his girlfriend, her young daughter and teenage son, Derek is relieved of his magical duties. Derek returns a happy man, to a successful professional hockey career. Can you name this magical Dwayne Johnson movie?
Can you pick this Dwayne Johnson Sci-Fi flick?
In this sci-fi action movie, Johnson plays Marine team leader “Sarge” who leads a search-and-rescue mission to Mars after receiving a distress signal from the research facility there. Sarge and his team encounter powerful creatures that seem to be humanoids generically mutated with Martian DNA. Sarge’s teammate Sam concludes that the creatures are people from the research facility who have been mutated with Martian DNA, and that some will not turn into the dangerous creatures. Nevertheless, Sarge orders that all potential mutants be destroyed. This does not sit well with the team. Moreover, Sarge becomes infected, turns evil, and is destroyed. Do you know this take-no-prisoners dies-at-the-end Johnson movie?
Do you know this feel-good sports themed Johnson movie?
In this movie, Johnson plays professional football quarterback Joe Kingman. Joe consistently leads the team to victory but with a healthy portion of arrogance, selfishness, and self-absorption. Joe is surprised to learn that he has an 8-year-old daughter, Peyton. Peyton turns up in Joe’s life and turns Joe’s view of the world and himself sideways. Joe still leads his team to consistent victories but Peyton teaches him to do it with grace and selflessness. Do you know this personality turnaround Dwayne Johnson movie?
Can you pick which fun cop movie this is?
In this short but memorable role, Johnson plays New York cop, Chris Danson. He and his partner P. K. Highsmith, played by Samuel L. Jackson, are the undisputed super cops of New York City. But their careers, and lives, are cut short when, believing themselves to be as invincible as the citizens of New York do, they leap from a tall building in pursuit of bad guys. Splat! And that’s when the mediocre cops, played by Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg, step in to try to fill their shoes. Do you know what comedy cop movie this is?
Do you know this based on a true story movie?
In this based on a true story movie released in 2006, Johnson stars as Sean Porter working at Kilpatrick Juvenile Detention Center in Los Angeles. Porter introduces a football program to the boys in an effort to teach them hard work, a positive attitude, and teamwork. Two of the boys are from rival street gangs but ultimately learn to get along and support one another. Gang violence from outside the team nevertheless disrupts the football program. But in the end the program is successful and in real life the football program is ultimately formally adopted at the detention center. Can you name this feel-good movie?
Can you name this rollicking dark action comedy?
In this 2013 release Johnson co-stars with Mark Wahlberg as two of a gang of gym rats who have a lot of terrible ideas for getting rich, but think they are good so they do them anyway. Johnson plays Paul Doyle, a recently released cocaine addict who has turned to Christianity. The devotion to Church doesn’t last long though. After scoring big money by kidnapping and extorting Wahlberg’s gym client, Doyle blows his end on drugs and women and is hungry for more. So the crew moves on to another job involving unintended murders and ultimately being caught by the authorities. Can you name this dark comedy that is loosely based on a true story?
Do you know this Johnson seeks revenge movie?
In this action-packed thriller, each character goes by what they do. Johnson is “Driver.” Billy Bob Thornton is “Cop.” Oliver Jackson-Cohen is “Killer.” You get the idea. The film begins with Driver being released from prison. Driver proceeds to take deadly revenge upon everyone involved in the killing of his half-brother Gary. Driver is pursued throughout the movie by both Cop, who it turns out was behind Gary’s killing, as well as Killer. Cop catches up with Driver and shoots Driver, seemingly ending the story. But Driver miraculously survives and finishes Cop in the end. Can you name this hard to follow thriller?
Can you name this Dwayne Johnson disaster flick?
In this 2015 disaster movie, Johnson stars as Ray Gaines, a Los Angeles Fire Department air rescue pilot. Ray is in the midst of a divorce with his wife, Emma, played by Carla Gugino. Ray has the best intentions of spending time with their daughter Blake, including taking a father-daughter trip to San Francisco. When Ray is called into work because an earthquake has occurred, Blake goes to San Francisco with Emma’s boyfriend. As the earthquakes and their impact escalate, Blake calls Ray and Emma who make the perilous journey to San Francisco to rescue her. Can you name this Johnson disaster movie?
Johnson plays the tough small-town sheriff in what movie?
In this 2004 remake of the 1973 film of the same name, Johnson plays former U.S. Special Forces sergeant Chris Vaughn. Vaughn returns to his small hometown in Washington State to find that the wood mill has closed down and the town is now dominated by a casino and its drug-dealing owner. Vaughn is driven by rage to vandalize the casino. At trial, the jury lets him off based on his promise to become sheriff and clean up the town. Vaughn ultimately takes down the corrupt casino owner and his henchmen. Do you know this Dwayne Johnson movie?
Do you know this Dwayne Johnson movie?
In this movie, Johnson plays an ancient Egyptian King who in 3000 BC offers his sole to an Egyptian god in exchange for the power to defeat his enemies. After he defeats his enemies the Egyptian god claims his sole and entombs him for what will be another 5000 years. In 1933 a family of explorers, Rick, Evelyn and their son Alex, uncover an ancient artifact that sets the return of the King into motion. Cult followers of various nefarious Egyptian gods pursue their own agendas and the battles ensue over which god or King will rise to power. Johnson’s character is revived but ultimately dispatched back to the underworld by explorer Rick. Can you name this action adventure movie?
Can you name this globe-trotting Dwayne Johnson film?
In this film, Johnson appears yet again as the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs teaming with his pal Dom Toretto and Dom’s fast car driving crew. This installment of the movie franchise takes the audience and crew on an action-filled journey across the globe from Cuba to New York and the Arctic Barents Sea. Hobbs and Dom thwart the anarchist Cipher’s attempts to unleash chaos upon the world. Can you name this Luke Hobbs and Dom Toretto installment?
