: The Rundown
Fun actioner with typical lightweight full-of-holes plot. The Rock is surprisingly good, much better than in other movies. He plays a “retrieval expert,” who collects debts or people or whatever. His boss sends him to South America to retreive his son (Sean William Scott), who’s in the jungle looking for an artifact. What follows is beautiful choas and non-stop action as the son doesn’t want to go back until he’s found the priceless artifact, the wealthy mine owner (Christopher Walken) who rules that whole section of the jungle who also wants the artifact, and the rebels who want the artifact so they can free themselves from the rule of Walken. There’s a lot of comedy and entertaining silliness, great action by the Rock, and a light but satisfying story to hold the mess together. The Rock and Scott have great chemistry, and the action sequences are digitally enhanced (or something) to create something new (not quite as innovative as wirework and 3D cameras of
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