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Summary: The Rock & Stifler
Review: Let me start off by saying that "The Rundown" was an underrated movie. People just pushed it aside like if was like leftovers. I assure you that this film was a great action-comedy. The Rock showed his potential to be the next big action star (sorry Vin Diesel). The Rock plays Beck, a man who is notorious for getting things that normal people can't, without using weapons. In this instance, Beck must retrieve Travis (Sean William Scott) from a jungle. After finding Travis that's where the real fun begins. The Rock and Stifler were a perfect fit for each other. Christopher Walken is a kingpin who owns practically the whole jungle. Madness ensues when Beck and Travis find a lost treasure that's worth millions. "The Rundown" is a treasure in its own. Please take on a chance on a great action-comedy.
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Summary: Not a five stars picture, but the fun is there ^_^
Review: The Rundown is a comedy that you watch and laugh along with, and then you forget about it.It's not a "good" (as we say) movie, but it's quite entertaining, and The Rock finally, and for once, acts.The story is a routine treasure finding/enemies then friends/action-comedy, but it acomplishes what it means to, and it does that pretty good.Very watchable for once or twice, but I doubt more ;-)
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Summary: The Rundown Doesn't Let Down!
Review: Having missed the Rock in his previous silver screen roles, I was weary as to how a wrestling star would make the transition to movie star. Needless to say, I was not disppointed. The Rock proved himself a competant action hero in this enjoyable tale of a man sent to retrieve his bosses son. The laughs are frequent and the action is non-stop in this highly enjoyable film. I gave this film 3 stars, but it is closer to a 3.5. Recommended to anyone looking for a good film of this genre.
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Summary: 3 Notable Comic Performances. Otherwise Mediocre at Best.
Review: A "retrieval expert" named Beck (The Rock) travels to Brazil to find Travis Walker (Seann William Scott), the errant son of an American gangster, and bring him back to his father in Los Angeles. Once in Brazil, Beck finds that Travis is beholden to a man named Hatcher (Christopher Walken), the megalomaniacal owner of a huge gold-mining operation. He becomes embroiled in a race to find an ancient treasure hidden in the jungle that is sought by Travis, Hatcher, and the local tribespeople who want to free themselves from Hatcher's mines."The Rundown" is a comic action adventure movie. It has a silly plot and acrobatic fight sequences that are more preposterous than anything from The Rock's pro wrestling career. But if you can get past that, "The Rundown" features 3 good comic performances that are the backbone of this film. The Rock is often compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, but he's a lot funnier. And whereas Schwarzenegger and Stallone are known for their stoic countenances, The Rock has an unusually expressive face, which he puts to good comic use here. Pro wrestling fans may like Beck's fight sequences, but a wider audience will enjoy his comic scenes. Seann William Scott once again proves that he's an actor who will do anything for a laugh as Travis, a kooky would-be archeologist. And Christopher Walken's deadpan delivery of Hatcher's ruthless, preposterously funny lines is priceless. These three actors are the only thing that makes "The Rundown" watchable. But if you're a fan of The Rock, Walken, or Scott, this might be worth seeing. It's no surprise that The Rock is a competent action star, but even a mediocre film like "The Rundown" shows him to be a very charismatic screen presence with a good deal of comic talent. Better script next time, hopefully. The DVD: This is a nice package for a single disc. Bonus features include 2 audio commentaries, 6 featurettes, deleted scenes, a DVD-ROM (Windows only), and bios for cast and crew. One audio commentary is by director Peter Berg and The Rock. The other is by producers Kevin Misher and Marc Abraham. The featurettes: "Rumble in the Jungle" is a documentary about the film's fight scenes. "The Amazon, Hawaii Style" is about re-creating and filming the Brazilian jungle in Hawaii and features a lot of mutual comic criticism by The Rock and Seann William Scott. "Appetite for Destruction" is about the film's special effects. "The Rundown Uncensored" is a faux (spoof) documentary about The Rock's illicit onset relationship with the film's baboon star, Camilla. "Running Down the Town" is about the creation, in California, of the small Brazilian rain forest town where the film takes place, narrated by production designer Thomas Duffield. "Walken's World" is about the Hatcher character and his domain. All featurettes include interviews with the film's stars and director Peter Berg. Looking for a simple making-of documentary? Try "Rumble in the Jungle". Like the film's humor, particularly in the style of Seann William Scott? Try "The Amazon, Hawaii Style" and "The Rundown Uncensored". "Running Down the Town" is impressive, if you're interested in production design. The disc has 3 unavoidable previews before the film. Subtitles are available in Spanish and French, and captioning is available in English. Dubbing is available in Spanish and French.
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Summary: The Rock Rocks!
Review: The Rock is really developing into a great action hero! In this movie he shows tremendous talent as an actor in his ability to convey humor with the other actors as well as himself. He is not afraid to let himself get beaten up and to make fun of himself for the sake of the movie. His physical fighting scenes are tremendous. Especially the ones with the rebels. Great fighting in those scenes with the Rock doing many of his own stunts. I also enjoyed the DVD extras provided such as the commentary by the director (Peter Berg) and the Rock. I highly recommend this movie for any action movie lover. It's one of my favorites!
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Summary: The Rundown
Review: The Rundown
The Rock has nailed himself another movie. The Rundown stars Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, as Beck the "retrieval expert." This movie was much better than last years The Scorpion King, and definitely had more of a plot.
Beck's mission takes him deep into the Amazon, to a town called El Dorado. El Dorado is run by a ruthless warden named Hatcher (Christopher Walken), who has turned his people into slaves. He runs the kind of town where you work all day, and hand in all of your earnings at the end in exchange for food, and shelter. Beck is assigned to bring a treasure hunter
named Travis (Sean William Scott) back to his father in L.A. Obviously he doesn't wan to go back, so he wrecks their Jeep, and sends them down a hill, and deep into the jungle. Now their stuck, and the movie takes time for some humorous fights with village people, and crazy monkeys. This part of the movie gives us a twenty minute humor break until Christopher Walken's
character arrives, and terrorizes the village people they are staying with.
There is also another sub-plot about a golden cat statue that Hatcher wants as well, and this gives reason to capture a few people and create tension. Everyone has something different they want to use it for, Travis wants to sell it on eBay, Mariana (Rosario Dawson) a local bar tender, wants to use it to help her people, and Beck doesn't care either way. The only thing he's interested in is getting back home, and opening his own Italian restaurant. This movie makes a classic example of Christopher Walken's line: "Hero wears a normal hat, sidekick wears a funny hat, villain wears an ugly hat." And Hatcher's hat is truly ugly, I wouldn't be caught dead in it. But I think Hatcher's only reason to wear his hat is to cover up his hideous hair-do.
Overall, the movie was pretty funny, and had some great scenery; but some of the fight scenes were over the top, and there was clearly some wire action going on. In some scenes, the Rock will be beaten to a pulp, then stand up and smile, revealing one or two bruises. The movie got a little old after a while, too.
Rated PG-13 for adventure violence, and crude dialouge. Fist fights, knife fights, and shootouts. Your classic adventure movie. Not too graphic of course. A little crude humor here or there too. Not too crude, though. A bit of language as well.
-Austin Boggs
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Summary: The Rock is ready!
Review: Would you believe an action film with just the right amount of
adventure and comedy without the cost of high body count that comes
off entertaining in this day and age. Films of this type and genre
usually become formula after the opening title but this was truely
a treat that be seen by the whole family. The story is that of "Beck"(The Rock) A gentle giant of a man who
unfortunetly must make his living as a walking bill collector from
"deadbeats" that you wouldn't want to meet much less ask to pay up
All Beck really wants is get up of the "business" and start one of
his is own namely a restuarant. When he's offered (demanded) to
take on one last job in exchange for freedom and money to pay for
his business dream he takes it. The offer is that of bringing to
his employer his runaway grownup son Travis who is now in Amazon
country hunting a lost treasure. Upon arrival Beck meets a local
mining czar who has not only made slaves of the areas inhabitants but also has personal interest in Travis and his "lost treasure"
From there on in it's nonstop ride as Beck not only attempts his vow to bring back the reluctant boy (Sean William Scott) but to save his own life as well. In a movie like this you expect to endless carnage & gore galore
but to my surprise this extremely good film making without all of
the bloodshed. Now don't get me wrong I'm not talking a "G" movie
here. There are a few "colorful words" here and an "adult moment"
there but nothing brain damaging to the wee ones. If a "stuntmen"
award is ever developed by the Academy it should start with this
film. Some of the stuntwork is incredible and of the acting skill
of Christopher Walken is always welcome. The dvd captures all the films backbacking action and explosions
on it's 23.5:1 ratio and extras include "Making of" and location
featurettes and deleted scenes also beware the dvd case has two
side snaps that if your not use to can break off if forced enough
Rating:
Summary: Guilty pleasure- go ahead, buy it
Review: If for no other reason, you can watch Walken do his thing, as only he can do. A fun evening, with no heavy lifting, Enjoy.
Rating: 
Summary: Wasted Potential
Review: I really, really wanted to like this movie. I love action flicks. I love Christopher Walken. The combination of the two seemed almost too good to be true. And it was. I had high hopes for The Rundown, but this movie disappointed at almost every turn. The action was slick and well choreographed. I have to give it credit for that, at least. However, the dialogue and plot were recycled from every other buddy/action film ever made. (Think "48 Hours" meets "Romancing the Stone".) It was one embarrassing cliché after another. They may as well have shot 90 minutes of the Rock savagely beating a dead horse while Seann William Scott stood by pointing and laughing. The "comedy" bits are ground into the viewers face with all the subtlety of a WWF match. If I laughed at all, it's only because I felt intimidated into doing so. As an actor, the Rock has his work cut out for him. He's good at looking pissed and beating the crap out of people, but that's about all the range he can muster. And don't get me started on Stiffler. About midway through the film, I was praying Seann William Scott would get shot in the face already. This was just a jungle reprise of his American Pie role (and not in a good way). Maybe I set my expectations too high, but I don't think The Rundown was deserving of all the praise it received. Don't make the same mistake I did. Rent before you buy.
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Summary: I am puzzled at why this was not a HUGE hit in the boxoffice
Review: This movie only did approx $48 million in the box office with a budget cost almost double of what it made. Just bought it today and watched it. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MASSIVE HIT AT THE BOX OFFICE! This truly is a spectacular action film with plenty of humor. The Rock, Christopher Walker, Sean William Scott (?)all did a splendid job. There is even a cameo by Arnold. Buy this movie and you will surely watch it enough to more than pay for the price. I did not hear about this movie at all and picked it up...simply awesome.
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