The Rundown (2003)
Directed by Peter Berg
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely disposition, Beck is a man of few words -- but it takes him all the discipline he can muster to work with Travis to nab a tyrant who's after the same treasure.
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What critics compared The Rundown to
We’ve all known it was coming, since the days of Vin Diesel’s performance in xXx to Dwayne Johnson’s take on Beck in The Rundown.
Plus, “Fast Five” also benefits immensely from the inclusion of WWE wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (“The Rundown” and “Walking Tall”), who brings his usual mix of bravado and effective humor.
Better was Ah-nuld’s quick advice to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in “The Rundown”: Schwarzenegger bumped Johnson and told him to “have fun in there” while The Rock walked toward an impending bar fight.
Wright and Pegg may cop to Angel�s aversion to guns as a wink to The Rock�s Beck in The Rundown, but when he is left to ride into town as the literal avenging Angel on a white horse it is distinctly Eastwood.