The Rundown (2003)

Genre: Action / Comedy

Directed by: Peter Berg

Cast: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken

Running time: 104 minutes

Beck works as a retrieval expert AKA bounty hunter for Billy Walker, but his dream is to open a classy restaurant. Beck tells his employer of his desire to leave the business, but he is convinced to take one last job before getting the money he needs: Retrieving Walker’s rebellious son Travis from a small town in Brazil. Beck will find himself in a strange land, in the midst of a war for the possession of a precious artifact.

The Rundown is a very entertaining film that mixes action scenes with comedy. The Rock and Seann William Scott have a great comedic chemistry on screen and they play quite well off each other. They had me laughing out loud quite a few times. Christopher Walken was also a treat, in the role of bad guy Cornelius Bernard Hatcher.

This 2003 film does not take itself seriously and does not pretend to have a very deep message to convey. It is pure, fun, entertainment. In that sense, the movie does what it aims to do.

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