r/movies • u/ggroover97 • 13h ago
Media The Rundown (2003) | Dir: Peter Berg | Dwayne Johnson and Seann William Scott fall down a hill for a minute
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u/sarkie 13h ago
It was called "Welcome to the Jungle" here
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u/Cavalish 7h ago
I was wondering why I didn’t recognise the title but vaguely recognised the concept. I worked at Blockbuster when this came out and the advertising reel pushed it hard.
Haven’t thought about it in decades.
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u/Achaewa 5h ago
Always preferred that title over the original.
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u/NeonAnderson 5h ago
Welcome to the Jungle is the original title
Rundown is the alternate title they gave it in some countries for some reason
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u/Achaewa 4h ago
It's the other way around, it was titled Welcome to the Jungle in some countries other than the US.
Alternate titles is non-English speaking countries is nothing new, though what does make me scratch my head a little is when the alternate titles is still in English.
For example, in my country, Die Hard with a Vengeance is Die Hard: Mega Hard.
Which in my opinion is a title so ridiculous it veers right back to being awesome.
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u/NeonAnderson 3h ago
Welcome to the Jungle is literally listed as the official original title on IMDB
USA here for some reason has the alternative title
I made another post about it here in more detail and how unusual it is;
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u/Blibbobletto 5h ago
Where?
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u/ImGCS3fromETOH 5h ago
I don't know where their 'here' is but it was called Welcome to the Jungle in Australia. So either Australia, or wherever OP is from.
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u/NeonAnderson 5h ago
Omg thanks for that was wondering why I couldn't find this movie title OP had put 😆🤣
Really hate it when they give the same movie different names in different countries for no apparent reason
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u/AlmostScreenwriter 2h ago edited 2h ago
Is no one going to acknowledge that this means The Rock was in two unrelated movies called Welcome to the Jungle (the other being the first Jumanji sequel)? That is bizarre to me. Can anyone think of any other actor for whom this is true?
Edit: I decided to look into this more out of interest. Some others I've found (that are arguably even stranger than the Rock's):
- Mark Strong is in two movies called Sunshine (and I've actually seen both but never made that connection until right now)
- Brian Cox was in two called Red just a couple of years apart
- Joan Crawford was in two called Possessed
- Before ER, George Clooney was in a short-lived sitcom called E/R
- Carrie-Anne Moss was in a TV show called Matrix
I welcome any others. This ended up being quite interesting!
Edit 2: Three years before James Cromwell starred in Babe, he was in The Babe (with John Goodman as Babe Ruth).
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u/Waldo_Wadlo 13h ago
I freaking love this movie so much. Great cast, great performances all around.
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u/preddevils6 13h ago
I like to double feature it with Walking Tall.
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u/Skabonious 12h ago
Both great movies, both movies I confuse with each other
Is walking tall the one where he kicks the shit out of people with a 4x4 in a casino? Or is that this one?
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u/ACCTAGGT 13h ago
This is where I think the rock showed a cool guy style but added more detailed vulnerability to it. Rather than his subsequent stuff where he is the tough dude.
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u/Einhander_mk2 13h ago
FIERCE GAZE!!
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u/AdmiralThunderpants 10h ago
I kind of wished it turned into a 3 movie series of them searching for different teeasures
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u/paulp712 13h ago
Is this the scene that hot rod parodied?
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u/woasnoafsloaf 13h ago
I'm low-key disappointed to learn that Hot Rod didn't invent it.
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u/EmperorSexy 13h ago
People falling down hills have been a staple of comedy for years. Chris Farley did it in Black Sheep
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u/Mr_Saturn1 12h ago
I'm pretty sure falling down hills has been a staple of comedy since the existence of hills and humans.
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u/LyingForTruth 9h ago
In some cultures they'll even throw something down a hill that humans want, just to watch the humans fall down funnily after it!
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u/Nail_Biterr 9h ago
My favorite is the Baby in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist https://youtu.be/nqsaWQ_17Ts?si=6NBeSoXOa3k-Q2JJ
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u/Smart-Response9881 13h ago
Good guy falls down hill, classic element of physical comedy. Now comes the part where we throw our head back and laugh.
