The Rundown [WS] [Blu-ray]

Director: Peter Berg Peter Berg

Overview

Beck (The Rock) is a "retrieval specialist" in hock to a powerful and not particularly nice gentleman named Walker (William Lucking). Beck is anxious to retire from his dangerous work and open a small restaurant. Walker tells Beck he'll be free and clear with enough cash to fulfill his dream if he does one more job. He sends Beck into the Brazilian rainforest to bring back his wayward son, Travis (Seann William Scott). Travis is down there looking for a legendary idol, El Gato Diablo, which he could sell for millions if he found it. A pretty local, Mariana (Rosario Dawson), offers Travis the use of her boat in exchange for a cut of the take on the statue. But the powerful Hatcher (Christopher Walken) owns the area's huge mine, where locals work for slave wages, and feels that anything found in the area is his property. He refuses to let Beck take Travis back to the U.S. until the statue is in his hands. Using his estimable fighting prowess (he doesn't like guns), Beck manages to get Travis out of town, but Travis doesn't want to go home, and he ends up getting them stranded in the jungle, where they're confronted with horny monkeys and angry guerrillas. To make matters worse, Hatcher and his thugs are hot on their trail, and Mariana turns out to have her own motives for getting involved. The Rundown, the second film directed by actor Peter Berg (Very Bad Things), features a brief, uncredited cameo by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/10/2009
UPC:	0025195055581
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00

Special Features

Deleted scenes; Rumble in the Jungle; The Amazon, Hawaii style; Appetite for Destruction; The Rundown Uncensored; Running Down the Town; Walken's World; Feature commentary With The Rock and director Peter Berg; Feature commentary with producers Kevin Misher and Marc Abraham

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Seann William Scott	Travis
Christopher Walken	Hatcher
Rosario Dawson	Mariana
Ewen Bremner	Declan
Jon Gries	Harvey
William Lucking	Walker
Ernie Reyes Jr.	Manito
Stuart Wilson	Swenson,Swenson
Dennis Keiffer	Naylor
Garrett Warren	Henshaw
Toby Holguin	Head Indian Tracker
Paul Power	Martin
Stephen Bishop	Knappmiller
Chuck Norman	Mullaire
Jamal Duff	Jamal,Coggeshall
Jeff Chase	Kambui
Jackson Price	Rudy
Anthony Diaz-Perez	Paymaster
Todd Stashwick	Quadrant Manager
Marcio Moraes	Guard
Tony Lima	Whipped Miner
James K. Miranda	Supply Unimog Passenger
David Prak	Rebel
Ron Cummings	Quadrant Captain
Bruno Serrano	Kontiki Rebel
Filipe Teixeira	Kontiki Rebel,Kontiki Rebel
Adriano Paulo	Kontiki Rebel
Reginaldo Santana	Kontiki Rebel
Donald R. Jankiewicz	Goon,Goon,Goon
Mary Joy	Professor
Dwayne Johnson	Beck
Paul Powers	Actor
Price Jackson	Rudy
Jean-Claude Van Damme	Storm,Brett
Adam Brody	Chris
Rob Huebel	Phil
Kristen Schaal	Brenda
Megan Boone	Lisa
Dennis Haysbert	Mr. Palmer
Bianca Brigitte VanDamme	Ashley
Juan Defendini	Javier
Eric Edelstein	Jared
Zev Glassenberg	Luther the Intern/Javier
Tommy Kavelin	Bob Krayton
Teeadora Paz	Stephanie
Michael J. Morris	Michael
Robert Peters	Dale
John Piñero	Buddy the Pilot
Mark Sherman	Sailor Bob
Aaron Takahashi	Troy
Brian Tester	Senior Naval Officer
Andrea Ruiz	Bartender
Corey Large	Danny
Harry Gregson-Williams	Composer
Karl Preusser	Composer

