The Rundown
The Rundown
PG-13 | 26 September 2003 (USA)
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When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely disposition, Beck is a man of few words -- but it takes him all the discipline he can muster to work with Travis to nab a tyrant who's after the same treasure.

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LouHomey

From my favorite movies..

Sexyloutak

Absolutely the worst movie.

Baseshment

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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KnotStronger

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

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docm-32304

This movie is the definition of entertainment! No BS, No emoting, no pandering. It starts fast and moves along at a great pace. Johnson has charisma as an actor and just keeps getting better. The action scenes are fantastic and it's hard to pick out a favorite one. Seann Scott is positively hilarious as the wisecracking little target of Dwayne's hunt. Their back and forth reminds me of Crash and Eddie from Ice Age 2 fearlessly taking on Diego. Rosario Dawson is as sexy as ever as the bartender and what can I say about Christopher Walken? He's his usual self delivering a quirky role yet again. If you love funny action/comedy, this is a keeper.

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Tweekums

Protagonist Beck wants to be a chef but he can't pay off his debts let alone buy a restaurant so he is acting as a private debt collector for a shady character named Billy Walker. Walker offers him a job that will clear his debts and pay for the restaurant. He is to head deep into the Brazilian jungle and bring back Wilder's wayward son Travis. It won't be easy though; the whole area belongs to Cornelius Hatcher, a mine owner who is brutally using the local population. If that weren't enough Travis doesn't want to go home; he believes he has discovered the location of 'O Gato do Diabo', 'The Cat of the Devil'; a priceless ancient gold artefact. Inevitable, after various difficulties Beck and Travis end up going after the Gato and must ultimately confront Wilder and his thugs.One might consider this a sub-Indiana Jones adventure but that would be a little unfair; the plot may be a little flimsy but that doesn't matter as it supplies action and laughs throughout. Dwayne Johnson, in an early role where he is still solely credited as 'The Rock', shows that he has what it takes to lead an action film; not surprisingly he is great in the action scenes but he is also humorous and makes his character likable. When first introduced I feared Sean William Scott's Travis would be annoying but ultimately he proved to be very funny. Christopher Walken is a great villain and there is solid support from Rosario Dawson as a barmaid who is more than she seems. There is also a small but enjoyable performance from Ewen Bremner as the bush pilot whose strong accent makes him hard for characters to understand. The action is nicely varied with plenty of fights, some gunplay and even bad guys with bullwhips... if that weren't enough there is also a troop of monkeys that prove to be hilariously disturbing. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to anybody wanting exciting rather than brutal action and plenty of laughs.

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alindsay-al

I am a big fan of the rock and this is one of his early films so I thought I'd watch it, but unfortunately it sucks. The premise of the film sees a bounty hunter looking to retire but he must go to the Amazon to retrieve his bosses son. Now as I said I like the rock and he really tries in this film to bring his likability and charm to his character but he just can't fully deliver. His character is just pretty boring and there's no attachment to his character at all and he is just pretty boring. Seann William Scott plays the son and I absolutely hated him in this film. He tried to be funny and he just came across as really annoying in this film. I didn't buy him and the rock together and his character just didn't develop at all and I hated him. I love Rosario Dawson especially after daredevil, but she didn't really add anything to this film. She was okay, but her character was pretty bland and pointless. Christopher walken plays the villain in this film and he was actually pretty good even though he sometimes gets incredibly cheesy. The story just makes absolutely no sense and none of the characters come across as very likable and you don't care about the situation at all. The script was awful with no funny dialogue and no reasons for any good dramatic dialogue. The style was a bit unique and I liked the setting of the film. But the action scenes were just really hard to see what was going on even though there were some decent sound effects. Overall this is a poor action film that you can avoid.

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Ben Larson

If you are looking for action, it doesn't come any better than this. This film has one of the best fight scenes in a movie between The Rock and the Kontiki rebels. It also has some of the best stunt work as two stunt men are thrown from a jeep as it falls off the side of a cliff. The stunt men tumble and fall down the cliff, hitting multiple trees and debris. Eventually the two men perform a tumbling 55' high fall into a large pool without the use of wires.But, what it has most of all is the Puerto Rican, Cuban, African American, Irish and Native American beauty Rosario Dawson (Rent, Sin City, Grindhouse).This is probably the best role I have seen for Christopher Walken. He plays Hatcher, the bad guy, and he plays it well.Even Arnold Schwarzenegger puts in an appearance.

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