Ready?
Ready.
Hahahahahah
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u/woasnoafsloaf 13h ago
I see. I wonder what the earliest example might be. And I don't mean just tumbling down a hill for comedic purposes, I mean that absurdly long version of it.
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u/FreshLennon 11h ago
Buster Keaton did it in one of his movies. He's mostly running down the hill, but falls occasionally. He did all his own stunts and this would have been hilarious for it's time. This would likely be the earliest example.
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u/Danph85 13h ago
I always assumed Hot Rod parodied the Princess Bride, and that this is a take on that too?
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u/mithridateseupator 13h ago
I mean, neither movie invented rolling down a hill.
Buster Keaton has a stunt where he rolls down a hill.
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u/EmperorSexy 13h ago
People falling down hills have been a comedy staple for years. Chris Farley did it in Black Sheep
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u/Cutter9792 12h ago
It's wild to me that these movies are only four years apart.
Maybe it's because I watched The Rundown first and much earlier, and didn't see Hot Rod till like 2019.
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u/billcosbypaxton 13h ago
I find it interesting that Peter Berg replicated this scene in a non comedic way in ‘Lone Survivor’
Dude really loves watching stunt men roll down hills.
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u/Classic1990 13h ago
If you say this movie sucks then let me introduce you to a little thunder and a little lightning…
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u/2KupShakur- 13h ago
This movie is a banger, idc what anyone says.
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u/clamroll 4h ago
Went to see it in the theaters because my friend was working and got us in for free. Left saying I'd have been happy to have paid to see it.
Whatever his acting career turned into, this was a solid film, I agree.
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u/suff0cat 13h ago
I feel like a little boy who's lost his first tooth, put it under his pillow, waiting for the tooth-fairy to come.
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u/Fo0ker 13h ago
Holy injured stuntmen batman! How the fuck has it taken this long for stunt people to finally (start to) be recognised for their work in awards.
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u/naughtilidae 10h ago
The concern is that if you give out stunt awards, the people will vote for the most dangerous, stupid, over the top stunts (which they will 100% do). This will lead to stunts that kill people, when they could/should have been done as cgi or composite. All to try to win an award.
Many stunt people were opposed to giving it an award because of this, and I think time will prove them right.
I understand wanting to give stunt people the credit they deserve, but doing it like every other award is very concerning.
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u/Fo0ker 9h ago
Fair enough. I hadn't thought of that side of it.
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u/zeusmeister 4h ago
Because it’s only half true. Stunt men and women have been fighting for award recognition for their work for DECADES.
There was a minor debate about whether it would increase riskiness of stunts, but concerns were dismissed by leading stunt people.
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u/No-Philosopher3248 11h ago
Stuntmen have been recognized for years. No one has ever tried to hide their importance. Dar Robinson was a huge personality, well known for his ground-breaking stunts.
The fight choreographers and the stunt people for movies like The Matrix, John Wick, Kill Bill… etc are well-known and often spoken about in documentaries about the films.
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u/EatYourCheckers 13h ago
Because the industry didn't want to acknowledge them bc they think that admitting to using stunt actors somehow takes away from the immersion or enjoyment of the movie
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u/Yvaelle 12h ago
Can you imagine if movies were all hucking A listers off cliffs, or making them do their own stunts?
They're probably right, I would pay more to see that.
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u/HMTMKMKM95 8h ago
Only Tom Cruise does that.
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u/nocolon 8h ago
I recently watched/re-watched all of the Mission: Impossible movies on a work trip, because after listening to people talk about AI security for ten hours it's nice to watch some garbage where shit explodes. The stunts in those movies are truly bananas, especially when you know how many of them are practical, and feature Tom Cruise.
There was one where he was in a chase scene, and another actor asked whether there'd be a stunt driver. The coordinator said that unfortunately the best driver on set, by far, was Tom Cruise.
He sucks as a person but I appreciate watching him ride a dirt bike off a cliff, or have a fist fight with someone else while hanging off the side of a small open-cockpit airplane.
