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The Rundown

Play trailer Poster for The Rundown PG-13 Released Sep 26, 2003 1h 44m Adventure Action Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Beck (The Rock) is a tight-lipped bounty hunter who doesn't like to use a gun and accepts any job without asking questions. When Beck's employer, Walker (William Lucking), sends him to the Amazon to locate Walker's cocky son, Travis (Seann William Scott), Beck discovers a population controlled by a tyrannical treasure hunter (Christopher Walken). To survive, Beck and Travis must work together, without their affections for a mysterious rebel (Rosario Dawson) getting in the way.
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The Rundown doesn't break any new ground, but it's a smart, funny buddy action picture with terrific comic chemistry between Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Seann William Scott.

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David Ansen Newsweek The Rock and Seann William Scott work up some nice comic chemistry, but it's the dependably warped Walken who steals the most scenes. The frenetically edited fight sequences will satisfy the blood lust of the target audience. Mar 12, 2018 Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media Mildly entertaining action movie with The Rock. Rated: 3/5 Dec 29, 2010 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Kaleem Aftab The List The Rock and Scott play an unconventional buddy team that has a similar dynamic to Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in Midnight Run, but without the acting ability or comic touch. Rated: 2/5 Apr 18, 2019 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews The Rundown‘s tolerable and periodically engaging atmosphere is due almost entirely to the charm of (and chemistry between) The Rock and Scott’s respective figures... Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 6, 2010 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed A lot of fun and just a balls to the wall guy action flick... Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jay W With the power of hindsight, it is funny to see how this movie would become the blueprint for all future Rock projects. Yes, it takes place in the jungle, where Johnson would make his home in both "Jumanji" and "Jungle Cruise". But even without that point, the whole thing just screams 'Rock Movie'. The action-comedy tone, the random fight scenes based on simple misunderstandings, the action being a series of quick cuts that are barely watchable, the bad CGI and even the way the story unfolds is all classic Dwayne Johnson style. Most importantly, the character he plays is the character he would go onto play in every movie going forward. Oh, and Christopher Walken is in this, and he is always a fun box of crazy. If you're a fan of The Rock, then this movie will be right up your alley. But if you think his movies are OK at best, this one is a run of the mill action movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Alex H Disagree with some of the negative reviews like it had no plot well it has to have a plot to be film 4/5 as it does get slightly repetitive in places Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review MIGUEL Z A horribly bad movie, bad action, a horribly handled plot twist, stupid jokes, the movie has nothing to do with Brazil and an extremely stupid plot, nothing in this movie is saved, don't waste your time Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/04/24 Full Review Regina G Despite some funny jokes, It is another movie, when we can see no respect for reality, no true language, music, Amazon forest, appearence of people...absolutly nothing of Brazil in It. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review Gorptholemew T 🍅 6.0/10 The peeing scene is 100% accurate. Good enough fast paced action movie, With a fun performance from a young rock. But the third act makes up for a lot of the smaller grapes I have. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Pongo K A typical feel-good comedy-action. It's ok, silly enough, violent enough, the crooks get what they deserve, and by tomorrow you will have forgotten that you ever watched it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Beck (The Rock) is a tight-lipped bounty hunter who doesn't like to use a gun and accepts any job without asking questions. When Beck's employer, Walker (William Lucking), sends him to the Amazon to locate Walker's cocky son, Travis (Seann William Scott), Beck discovers a population controlled by a tyrannical treasure hunter (Christopher Walken). To survive, Beck and Travis must work together, without their affections for a mysterious rebel (Rosario Dawson) getting in the way.
Director
Peter Berg
Producer
Kevin Misher, Marc Abraham, Karen Glasser
Screenwriter
R.J. Stewart, R.J. Stewart, James Vanderbilt
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
WWE Films, Misher Films, Universal Pictures, Strike Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation, IM3 Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Some Crude Dialogue|Adventure Violence)
Genre
Adventure, Action, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 26, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 24, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$47.6M
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Surround
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