Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s new HBO documentary has the perfect name
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Your support makes all the difference.Presumably by simply ripping a hole in the space-time continuum with his bare hands, The Rock has found time between feature films, reality shows and WrestleMania prep to make a documentary about a youth prison boot camp.
Partnering with HBO, Johnson will head inside Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Boot Camp Program, in what he branded a “passion project”.
The name?
Rock and a Hard Place
“By the time I was 16, I had been arrested eight or nine times for a variety of things, and can relate to what these kids are going through,” the amiable walking hunk of muscle told Variety.
He added on Instagram that the doc would be “a look at one of the most hardcore and successful boot camp prisons in the world (an astonishing 9% recidivism rate, while the national prison rate is 70+%).
“From armed robbery to attempted murder…they break these young offenders down only to build them back up to make them better men and women once they're released.
“I was once one of these kids. One poor f*cked up decision after another. I turned my life around, and hopefully along the way we'll help a few turn theirs around too. Production starts now.”
Other HBO projects starring The Great One I would like to see:
Rock Bottom (deep sea marine life documentary)
A Rolling Rock Gathers No Moss (motivational speech)
Rock Rock Rocking on Heaven’s Door (an interview between The Rock and God)
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