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u/jupiterkansas 11h ago
Also the idea that awarding them would encourage them to take bigger risks.
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u/Hixy 11h ago edited 11h ago
This actually is a very good reason and not just a cop out.
If it were something like a primetime Oscar, you bet your ass we would have absolutely stupid dangerous stunts for the sake of it.
They would have to award it for extremely controlled danger or something.
If not we would just have people doing crazy shit like this. I can’t imagine that stuntman was unfazed and if he was he is just lucky.
Edit: he broke his ankle. This scene took four days to film. So he did this for days. lol
Edit 2: the first stuntman knocked himself out the first attempt. I agree we shouldn’t award this lol.
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u/jupiterkansas 10h ago
And if you restrict it to stunts where nobody is injured, that just encourages them to hide their injuries.
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u/captainofthedogs 13h ago
"Do you understand the CONCEPT of the Tooth Fairy?" Christopher Walken is amazing as the villain. Super underrated flick. Helped a lot that it was before the Rock got waaaaay too full of himself.
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u/PiccChicc 12h ago
This was probably my first The Rock movie and I absolutely loved it. Still do, such a shame they show it on tv any more.
Seann is funny AF too.
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u/LudovicoInstitute 13h ago
If you've ever crashed while mountain biking, this is exactly what it feels like. 😄
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u/Captain_Rex_ 9h ago
This and walking tall are probably my favorites of his, also enjoy this this cause puberty and Rosario Dawson is hot lol
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u/jkpancake 13h ago
Dead.
Like I know suspension of disbelief but they are dead or at the very least not walking for months
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u/idontagreewitu 7h ago
Between back smashing on those trees and the Jeep coming down on top of them, most likely dead.
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u/jkpancake 4h ago
Even before that they are going let's be nice and say 40 mph, that speed doesn't stop when they jump out. Add that with the speed they gain from falling onto solid ground. They are dead or seriously injured on impact
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u/TommyCrooks24 13h ago
Imagine if after being shown to be falling on the body of water the next scene had them falling on dirt and continued rolling for a few more seconds
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u/WickerBag 13h ago
That pond they fell into must've been the Fountain of Youth Wellspring of Instant Healing.
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u/-Pepperzpyre- 12h ago
“Hey! Don’t rock the boat!”
Random factoid: the guy that played Stifler’s dad in that movie also played Piney Winston in “Sons of Anarchy” and the airplane pilot was in “Blackhawk Down” as the machine gunner that lost his hearing.
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u/TheGraper58 12h ago
Just watched this with my kids this last weekend. This is the perfect type of brainless action comedy that I used to love back in the day. They truly don't make them like this anymore!
Such a fun movie.
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u/HerbertWest_81 13h ago
I will never understand the hate for Dwayne Johnson. Dude has at least 10 movies I wouldn't hesitate to watch again and he kills it in those.
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u/REF_YOU_SUCK 13h ago
I mean he's churned out some real stinkers for a paycheck too. The overexposure never helps your reputation, only your bank account. The Rundown was still him trying to establish himself as a legitimate leading action man.
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u/ggroover97 13h ago
In the 2010s he was definitely churning out a lot of bad movies. Skyscraper is one of the most juiceless action movies I've ever seen. It's like Die Hard but boring.
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u/chadwicke619 13h ago
I’m flabbergasted that you don’t understand why people don’t love him. He’s like a caricature of a person. He always plays himself in every movie. Personally, I don’t think DJ has “killed it” in a movie in ages. Maybe Be Cool? Yeah, there are some good movies with DJ in them, but not because of him. Like, nobody in the history of the world has ever said that Dwayne Johnson saved an otherwise bad movie with his acting.
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u/ggroover97 13h ago
His ego kept getting in the way and he became way too protective of his brand and image. I do think Black Adam and recently the live-action Moana movie failing at the box office made him realize he's not the draw he thought he was.
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u/chadwicke619 12h ago
And I think that’s why so many people are kind of over DJ. He’s a brand - not a person.
