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Summary: great action flick, great laughs
Review: Praise for The Rock's performance in this film is not overrated. He has come into his own in this film and established himself as a true actor and not just a muscle-bound cretin. The Rock plays Beck, a polite leg-breaker for a low-life loan shark with big-time "clients" such as NFL super stars. In a business where violence is his back-up when diplomacy doesn't work, Beck loathes guns and has a deeper desire to run his own 5-star restaurant and leave this knuckle-busting life behind him.His boss gives him one last assignment before he cuts him loose and gives him the restaurant of his dreams... the mission: bring back his son Travis (Seann William Scott). His father has pulled his son's butt out of a sling so many times, he is reeling him in to face the music. Beck heads to South America to retrieve Travis in what he believes will be a quick grab and flight back to the U.S. Unbeknownst to Beck, Travis is seeking a priceless golden idol and a local slave driver (Christopher Walken) is keeping tabs on Travis so he can steal the treasure from him as soon as he finds it. Hatcher (Walken) runs a gold-mining operation, employing the local populous at disgustingly pitiful pay and slave-like hours and treatment. It's a real shanty-town, but filled with sophisticated cameras and other surveillance equipment and gun-toting thugs. There is non-stop butt-kicking and far-out choreography through-out the film. So many scenes are so proposterous, it borders on insulting your intelligence, but things happen so fast and you get such a good laugh along the way, you really just sit back for the ride. There are a couple of scenes involving monkeys that are real gut-busters for laughs - but they used African baboons for these scenes - not animals you'd ever encounter in the western hemisphere. Anyone who watches the Discovery Channel even once in a while will roll their eyes at these scenes, but still laugh. A local bar-keep named Mariana (Rosaria Dawson) adds an additional twist. Is she just a bar-keep, or is there something else going on... and how does she keep her hair looking so nice while running for her life in the middle of a humid rain forest? Seann William Scott has proved that he is much more than the "Stifler" character in the "American Pie" series... he is a talented actor and can portray a range of characters and emotions. This film will probably be his launching pad into more serious roles in the future. There is some language, but nothing beyond what you'd see on NYPD Blue on TV, limited in-your-face violence... just butt kicking, and no sex scenes - so the movie is fairly family-safe. On the overall first-time-viewing enjoyment meter, I'd give this film 5 stars, but on the "would I ever want to see it again" meter, I give it half a star.
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Summary: Top Notch
Review: wow what can i say this was an action ride that has plenty of laughs along to go with it this is a great movie The Rock wasnt that great in the scorpian king but in this one he wasnt bad and seann william scott was a good add on and walken was a good villian the movie really gets you hyped up and when thats all and done with you can still get a few laughs out of it great film A Marvelous Action/Comedy Masterpiece that may Start
A New Franchise-- Jessy Cawnaway At the Movies Makes you laugh and pumped at the same time two thumbs up!! - Robert P/ Newberry Pictures Studios
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Summary: The Rock is at his best.
Review: a good old time with this one I had. from start to finish it was an enjoyable and awesome ride with The Rock(Dwayne Johnson) and Seann William Scott's nonstop bickering and fights and comic routines. Walken is a delight as the man who wants to get the idol too and Dawson is sexier than ever. a must see for The Rock and Stifler fans.
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Summary: GET READY TO RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
Review: I went to The Rundown last night and it was great-Stifler looked really good and hott on the big screen! It was very action packed-and pretty funny too-like those monkeys-they were pretty funny! Im buying this movie on dvd when it comes to dvd and video for sure! Actually Stifler is the best part of this movie...! The Rundown is my new favorite movie! WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE TOUGH GUY!
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Summary: Infantile Humor
Review: This was a bad movie. The action scenes were descent, but the humor was terrible. I am a Walkin fan, and I had hoped for something more. I was given infantile humor. Come on ... give me something funnier, than a really short guy running out of a bar during a fight. I have seen better action movies.
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Summary: surprising... Its really good HONEST
Review: Personally I didnt think much of this film when i saw the previews. After the horrible "scorpian king" rocky shows us he can act and is very funny. Same kind of humor he's shown in "saturday night live" At first i didnt think much of the film, but now that you look at it it has a Quasi allstar cast. They all are funny and they all CAN ACT!. very fun very very fun! HONEST! have i ever steered ya wrong. You can't go wrong with "Stifler" from american pie. He alone with his semi qwerky semi sarcastic sense of humor could carry the film. But he makes a great team with "the rock" and christopher Walkens Is extrememly funnyas the villain. And we have the sultry rosario dawson! what could go wrong?... well alot But its good! I PROMISe PRince O funky POP
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Summary: The Rundown-Cool, Funny and Entertaining
Review: The Rundown, directed by Peter Berg (Very Bad Things)and starring The Rock a.k.a Dwayne Douglas Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson and Chrisotper Walken is one cool, action flick.
