The Run-Down

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:	06/13/2006
UPC:	0025193002327
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Universal Studios
Time:	1:45:00
Format:	HD
Sales rank:	57,814

Special Features

Closed Caption; Deleted scenes: The Rock's exclusive footage not shown in theaters; Rumble in the Jungle: Witness the choreographed magic behind the film's awesome stunts and fight scenes; Appetite for Destruction: a behind-the-scenes look at how the amazing explosions and special effects were created ; The Amazon, Hawaii-Style: Join the cast and filmmakers on location as they transform Hawaii into the Amazon; The Rundown Uncensored: Get the inside scoop on The Rock and his wild co-star, Camilla the Baboon; Feature commentaries

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rock	Beck
Seann William Scott	Travis
Rosario Dawson	Mariana
Christopher Walken	Hatcher
Ewen Bremner	Declan
Jon Gries	Harvey
William Lucking	Walker
Ernie Reyes	Manito
Stuart Wilson	Swenson
Corey Large	Danny
Dennis Keiffer	Naylor
Garrett Warren	Henshaw
Toby Holguin	Head Indian Tracker
Paul Power	Martin
Stephen Bishop	Knappmiller
Chuck Norman	Mullaire
Jamal Duff	Jamal
John Duff	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
Donald R. Jankiewicz	Goon
Patrick A. Jankiewicz	Goon
Filipe Teixeira	Kontiki Rebel
Alberto Teixeira	Kontiki Rebel
Adriano Paulo	Goon
Reginaldo Santana	Goon
Mary Joy	Professor

Technical Credits

R.J. Stewart

James Vanderbilt

Peter Berg	Director
Marc Abraham	Producer
Jaswant Abrescy	Stunts
Katina Aerr	Costumes/Costume Designer
Terry Ahue	Stunts
Colin Anderson	Camera Operator
Daniel Arrias	Stunts
Hunter Athey	Animator
Cheryl Bainum	Executive Producer
Steve Baker	Animator
Garnet Baril	Special Effects
Alan Beattie	Executive Producer
Chino Binamo	Stunts
Ben Bray	Stunts
Nick Butcher	Special Effects
Jeff Cadiente	Stunts
Artemio Carpio	Costumes/Costume Designer
Terry P. Chapman	Special Effects
Chris Chesser	Executive Producer
Chris Jones	Special Effects
Norm Compton	Stunts
Tim Connolly	Stunts
John Corry	Executive Producer
Geovanny Corvera	Stunts
Kenneth J. Creber	Set Decoration/Design
Kevin Cross	Set Decoration/Design
Buck Damon	Consultant/advisor
Craig Davidson	Stunts
Curtis Decker	Special Effects
Tom Duffield	Production Designer
Jared Eddo	Stunts
Paul Eliopolus	Stunts
Dale Ettema	Special Effects
Eddie J. Fernandez	Stunts
Eddie Fernandez	Stunts
Christian Fletcher	Stunts
Karen Glasser	Producer
Mitch Gould	Stunts
Harry Gregson-Williams	Score Composer
Gary Guercio	Stunts
Roberto Gutierrez	Stunts
Werner Hahnlein	Special Effects
William Harrison	Special Effects
Anita Hart	Stunts
Eric Heffron	Associate Producer,Asst. Director
Doug Hemphill	Sound Mixer
Toby Holguin	Stunts
Todd Holland	Set Decoration/Design
Gregory Scott Hooper	Set Decoration/Design
Norman Howell	Stunts
Clint James	Stunts
Arthur Jeppe	Art Director
Jim Jolley	Special Effects
Brian L. Keaulana	Stunts
Rusty Keauluna	Stunts
Shelly Kidney	Production Manager
Ric Kidney	Executive Producer
William A. Klinger	Special Effects
Lynn Kressel	Casting
Bruce Kuroyama	Special Effects
Luke LaFontaine	Stunts
Nito Larioza	Stunts
Brock Little	Stunts
Garth Majors	Special Effects
Richard Malzahn	Special Effects Supervisor
Rob Mars	Stunts
Paul Massey	Sound Mixer
Bob McDougall	Stunts
Cole McKay	Stunts
Vince McMahon	Executive Producer
Dustin Meier	Stunts
Louise Mingenbach	Costumes/Costume Designer
Kevin Misher	Producer
Fuzzy Moody	Stunts
Tim Moran	Special Effects
Chris Moseley	Camera Operator
James Murakami	Set Decoration/Design
Nick Palma	Stunts
Colby Parker	Editor
Richard Pearson	Editor
Francis Pennington	Special Effects
Perpetual Motion Pictures, Inc.	Special Effects
J.J. Perry	Stunts
Arnold Peterson	Special Effects
David Poole	Special Effects
Gary Price	Stunts
Hatch Production	Special Effects
Suzanne W.M. Reed	Stunts
Tanoai Reed	Stunts
Rhythm & Hues Studios	Special Effects
Erik Rondell	Stunts
T.J. Rotolo	Stunts
Marco Rubeo	Art Director
Michael Rufino	Stunts
Eric Rylander	Special Effects
Jon Sakata	Stunts
Amanda Scheer-Demme	Musical Direction/Supervision
Tobias Schliessler	Cinematographer
Dave Schultz	Stunts
Senna Shanti	Costumes/Costume Designer
Sonny Sison	Stunts
John Skotchdopole	Camera Operator
Dan Southworth	Stunts
Patrick Statham	Stunts
R.J. Stewart	Original Story,Screenwriter
Chris Suarez	Special Effects
Patrick M. Sullivan	Art Director
Katharine Swartz	Costumes/Costume Designer
Mesepa Tanoai	Stunts
Xuyen T. Valdivia	Stunts
John Valera	Stunts
James Vanderbilt	Screenwriter
Joe Vasquez	Stunts
Carey Wareham	Makeup
Mark Weingarten	Sound Mixer
Bill Westenhofer	Special Effects Supervisor
Vaughn Williams	Special Effects
Troy Wood	Stunts
Eddie Yansick	Stunts
Marko Zaror	Stunts

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