Welcome to the Jungle (2003)

A tough aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure.

Director:

Peter Berg

Writers:

R.J. Stewart (story), R.J. Stewart (screenplay)

Stars:

Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dwayne Johnson	...	Beck (as The Rock)
Seann William Scott	...	Travis
Rosario Dawson	...	Mariana
Christopher Walken	...	Hatcher
Ewen Bremner	...	Declan
Jon Gries	...	Harvey
William Lucking	...	Walker
Ernie Reyes Jr.	...	Manito
Stuart F. Wilson	...	Swenson
Dennis Keiffer	...	Naylor
Garrett Warren	...	Henshaw
Toby Holguin	...	Head Indian Tracker
Paul S. Power	...	Martin (as Paul Power)
Stephen Bishop	...	Knappmiller
Chuck Norman	...	Mullaire

Storyline

In an attempt to earn enough money to start his own small business, the dauntless bounty hunter--or retrieval expert--and aspiring restaurateur, Beck, is talked into bringing back home his shady boss' adventure-seeking son, Travis, from the impenetrable Amazon jungle. However, there, in the dusty town of El Dorado, Beck is in for a wild ride, as the local tyrant and powerful mining baron, Cornelius Hatcher, too, is desperately trying to track down Travis: the only person who knows the exact location of a precious golden artefact. Now, the feisty barmaid with the hidden agenda, Mariana, and Hatcher's small army of whip-cracking gun-toting henchmen are after Beck and Travis, hell-bent on finding first the rare statuette. Will they get out of the jungle in one piece?

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Plot Keywords:

jungle | bounty hunter | brazil | gold mine | buddy | 

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Taglines:

Bulls, guns, whips, gold and one sacred cat

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Thriller

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Certificate:

12

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dwayne Johnson's stunt double in this movie, his cousin Tanoai Reed, was nominated for and won the award for Best Overall Stunt by a Man at the 2004 Taurus World Stunt Awards.

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Goofs

All the characters speak Portuguese so badly that sometimes it's impossible to understand what they are actually saying.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Emeril Lagasse (on radio): I just love mushrooms. One of my favorites, or as I call it, "the king of mushrooms," is the porcini. Now stop right there. Don't be alarmed. There's a lot of confusion in this country between porcini, the Italian name, and cèpes, which is the French name. They're fat and they're earthy. Now the porcini is most often seen dried here in this country. And they would always be labeled "dried porcinis," not "dried cèpes." OK? They are very, very, very flavorful.

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Crazy Credits

In the U.S. version, the only opening credit (after the Universal and Columbia logos) is "The Rundown" - and that appears eight minutes into the film. All other credits (actors, director, producers, writers, et al.) appear at the end of the film.

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Alternate Versions

International prints swapped opening logos - Columbia was first, followed by Universal.

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Connections

Referenced in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

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Soundtracks

A Origem Da Felicidade
Written by Celso Fonseca
Performed by Celso Fonseca
Courtesy of Six Degrees Records
Under License from Crammed Discs
by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

User Reviews

Pretty average

The Rundown or Welcome to The Jungle it's a typical modern adventure/action movie. Entire movie's idea wasn't too bad, though it contains nothing original but its implementation became only a disappointment because the story was poor written and awfully predictable all the way. Acting in the movie was pretty bad even for an action movie and about the directing I can say only the same. On the other hand the movie was well shot with carefully selected good scenery that brought reasonable exotic to the audience. Some jokes were really funny, although entire humor was as usual vulgar and silly Fight scenes look very typical for The Rock and they were quite different during the movie. While some of such action sequences were not bad a all most of them look only ridiculous and unreal. Overall The Rundown is nothing more than a silly action/adventure movie. It has some entertainment value but due to all its flaws and weak parts its worth seeing only for hard action fans or for fans of the Rock

4,7 out of 10. Sorry for my bad English.

Details

Official Sites:

Universal

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

29 January 2004 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Welcome to the Jungle

Filming Locations:

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,553,765, 28 September 2003

Gross USA:

$47,726,342

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$80,981,914

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, WWE Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1