The Rock, who plays the natural action hero shows us he can act (much better than in the dreadful, "The Scorpion King") as well as his softer side. Seann William Scott is funny and amusing as always, though he's best known for playing Stifler in the "American Pie" films. Rosario Dawson, (looking better) pulls off her role too as a rebe leader of a village and who could forget Christopher Walken as our villan playing a typical role here, who is also reasonbly amusing.
The storyline to this movie is nothing amazing, but it's a little different than the formulaic plots to a lot of action films coming out these days. The Rock plays Beck, a bounty hunter who is collecting debt for his mob boss. Though he wants out of the business and wants to retire to open up a restaurant his boss says that he has to do one more job for him, in which he'll gain 250 thousand dollars. He of course agrees, this time to rescue his boss's estranged son in the Amazon. The film takes on an interesting path from here with nice and new might I add action sequences. With stylish stunts done by the big guy himself. This film is pretty humorous too, mainly due to Scott and The Rock, the rapport between them is well portrayed. Rosario Dawson plays the love interest of Scott as a rebel leader who is more deceptive and dangerous than she seems. And Walken plays a mine owner who is on their trail when he finds something of interest to him that Scott's character has.
The Rundown is rated PG-13 for Adventure Violence and Some Crude Language. There are mainly intense but bloodless gun, knife, and whip fights. Also some nice fighting sequences, which are well choreograped and different. There is also toilet humor, reasonably mild sexual innuendo and as stated earlier some crude dialogue & language. Worth seeing in theatres as I have luckily and possibly owning on Video or DVD.
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Summary: A suprisingly fun action film.
Review: In life, it is often good to have a career that combines your talents and interests as there can be nothing more frustrating than not being able to utilize your talents to their full extent. For Beck (The Rock), his talent for finding people who do not want to be found has made him a very in demand individual albeit reluctantly. Beck longs to get out of the business and start his own restaurant, but a poor decision from his past has caused him to work for until his debt is repaid. Hope arrives for Beck when he is sent to South America to retrieve son Travis (Sean William Scott) who has caused issues for his father and must return to make amends. Beck is promised $250,000 and a complete erasure of his debt upon completion of the assignment. With the chance to at last open his restaurant in sight, Beck arrives in El Dorado and locates in a mining town that is run with an iron fist by a man named Hatcher (Christopher Walken), and his army of goons. Beck is allowed to take Travis home for a fee but things do not go as planned, as Beck and Travis seem find themselves at odds with Hatcher and running for their lives into the dense jungles. An interesting subplot to the film has Travis looking for a valuable artifact known as El Gato that has great interest to a local lady named Mariana (Rosario Dawson), who sees the idol as a chance to release the towns people from the control of Hatcher who also covets the artifact for his own needs. What follows are some humorous and segments as Beck and Travis verbally and physically spar with one another, rebels and over amorous monkeys as they attempt to avoid Hatcher and reach the airfield. What makes "The Rundown" work is the solid chemistry between The Rock and Scott who seem to be having a great time making the film. The action in the film is fun and blends in well with the humor without being forced. Walken is good as the comedic yet evil Hatcher and gets the majority of the films best lines. Yes the story is not that deep but director Peter Berg keeps things moving at a steady pace and makes "The Rundown" a pleasant surprise and should establish The Rock firmly as an action star to contend with. 4/5 Gareth Von Kallenbach
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Summary: The Rundown
Review: I thought this movie was very well done, and extremely original. The Rock is excellent as a man who is counting on getting his own restaurant, so in high hopes, he is sent away on a long trip to find the son (Sean William Scott) of his employer.
This film has got awesome action sequences, very funny one-liners
from all of the characters, and the direction is epic! Overall, I'd have to say The Rundown is one of the best action movies of all time. It combines humour and action in a combination you have to see...to believe.
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Summary: number one movie of the year
Review: this movie is one of the greatest movie of the year. not only is is for the men but you'll find that the women like it just as much if not more. it is action packed for the men and funny for the women. plus the ROCK is in it that is enough for the women. this movie had me laughing form te beginnig to the end. so if your in the mood to laugh this should be your number one choice.
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