The Rundown is a 2003 action comedy film. The movie was produced by Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Strike Entertainment, and WWE Films and distributed by Universal Pictures. The Rundown was written by R.J. Stewart and James Vanderbilt and directed by Peter Berg.
The story is a retrieval expert named Beck is hired for a simple job, travel to Brazil and get his employer's son Travis back to him. They both soon learn of a population control plan run by an evil treasure hunter, now they must work together or suffer at the hands of an evil tyrant.
Why It's Underrated
The reason why The Rundown is underrated is because it's kind of been forgotten about. I haven't seen this movie be played on TV in years. Which kinda sucks because this movie is a perfect popcorn flick.
My Thoughts
Now let's get this out of the way, yes, the story is simple and doesn't really do anything new. But, the movie makes up for that by giving us a really fun ride to watch with The Rock and Seann William Scott front and center.
Speaking of The Rock and Seann William Scott, these two were amazing together. They had just great chemistry and it really became the entire highlight of the movie. Seeing them banter with one another was really funny.
What also makes The Rundown a pretty good movie is the comedy. I can't tell how hard I laughed at this movie, it was truly funny. Every bit of the jokes in here worked.
Another aspect of the film that makes it good is the character of Beck played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He's backstory isn't fully explained but, in retrospective the movie was better off with just the hints that were sprinkled throughout the runtime. What I also liked about the character was this is The Rock's most calm role yet. Sure it's awesome to see play someone similar to Hobbs in the Fast & Furious movies, but because he's playing a more relaxed character he really shows off more of his acting.
The other thing that makes the movie work is Christopher Walken as Hatcher. Now, Hatcher isn't a deep villain by any means, but what made his character work was Christopher Walken putting a lot of effort into the role. He has this bit of dialogue about the tooth fairy and it's somehow great because Walken made it work.
Since this IS an action movie, you're probably asking "how is the action?" Well folks....it's awesome. You got fight scenes where the hits look like that actually hurt, guns firing all over the place, and of course, explosions. All of the action in the movie was truly a blast.
While the story of The Rundown doesn't break any new ground what made it a fun movie was the chemistry between The Rock & Seann, the comedy, the character of Beck, Christopher Walken as Hatcher, and the action scenes.
My final rating is Good.
Alright everyone, that's it for me. Come back on Thursday, Jul 1st for a special post about comic books. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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