The Rundown
The Rundown (known internationally as Welcome to the Jungle) is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by Peter Berg and written by James Vanderbilt and R.J. Stewart from a story by Stewart. It follows an aspiring chef working as a debt collector for a loan shark who is tasked with retrieving the loan shark's son, who went to Brazil to search for a lost artifact. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken and Rosario Dawson.
Plot
Beck is an aspiring chef who works as a debt collector for loan shark and bookie Billy Walker. He is sent to a nightclub to retrieve a championship ring from a football player, during which he is assaulted by one of Billy's other collectors. Angry, he tells Billy that he wants out of the business. Billy convinces him to undertake one final job: retrieve Billy's son Travis from a small mining town in Brazil, for which Beck will be given enough money to open his own restaurant. He accepts and leaves for Brazil.
More details
| author | James Vanderbilt |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Brazil Los Angeles |
| director | Peter Berg |
| editor | Richard Pearson |
| genre | action adventure comedy |
| keywords | american football assault capture debt collector el dorado football jeep kill loan shark mining town paralyze rebel leader search trap |
| musicBy | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| producer | Bill Corless Karen Glasser Kevin Misher Marc Abraham |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Hawaii Los Angeles |
| theme | action comedy buddy comedy |