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MovieAddict
MovieAddict
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Rating of
2.5/4

A fun Ride!

MovieAddict - wrote on 09/08/2012

Welcome to the Jungle" aka "The Rundown" is a buddy adventure comedy starring The Rock who plays Beck, a chef working off an undisclosed debt as muscle for a shady loan shark. He has one last job to do which is to retrieve the loan shark's son Travis, played by Seann William Scott, who is hiding in the Amazon.

Travis, meanwhile, has stumbled onto clues that might lead him to El Gato Diablo, a legendary golden idol that is worth millions. He's about to head on his quest when Beck shows up, determined to return Travis to Los Angeles whether he wants to go or not. This however proves troublesome when a ruthless local gold cartel leader Hatcher (Christopher Walken) who has a small army and runs a gold-mining company in the jungle discovers Travis knows about the idol, and wants Travis to …

The M.O.W.
The M.O.W.
Producer

Rating of
2.5/4

The action scenes carry this movie

The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/01/2008

Retrieval expert "Beck" (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is hired by a Kingpin to go to the Amazon to bring back his son (Seann William Scott), who is in search of a priceless artifact. The two slowly become partners to fight a heartless gold-mining corporation owner (Christopher Walken).

The action scenes, especially the fighting scenes, are simply amazing. They are well done and are shot very well. The director was on his game when setting up these scenes.

The direction in other scenes are well done as well. They are nicely shot -- especially shots of the Amazonian jungle.

Most of the acting is near perfect, and the chemistry between "Rock" and Scott is really good. The only poor acting is done by the veteran actor, Christopher Walken. In my opinion, Walken's performance is …

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