The Rundown

Plot

A tough aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure.

Release Year: 2003

Rating: 6.6/10 (43,121 voted)

Critic's Score: 59/100

Director:
Peter Berg

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken

Storyline
The Rock as a bounty hunter who attempts to square a debt by heading to the Amazon jungle to capture someone. The bounty hunter discovers that his quarry isn't the bad guy he'd been warned about, and the two team up in pursuit of riches stored in a mine in the Amazon.

Writers: R.J. Stewart, R.J. Stewart

Cast:

Dwayne Johnson
–

Beck

(as The Rock)

Seann William Scott
–

Travis

Rosario Dawson
–

Mariana

Christopher Walken
–

Hatcher

Ewen Bremner
–

Declan

Jon Gries
–

Harvey

William Lucking
–

Walker

Ernie Reyes Jr.
–

Manito

Stuart F. Wilson
–

Swenson

Dennis Keiffer
–

Naylor

Garrett Warren
–

Henshaw

Toby Holguin
–

Head Indian Tracker

Paul S. Power
–

Martin

(as Paul Power)

Stephen Bishop
–

Knappmiller

Chuck Norman
–

Mullaire

Taglines:
Bulls, guns, whips, gold and one sacred cat

Details

Official Website:
Universal |

Release Date: 26 September 2003

Filming Locations: Brazil

Box Office Details

Budget: $85,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $18,533,765
(USA)
(28 September 2003)
(3152 Screens)

Gross: $47,592,825
(USA)
(30 November 2003)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

At the end of the film, Jon Gries' character is wearing a scorpion necklace. It's is the same one that Memnon wears in
The Scorpion King.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
When Travis goes to the washroom in the jungle he never zips himself back up!

Quotes:

[first lines]

Emeril Lagasse (on radio):
I just love mushrooms. One of my favorites, or as I call it, "the king of mushrooms," is the porcini. Now stop right there. Don't be alarmed. There's a lot of confusion in this country between porcini, the Italian name, and cèpes, which is the French name. They're fat and they're earthy. Now the porcini is most often seen dried here in this country. And they would always be labeled "dried porcinis," not "dried cèpes." OK? They are very, very, very flavorful.

User Review

Surprisingly Good

Rating: 8/10

And very funny.

I can honestly say I seriously doubted I would like this film and I
only went to see it because it was on and I was there. I'd never seen a
movie with The Rock before or even watched any wrestling so I was kind
of dubious as to whether or not he would be any good.

In fact he was a great actor, full of personality and charisma, willing
to make fun of himself and was great with the action. The Rock is
definitely the next Arnie. Vin (Donald Duck) Diesel is the next Jean
Claude Van Damme.

Seann William Scott was also pretty funny in a rare NOT Stifler
performance. As an actor he does have genuine talent that's usually
wasted in low-brow teen sex comedies.

The Rundown is a sort of Indiana Jones-lite movie. The Rock plays a
bounty hunter/chef who is sent to track down Seann William Scott south
of the border. Against his will The Rock ends up on a trek through the
depths of the Mexican jungle looking for some ancient artefact.
Unoriginal it may be but director Peter Berg keeps it moving with
plenty of stunts, action and laughs. Christopher Walken's villain is a
bit of a cardboard cut-out but how evil are you allowed to be in a
PG-13?

I look forward to the next movie starring The Rock. With talks of a
third Conan movie I can only imagine him being the best choice. And
keep a lookout for Arnie in the nightclub at the very beginning. 'Have
fun' is his only line. And fun The Rock will certainly have as the next
BIG action hero.

Keep a lookout for Scottish actor Ewan Bremner (a zillion times the
'star' Ewan MacGregor is) in a funny role as a slob pilot.