Technical Credits

James Vanderbilt

R.J. Stewart

Jeff Kauffmann

Peter Berg	Director
James Vanderbilt	Screenwriter
R.J. Stewart	Screenwriter
Marc Abraham	Producer
Andy Cheng	Stunts
Burt Dalton	Special Effects
Karen Glasser	Producer
Les Hunter	Special Effects
Ric Kidney	Executive Producer,Producer
Vince McMahon	Executive Producer,Producer
Kevin Misher	Producer
Bill Corless	Producer
Alan Beattie	Executive Producer,Producer
Chris Chesser	Producer,Executive Producer
John Corry	Executive Producer,Producer
Laura Ashford	Special Effects
Todd Bloomer	Stunts
Jon Ailetcher	Sound Effects
Lawrence Commans	Sound Effects
Colin Cooper	Sound Effects
Yann Delpuech	Sound Effects
Mark Fay	Sound Effects
Thomas Burkhart	Special Effects
Garnet Baril	Special Effects
Nick Butcher	Special Effects
Terry Chapman	Special Effects
Curtis Decker	Special Effects
Dale Ettema	Special Effects
Werner Hahnlein	Special Effects
Jim Jolly	Special Effects
Chris Jones	Special Effects
William Klinger	Special Effects
Garth Majors	Special Effects
Tim Moran	Special Effects
Francis Pennington	Special Effects
David A. Poole	Special Effects
Christopher Suarez	Special Effects
Vaughn Williams	Special Effects
Greg Anthony	Stunts
Max Daniels	Stunts
Dakota Mitchell	Stunts
Rob Meltzer	Director
Jeff Kauffmann	Screenwriter
Justin Kanew	Producer
Luillo Ruiz	Producer
Peter Graham	Producer
Robert Bevan	Producer
Mark Feldstein	Producer
Alex Goldstone	Producer
Stephen Hays	Producer
Samantha Horley	Producer
Corey Large	Producer
Ewan Leslie	Producer
Cyril Megret	Producer
Alan Pao	Producer
Brad Roth	Producer
Bruce Simberg	Producer
Mark Cartier	Producer
Sue Denisco Mullin	Producer
Ethan Newberry	Producer
James Norrie	Producer
Luis A. Riefkohl	Producer
Belly Torres	Producer
Chun-Lin Kuo	Special Effects
Jason Abell	Sound Effects
Jean-Michel Béranger	Sound Effects
Matt Hall	Sound Effects
Luis Landrau	Sound Effects
Leobardo Ledon	Sound Effects
Arnold Peterson	Special Effects
Terry P. Chapman	Special Effects
David Poole	Special Effects
Hatch Production	Special Effects
Jim Shelton	Key Grip
William A. Klinger	Special Effects
Chris Suarez	Special Effects
Cheryl Bainum	Executive Producer
Perpetual Motion Pictures, Inc.	Special Effects
Eric Rylander	Special Effects
Bruce Kuroyama	Special Effects
Jim Jolley	Special Effects
Gary Price	Stunts
Eddie Yansick	Stunts
Brian Keaulana	Stunts
Brock Little	Stunts
Tanoai Reed	Stunts
Xuyen T. Valdivia	Stunts
Marko Zaror	Stunts
John Valera	Stunts
Mitch Gould	Stunts
Chino Binamo	Stunts
Lynn Kressel	Casting
Norm Compton	Stunts
Norman Howell	Stunts
Jeff Cadiente	Stunts
Ben Bray	Stunts
Jared Eddo	Stunts
Bob McDougall	Stunts
Anita Hart	Stunts
J.J. Perry	Stunts
Dave Schultz	Stunts
Nick Palma	Stunts
Jaswant Abrescy	Stunts
Daniel Arrias	Stunts
Mesepa Tanoai	Stunts
Sonny Sisson	Stunts
Michael Rufino	Stunts
Rhythm & Hues Studios	Special Effects
William Harrison	Special Effects
Rusty Keauluna	Stunts
Gary Guercio	Stunts
Tim Connolly	Stunts
Rob Mars	Stunts
Nito Larioza	Stunts
Geovanny Corvera	Stunts
Suzanne W.M. Reed	Stunts
Craig Davidson	Stunts
Erik Rondell	Stunts
Cole McKay	Stunts
Patrick Statham	Stunts
Christian Fletcher	Stunts
Toby Holguin	Stunts
Jon Sakata	Stunts
Joe Vasquez	Stunts
Troy Wood	Stunts
Paul Eliopolus	Stunts
Roberto Gutierrez	Stunts
Clint James	Stunts
Dan Southworth	Stunts
Luke LaFontaine	Stunts
Dustin Meier	Stunts
Terry Ahue	Stunts
Fuzzy Moody	Stunts
Eddie Fernandez	Stunts
Mark Weingarten	Sound Mixer
Paul Massey	Sound Mixer
Doug Hemphill	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

This modest, entertaining film further solidifies the action-star standing of the wrestling superstar known as The Rock (a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson), building on his impressive turns in The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King. The Rock, like other wrestlers who've dabbled in acting, realizes that his ring persona has created certain expectations in his fans, and he's smart enough to capitalize on those preconceived notions while at the same time poking fun at his carefully crafted image. In The Rundown, he plays Beck, a mob "retrieval specialist" sent to the Amazon wilderness to find and retrieve his employer's ne'er-do-well son (Seann William Scott). The young man, searching for a golden idol of reportedly immeasurable wealth, has run afoul of Hatcher (Christopher Walken), a local entrepreneur who runs a mining operation with an iron hand. Hatcher feels that the icon should be his and intends to hold onto the spoiled scion until it's located. This, of course, doesn't work for Beck. The Rock is nothing if not an adept comedian -- you have to be, if you're to succeed in pro wrestling these days -- and he tosses quips with the same aplomb he brings to his bone-crunching fight scenes. Scott, the perennial wiseacre, makes a pretty good foil for this hero, and Rosario Dawson is both tough and sexy as a local femme fatale whom neither man can altogether trust. Director Peter Berg takes a fairly lowbrow enterprise and gives it some wit with his clever handling of stereotypical situations and cardboard characters. Berg helps The Rock invest his character with humor and vulnerability, and he restrains the increasingly eccentric Walken just enough to keep his villain from becoming cartoonish. Nobody will ever mistake The Rundown for sophisticated comedy, but viewers looking for a lighthearted romp with plenty of action will definitely not be disappointed.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse