The Rundown

2003 "Bulls, guns, whips, gold and one sacred cat"
6.7| 1h44m| PG-13| en
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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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Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
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.
gst2000 I read somewhere that this was a spiritual remake of Midnight Run which is one of my favourite films...any fans of Midnight Run DO NOT FALL INTO THE SAME TRAP! Some bits are directly ripped from Midnight Run (from memory the start is incredibly similar), but the rest of the film is completely different, as is the humour. I found myself snigering a couple of times, usually due to the excellent Christopher Walken, but other than that the comedy fell short for me...and what was that awful Scottish accent of the pilot? Initially I thought he was Irish...then there were bagpipes and the penny dropped he was supposed to be Scottish.Maybe it's just me (being from the UK - something lost in translation?), but I found some of the 'slapstick' too OTT (rolling down the cliff being a good example) also things like 100's bullets being fired and all hitting the ground near feet (worst aiming in history). I found the comedy a bit too childish at times (toilet jokes)...but maybe the age rating had something to do with it? Anyway, overall the film was OK maybe I went in with my expectations too high (although I was aware this film wasn't as good) - not bad but anyone thinking of watching this needs to know Midnight Run is a substantially better film.
SnoopyStyle Beck (Dwayne Johnson) is a bounty hunter and debt collector who hates guns. He wants out of the business but Billy Walker has one last job for him and he gets his restaurant. He needs to retrieve Billy's son Travis (Seann William Scott) from the Amazonian mining town El Dorado. Declan (Ewen Bremner) is the bush pilot. Mr. Hatcher (Christopher Walken) runs the hellish mine worked by desperate locals. He allows Beck to take Travis for $10k but then reneges. He wants the golden artifact "El Gato do Diabo" which Travis has tracked down. The local barmaid Mariana (Rosario Dawson) is also the local resistance leader.There is great jungle action and The Rock has some fun fight action. The jungle fight with the rebels is both thrilling and hilarious. Walken is a fun wacky villain. Seann William Scott and The Rock have great combative comedic chemistry. They're both lots of fun and together they are hilarious. I find myself laughing a lot. The jokes do run out but the CGI action only gets crazier.
kluhyarg The movie is watchable, but not worth a second time in my opinion.My main problem with the movie is Travis (played by Seann William Scott), he is very annoying which made me wish he was punched by The Rock every time he says or does anything...Dwayne Johnson is great in the movie, the only problem I have is that there is little explanation about why he does not uses weapons. Christopher Walken is good as always, but didn't do much in the movie. The rest is okay, except by the supposed Brazilian people in the movie not played by Brazilian actors, but this will only be noticed by Brazilian people.The action is okay if you don't mind some unrealistic moves, the jokes are week for the most part and the story is okay but the end makes no sense to me.