Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Micransix Crappy film

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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.

MellowStello I've always found this movie to be extremely entertaining and watchable. So glad Hulu picked this up! "The Rock" before he was TOO popular, haha....Sean William Scott was really great in this film, as well. I think a lot of people felt those two guys were great on screen together. Hilarious actually!Truly epic introduction scene complete with "player stats" and an exhilarating fight sequence. Definitely a creative and well produced opener. I was thoroughly entertained rewatching this one after several years. Totally holds up:]

eric262003 In the year 2000, charismatic WWE superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made his acting debut in "The Mummy Returns", the viewers thought "here we go again", another wrestling superstar making a fool of himself by starring in another convoluted action film! It's been done!" We all hoped he would just simply put on the trunks and just grapple with Steve Austin or Triple H and headline another pay- per-view. But he didn't let the critics get the best of him. He took himself to other avenues in the entertainment community where his talents were appreciated. He was a guest on the long-running sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" where he excelled quite nicely as a comedic performer and did well as satirization to near perfection. Then in 2002, he returned to the big screen for another tryout. He reprised his role in "The Mummy Returns" spin-off "The Scorpion King" and though not entirely The Rock's fault the script and the movie as a whole was a flop, and once again he was the centre of ridicule as another no- talent wrestler/actor wannabe. But his guest performances on SNL proved contrary if given the right scripting for him to work on. In 2003, The Rock stars in "The Rundown" which combines adventure mixed in with spectacular comedic elements to it. In many ways it feels like a satirical take on the Indiana Jones films of the 1980's set in the Amazon jungles of Brazil. The Rock seems to be closer at home here as he juxtaposes his knack for comedic smarminess and his ability to excite us with the action scenes splendidly. "The Rundown" turned this wannabe actor into the real deal. The Rock stars as Beck, a bounty hunter who's been assigned to scour the Brazilian jungles to a mining village of El Dorado to rescue the son who's father is the leader of an organized crime establishment. The spoiled stubborn son goes by the name Travis (Seann William Scott) who at the time was the right person to play spoiled whiny twenty-somethings. The head honcho is a guy named Hatcher (Christopher Walken) who has successfully gain access to his worker's lives by charging them a bundle in cost of living expenses as well as blackmailing them every chance he gets and is not afraid to utilize strong-arm tactics. Travis can't escape where he is, but also really has no intentions for that matter. He believes there's a treasure nearby with loot that's gregariously sufficient in profit. Hatcher wants his end of the deal too which is why he refrains from shooting Beck and Travis when Beck lures him away through trial and tribulation. This leads to a high octane chase as Beck tries to lure Travis out of the Amazonian jungles with Hatcher's troop not far behind them. To make things more complex than we have thought, there are few people who oppose Hatcher and his intentions. Beck and Travis are befriended by a local villager named Mariana who also has intentions of obtaining the treasure as a means to free her villagers from Hatcher's clutches. I guess we needed a human rights diatribe implanted in this action flick, but I couldn't care the least. The film was directed by Peter Berg with a script by written by R.J. Stewart and James Vanderbilt is extremely entertaining and vibrant. The verbal jabs between The Rock and Scott are humorous and clever and the fight scenes exhibits just how tough The Rock is as he fends off against his adversaries with ease is high in adrenaline that will approve to action movie aficionados. And what can be said about screen veteran Christopher Walken? This man doesn't care what film he's in whether good or bad? Heck, this guy will even perform in a movie gratis if he wanted to. As long as there's some eccentricity implanted into his deadpan delivery. His resume during this period sees him starring in very forgettable films that is inferior to his impressive career of films that he has starred in. But "The Rundown" may not be an Oscar calibre film like "The Deer Hunter", but it's still a great film and Walken plays a very prominent role here and if Walken generates more screen time the more entertained I am. His delivery of lines is very poetic almost like as if he knew the script before reading or maybe he's just a naturally eccentric individual. What's refreshing here is that our protagonist refuses to bear any arms due to a horrific experience with them. Besides knowing his size and strength, why does he need them? But once the movie becomes gun dependent, the timing was well planned. Too many movies feature gratuitous gun fight and it becomes monotonous and mundane. But the gun fights are minimal and only when needed is original. This movie is one that truly unsuspecting pleasant surprise. For those who love action, clever dialogue and plenty of Walken, this movie is highly recommended for all to enjoy.

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.