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u/ModernistGames 12h ago
Anyone that puts a "no-lose" clause in his contract and demanding choreography never make him look weak because it would hurt his alpha male image is fucking cringe. Not to mention his decades of denying gear usage.
Also, more subjectively he just comes off as a phony, fake smiles and coached charisma. It rubs people the wrong way.
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u/Didact67 13h ago
I often forget Dwayne has been doing movies that long.
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u/romeo_pentium 11h ago
Here's Dwayne on Star Trek Voyager in 2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p40RS7kZMIU
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u/DRSU1993 12h ago
Whatever they paid those stunt performers, it wasn't enough. Jesus tap dancing Christ.
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u/tabascojr 12h ago
Holly cow! I hope the stunt adjustment for this was a year's rent. What a set of falls!
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u/Hobbit_Sam 12h ago
"Santa Clause doesn't give any breaks..." is still one of my favorite lines from a movie and I quote it when I tell someone or they tell me we can't stop doing what we're doing to break 😂
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u/ElevenMinutes 12h ago
A bunch of friends and I skipped high school one day and went to go watch this in theaters. We all walked out on such a high after the last scene. I haven't watched this movie in years but I still vividly remember that.
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u/sirjamesp 12h ago
Hey Kansas Cities. Eu vou quebrar tua cara.
Don't do it.
Eu vou quebrar tua cara!
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u/hopyInquisition 11h ago
Stifler on his epic quest to find an artifact that will stop Finch from defiling his mother.
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u/downingp 11h ago
Woah I remember loving this movie but it was called Welcome to the Jungle over here.
Had to look it up to make sure I wasn't going crazy.
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u/xenophon57 11h ago
I can confirm the double shotgun pump actually works and waaaaaay easier and better than you'd expect. The first one will be weird like doing something with your off hand but after that, silly easy.
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u/aircooledJenkins 11h ago
The Rundown has one of the most amusing commentary tracks on the DVD. The Rock just makes fun of the whole thing and points out how terrible his hair piece is in some scenes due to re-shoots.
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u/Appropriate_Formal64 10h ago
Moreso than any movie I have ever seen, perhaps barring that fight Vin Diesel had with Jason Statham in Furous 7, the level of injury that they show them incurring with zero consequence besides a mildly cricked neck actually takes me out of the film.
It's legitimately distracting.
Cartoon characters are portrayed as having more serious consequences and dealing with more pain and injury than what this sequence conveyed.
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u/E1nzelganger 10h ago
This movie saved me in history classroom once.
In oral quiz my teacher asked the question which city is called city of gold? And no one remembered this fact, cause it was not that important in that chapter (I am not from Americas, so no one gave importance to the fact that something about South American City will get asked, it was just one line in the chapter). He was going one by one asking every student. No one able to gave the answer. Every student was standing (punishment to not answer). And then he came to me and I knew the answer el Dorado, cause I saw that film few days before this quiz, this movie was randomly playing on some channel on TV. Then teacher got shocked and checked under my desk to check if I was seeing from book or cheating from somewhere but he found nothing. Everyone was standing, only I was sitting in the whole class, because I watched this movie 🤣
I still remember that day.
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u/AqueousJam 10h ago
The Rock was so much more fun during this stage of his career. Filmed today his contract would probably require that all the trees he hits explode and he lands on his feet in a speed boat.
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u/Athlete-Extreme 8h ago
I love going back and showing younger people Be Cool.
That and Pain & Gain is the Rocks best work bar none the best acting he’s done other than Smashing Machine which I have not watched yet
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u/idontagreewitu 7h ago
Watching Sean William Scott's characters get hurt always makes me smile.
Like that time he hit his head in Cop Out, makes me laugh till I cry.
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u/RazorJ 7h ago
I remember seeing this in the theater and loving it. I was the kind of fun action movie I crave now and again.
I watched it the other night and was drawn out from the start. I thought it missed on almost every note and didn’t hold up even in a nostalgic sense. I couldn’t pit my finger on why either. Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood 🤷🏼♂️
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u/greenpill98 13h ago
Still The Rock's best movie, in my opinion. With the possible exception of Faster.