With strong performances by the two lead characters and an interesting storyline, this martial arts movie is infused with touches of humour as you’d expect from any Seann William Scott performance. It’s entertaining for the most part from start to end. Just a bit short of depth in plot or breadth of strong cast – you may get a bit bored for a minute or two but that won’t last long as there’s enough action & entertainment here to keep you on your feet most of the way through.
Also known as ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ but not to be confused with Van Damme’s 2013 movie by that name; The Rundown stars Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) and Seann William Scott (from Bulletproof Monk and American Pie) and deserves a very high rating as it’s thoroughly entertaining from start to finish mainly thanks to great performances by the two lead characters who are well known for producing thoroughly entertaining action movies.
The rundown also benefits from a mildly adventure-packed plot, and decent performances by the supporting cast – some of whom are just as famous as the lead actors. Christopher Walken (the villain from True Romance opposite Christian Slater, and A View To A Kill opposite Roger Moore, among over 100 other Hollywood movies) is the main baddie here; while the lead female role is played by Rosario Dawson who is perhaps best known for playing Claire (the nurse) in Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders.
The Rundown is a real adventure and highly recommended for fans of Dwayne Johnson and fans of Seann William Scott who both produce some of their best work in this movie. As you’d expect, with Dwayne’s background in wrestling and combat-oriented movies, and with Seann’s role in another awesome action movie in the same year (Bulletproof Monk), this movie features plenty of fighting – mainly empty-handed but also plenty of action with guns. This movie doesn’t seem under-funded although it does have a fairly simplistic (but kind of sufficient) plot – with a more advanced plot this movie could potentially be on a par with the best movies ever made due to its already outstanding action-comedy entertainment value.
This move is an action packed adventure, with a few slower scenes. As with many star studded movies, the stars are carrying this one through a poor script and it would be a pointless movie if it only had average actors. Here we have two megastars in one movie, plus a strong chief antagonist and a decent lead female. It could still benefit from one more star in the cast, but is already doing very well in this department.