Top 10 Times The Rock Went Beast Mode

“Pain & Gain” (2013)
After getting out of prison, Johnson’s Doyle falls back into a life of crime. His life really goes sideways when he tries to steal cash solo. After grabbing a couple of bags of money from an armored truck, Doyle accidentally sets off an explosive dye pack and is chased by officers. When he dives into the water to escape, a stray bullet hits his foot. Although Doyle loses his big toe, he still manages to swim away from the officers and reunite with his friends. Most people probably wouldn't even run down the block right after just stubbing their toe. Watching Doyle suffer a severe injury and still keep going was the highlight of his attempted robbery.

“The Rundown” (2003)
In 2003’s “The Rundown”, Johnson plays a bounty hunter named Beck that tracks a target to Brazil. During the job, the bounty hunter finds himself pitted against a group of local resistance fighters. Beck takes absurd amounts of punishment from his foes. But after enduring a lot of hits, he decides to strike back. Despite being unarmed and hilariously outnumbered, Beck dodges weapons, tosses his enemies like ragdolls, and strikes back with seriously hard hits. The lengthy action scene was a great display of Beck’s fighting skills as well as his insane tolerance for pain. If you want to take this bounty hunter down, you’d better bring an entire army.

“Central Intelligence”(2016)
Bob Stone is a CIA agent that can easily defeat multiple opponents. Calvin Joyner is...just an accountant. Shortly after the two get together, we get a fantastic action scene. After the CIA comes to arrest Stone in Joyner’s high-rise office, they have to fight their way out. Stone turns regular office materials like printer toner, a mail cart and even a banana into dangerous weapons. And Joyner...mostly tries not to get hurt. Seeing Stone take out trained agents with ordinary items is as impressive as it is hilarious. And he ends the scene with flair by using a pre-prepared distraction to crash through a window and land safely onto an inflatable gorilla. This crazy escape might be Johnson’s funniest action scene.

“The Scorpion King” (2002)
While not as beloved as the Brendan Fraser “Mummy” movies, “The Scorpion King” is still worth watching for the fun and ridiculous action. One of the best scenes occurs when Mathayus needs to escape from royal guards. A standard chase scene immediately launches into the ludicrous after he loads himself into a catapult. Mathayus proceeds to use a giant gong as a shield, jump from crazy heights and essentially flush himself down a drain to reach freedom. Johnson’s committed performance makes us believe that this campy sequence might actually be possible. And the scene also serves as further proof that the Rock’s characters can escape any scenario.

“The Fate of the Furious” (2017)
DSS Agent Hobbs finds himself imprisoned with his mortal enemy, Deckard Shaw. Hobbs immediately jumps into action to stop Shaw from escaping. The agent takes out angry prisoners with ease. And when guards fire rubber bullets at him, Hobbes treats them like minor annoyances and keeps on pushing. He tosses enemies like rag dolls and forces his way through riot shields like he’s a terminator pursuing its target until he catches up to Shaw. But we really shouldn't be too surprised. Did we really think a mere prison could hold someone as powerful as Hobbs?

“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” (2017)
When a teenager named Spencer is transported into the “Jumanji” video game, he finds himself inside the body of the absolutely jacked doctor Bravestone. While walking through a bazaar, he's attacked by henchmen. Spencer quickly discovers that his new body comes with fantastic fighting skills. He uppercuts enemies into the sky and easily evades their hits with fast reflexes. At the same time, Spencer can't help but call out his moves. There's something ridiculously entertaining about watching the Rock’s adult body demolish enemies while he has the mind of a teenager. The scene almost makes us want to play the Jumanji game for real. But given how ridiculously dangerous it is, we’ll go play Mario Kart while the Rock handles things.

“G.I. Joe: Retaliation” (2013)
The evil organization Cobra plans to take over the world using satellites armed with weapons of mass destruction. Johnson’s Roadblock can stop them if he gets the control case from the villain Firefly. Roadblock kicks off his intense pursuit of the villain by lifting up a machine gun turret like it was nothing and firing it. He then jumps in a boat and mows down anything standing in between him and Firefly. After returning to land, Roadblock decimates the villain in a fight and stops the satellites. This crazy action sequence allows Johnson to show a range of badass skills in a variety of settings within a short time span. Firefly never stood a chance.

“Hobbs & Shaw” (2019)
It was honestly hard to single out the most ridiculous action moment from the wildly entertaining “Hobbs & Shaw”. Characters pull off near-impossible feats of athleticism and stunt driving in every other scene. But the most unbelievable moment occurs during a climactic chase. Hobbs needs to prevent the villainous Brixton’s helicopter from getting away. So he attaches the flying vehicle to a series of cars with a chain. But when that chain comes loose, Hobbs single-handedly holds the chain in place until it’s reattached. This absurd feat of strength is hilariously similar to the time Captain America held a helicopter in place in “Civil War”. Maybe Hobbs should consider joining the Avengers.

“Hercules” (2014)
Having the rock play Hercules might’ve been the easiest casting decision of all time. The actor’s massive frame and muscles made it easy to believe that he was the son of Zeus. His best scene came after he was placed in chains attached to a stone floor. After getting encouragement from his allies, Hercules decides to show his captors exactly who he is. He breaks free by pulling his chains hard enough to yank them out of the stone floor. His enemies try to take the hero down with three wolves. But Hercules dispatches them too. His victory truly proves that he has godly strength.

Before we reveal our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

Defeating an Axe-Wielding Villain
“Walking Tall” (2004)

Showing Off on the “Big Boy’s” Course
“Baywatch” (2017)

Taking On Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto
“Fast Five” (2011)

Avoiding Falling Cargo & a Tsunami
“San Andreas” (2015)

Jumping From a Crane Into a...You Guessed It, Skyscraper
“Skyscraper” (2018)

“Furious 7” (2015)
Near the beginning of “Furious 7”, Hobbs is blown out of a window and falls multiple stories onto a car. The fall sends him to a hospital with a broken arm and leg. But when Dom needs help, Hobbs decides to check out early. After flexing a bicep so hard that he breaks through the cast around his arm, he steals an ambulance and rams it into a drone chasing his allies. Since that wasn’t badass enough for him, he climbs out of the wreckage unharmed, picks up a minigun, and starts firing it at his enemies. This scene gives us an insanely strong and virtually indestructible Rock that’s PURE Beast Mode!