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Gripping story with well-crafted characters

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William Sean Scott goes into the jungle to find a long lost golden relic, worth millions. Dwayne Johnson in the role of a hired muscle is ordered by the father of Sean Scott to bring his son back home. Will Sean Scott find the gold and will Dwayne Johnson succeed in bringing him back home to his father?Hilarious adventure story packed with original and funny fightscenes inter woven with hilariously funny dialogues and oneliners as strong as in any Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Oh yes, Arnold even plays a short cameo role!Most of these Dwayne Johnson muscle action movies I cant stand to watch. They bore me within minutes. I stopped watching them. However I accidentally bumped into this one and miraculously I really enjoyed it a lot! Being a grownup I expect some good and witty dialogues and some believablility of the story and the characters. Unfortunately 90% of those action blockbusters are made for kids, who just wanna see explosions and more explosions. This action movie fortunately can be enjoyed by adults as well. Why? Because it has sound jokes and witty dialogues that stay fresh even after a second viewing. I've already seen it three times now and I enjoyed the jokes as much as during the first viewing.Furthermore violence is funny and cartoonlike and has got a gentleman quality to it. I love that. This movie truly excells beyond the regular popcorn action blockbusters. There is real attention for detail for the grownups who can appreciate the finer qualities of movies: slick editing, gorgeous photograpy, meticulously smooth soundtrack. Really quality stuff that can be enjoyed by kids AND adults as well. Great fun stuff!

It my opinion one Dwayne Johnson's greatest roles. The intro of football players in on the field action shots as he spots them in the bar is new and a brilliant add. Perfect for a bounty hunter preparing to take them on if necessary to collect a debt. The backstory of him wanting to be a chef and jotting down cooking ingredients for recipes is another clever hook. Then to have him go to the jungle to grab a clients son begins the real action. The movie is tight and well edited so that you don't see unnecessary filler. The cast is excellent and make you want more time with everyone of them, even the evil Christopher Walken character. With such a brilliant premise it was disappointing when a sequel wasn't quick to follow. To this day I think they should do one. Johnson is still doing action roles and is even a more seasoned actor. I hope someone will write a screen story and get it made.

I read somewhere that this was a spiritual remake of Midnight Run which is one of my favourite films...any fans of Midnight Run DO NOT FALL INTO THE SAME TRAP! Some bits are directly ripped from Midnight Run (from memory the start is incredibly similar), but the rest of the film is completely different, as is the humour. I found myself snigering a couple of times, usually due to the excellent Christopher Walken, but other than that the comedy fell short for me...and what was that awful Scottish accent of the pilot? Initially I thought he was Irish...then there were bagpipes and the penny dropped he was supposed to be Scottish.Maybe it's just me (being from the UK - something lost in translation?), but I found some of the 'slapstick' too OTT (rolling down the cliff being a good example) also things like 100's bullets being fired and all hitting the ground near feet (worst aiming in history). I found the comedy a bit too childish at times (toilet jokes)...but maybe the age rating had something to do with it? Anyway, overall the film was OK maybe I went in with my expectations too high (although I was aware this film wasn't as good) - not bad but anyone thinking of watching this needs to know Midnight Run is a substantially better film.

The movie is watchable, but not worth a second time in my opinion.My main problem with the movie is Travis (played by Seann William Scott), he is very annoying which made me wish he was punched by The Rock every time he says or does anything...Dwayne Johnson is great in the movie, the only problem I have is that there is little explanation about why he does not uses weapons. Christopher Walken is good as always, but didn't do much in the movie. The rest is okay, except by the supposed Brazilian people in the movie not played by Brazilian actors, but this will only be noticed by Brazilian people.The action is okay if you don't mind some unrealistic moves, the jokes are week for the most part and the story is okay but the end makes no sense to me.