Here's "The Rundown." The film opens with the ever-large, the Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) as Beck, an aspiring chef with dreams of owning a small restaurant. Beck, also just happens to be an "extraction expert," a guy who earns money beating people up, for a gangster.
When the audience first sees Beck he's about to hurt a quarterback who owes his boss $50,000. Because Beck feels the college football team would have a chance to win a bowl game, he's hesitant to plow through them just to get to the quarterback. But the quarterback refuses to give his championship ring as collateral, so Beck is forced to quickly take down the entire team. The scene is a great example of the movie's approach of quick editing and stylish violence.
After this incident Beck wants out of his deal with the crime boss. However, before he can leave and pursue his dreams of restaurant ownership, the boss demands that Beck do one more job. All Beck has to do is bring back the mobster's son, Travis (Seann William Scott), from Brazil.
Beck travels down to Brazil with a very humorous, yet hard to understand, Scottish pilot (Ewen Bremmer). Finally catching up with the cocky Travis, Beck finds that evil goldmine owner Hatcher (Christopher Walken) is also out to get him.
After repeatedly trying to leave with his bounty, Beck gets sucked into Travis' plan of acquiring a valuable ancient artifact with the help of the local bartender (Rosario Dawson).
Overall, "The Rundown" entertains, albeit with a dumb story. The characters of Travis, Beck and Hatcher make the movie worth seeing. Audiences might compare the movie's style of rapid editing and camera movement to recent "Charlie's Angels" movies. It holds the viewer's attention pretty well with plenty of cool explosions, gravity-defying fights, shootouts and even whips!
The quirky sense of humor in "The Rundown" also works in an unusual way for this brand of buddy comedy. For an action movie, "The Rundown" won't let you down.