Can you name this Dwayne Johnson movie?
This 2012 release is the sequel to a 2008 movie. Both are based on the written works of Jules Verne. In this film, Johnson plays the role of Hank who travels with his genius stepson Sean in search of Sean’s grandfather Alexander Anderson who has been missing for two years. Hank and Sean are led to an unusual island where the typically large animals are very small, and the typically small animals are very large. Upon finding Alexander, they learn that they must escape the island before a volcano erupts and the island sinks into the ocean. Can you name this Johnson movie base and the famous works of Jules Verne?
Do you know this Dwayne Johnson action movie?
In this 2013 action movie, Johnson stars in the role of John Matthews. John’s son Jason has been set up and takes the fall for a drug charge. The crime carries a sentence of 10 years because of the mandatory minimum drug crime sentencing laws. John strikes a deal with the authorities to free Jason. John will enter the dangerous narcotics world undercover to help catch the real drug kingpins. Do you know which edge of your seat action movie this is?
Can you name this dystopian future set in the present movie?
This 2006 release presents a frightening future set in the now. Johnson plays one of 3 central characters, Boxer Santaros. Santaros, an action movie star, and the 2 other key characters, an adult film star played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, and a cop played by Sean William Scott, are surviving in a dystopian Los Angeles of 2008. A nuclear attack has wiped out Texas. A gas shortage plagues the country, and America has become a virtual police state. Do you know this Dwayne Johnson future set in the present movie?
Do you know this Johnson as a cop movie?
This 2013 released crime drama is based on a true story. The story centers on two childhood friends, Chris, played by Liam Hemsworth, and Eddie, played by Michael Angarano. Chris can’t make it as a real cop so he takes a job with an armored truck company. Eddie draws Chris into a scheme to rob the company’s cash depository. The pair makes off with $11 million in cash. The local crime bosses are after them for pulling a heist on the boss’ turf. And so is Dwayne Johnson’s character, NYPD Detective James Ransone. Can you name this based on a true story film?
Do you know which of the series this is?
Johnson appears yet again as Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs in this one of the many members of the wildly successful cool car movie franchise. In this installment, Hobbs recruits Dom Toretto, played by Vin Diesel, and Toretto’s crew of stylish car pilots. Dom and crew help Hobbs take down a mercenary team of equally skilled bad guy car drivers. Dom is able to free his girlfriend Letty, played by Michelle Rodriguez. Letty was in cahoots with the main bad guy Shaw, played by Luke Evans, due to Letty’s amnesia. Can you name this high octane action film?
Can you name this upcoming giant monster movie?
This 2018 release casts Johnson as primate scientist Davis Okoye, who generally likes animals more than people. Okoye is particularly close George, the silverback gorilla who Okoye has raised since birth. Genetic experiments go awry. George and a host of other alpha predator creatures grow to enormous size, tearing across North America, destroying everything in their path. Okoye teams with a discredited geneticist to secure an antidote. Do you know this 2018 Dwayne Johnson film?
Can you name the movie with this Dwayne cameo?
In this movie, Johnson has a small cameo playing an Air Marshall on a flight with movie protagonist Marni played by Kristen Bell. The film revolves around two generations of mean girl / picked-on-girl high school relationships and what transpires when those two pairs meet up later in life. Marni meets her mean girl Joanna at the pre-wedding events for Joanna and Marni’s older brother will. And Marni’s mom Gail, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, encounters her mean girl Ramona at the prenup events. Naturally, they all ultimately let bygones be bygones. Can you name this Johnson cameo only movie?
Do you know this Brazilian action Johnson film?
In this movie Johnson, staring as “Beck,” is tasked by his boss to do one last job. Beck will be rewarded with enough money to open a restaurant and get out of the dirty bounty hunter and collection business. Beck just needs to travel to Brazil to retrieve the boss’ son Travis, played by Sean William Scott, and return him to the boss. Beck and Travis deal with aggressive monkeys, cows, and Brazilian rebels. And then there is the fight over the priceless golden artifact called "O Gato do Diabo.” Do you know which Johnson action movie this is?
Can you name the movie with this amusing Dwayne Johnson role?
John Travolta plays Chili Palmer in this sequel film. Chili has been a film producer but steps into the music business after his music producer friend is murdered. Johnson plays one of the many wacky characters in the mix. Specifically, Elliot, the gay bodyguard of the would-be underworld player Raji Lowenthal, played by Vince Vaughn. Elliot has plans for stardom as an actor, and also as a country and western singer. Can you name the movie with this amusing Dwayne Johnson role?
Can you name Dwayne Johnson’s first big screen appearance?
This 1999 documentary covering the wrestling industry was Johnson’s first big screen appearance. Johnson was already a well known World Wrestling Federation personality, “The Rock.” The documentary focuses on three other wrestlers, Mick Foley, aka “Mankind,” Terry Funk, and Jake “The Snake” Roberts. In the film’s climax, Johnson, The Rock, battles Foley in Foley’s “I Quit” match. We know pro wrestling is staged all in good fun, but still…The Rock bashes Foley in the head repeatedly with a steel folding chair while Foley’s wife an young children look on. Can you name this Dwayne big screen debut?
Can you name one of Johnson’s 2018 releases?
This movie is slated for release in September of 2018. The film is a comedy-drama based on the life of professional wrestler Paige and a 2012 documentary about a a family involved in the wrestling biz. In the movie, a former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining the wrestling industry long term. Johnson will play himself in the film. Can you name this 2018 release?