History Film / TheRundown

* [[CaliforniaDoubling Hawaii Doubling]]: The crew wanted to film in Brazil...and had their stuff stolen by natives, leading to this. Though they try to be convincing, starting with crates and ads of local beer and shields of local soccer teams.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Travis.
** Would've MinoredInAssKicking if he hadn't dropped out of Stanford to go treasure hunting.

* UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}: Used by the natives to beat up on [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]].

* {{Badass}}: That would be Beck.

* AdventureTowns
* TheAmazon

* BigDamnHeroes

* BountyHunter
* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires

* CombatPragmatist: Beck.

* DoesntLikeGuns: Beck, [[spoiler:until the climax]].

* FiringOneHanded
* GroinAttack
* GunsAkimbo

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Travis
* KickTheDog

* LightningBruiser: Beck.

* MisplacedWildlife: African baboons.
* MoreDakka

* NonActionGuy: Declan

* RebelLeader: Mariana

* StockQuotes

* TechnicalPacifist: Beck
* TempleOfDoom

* WhipItGood: Hatcher's three toughest goons, including TheDragon.

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Temple of doom]]'' [[XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack called. They want their poster]] [[TalkToTheFist ba-]] ]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Beck's first fight in the club. He does his best not to pick a fight with the football players ("The ''entire offensive line'' is here!") but not out of fear ("They have a good chance to repeat this year, I do not want to hurt them!"), but when they go with [[WhatAnIdiot Option B]], Beck proceeds to mop the floor with a group of trained athletes.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Beck's first fight in the club. He does his best not to pick a fight (he's a big fan of the football players he has to collect from) but when they go with [[WhatAnIdiot Option B]], Beck proceeds to mop the floor with a group of trained athletes.

[[caption-width-right:300:''Film/TempleOfDoom'' [[XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack called. They want their poster]] [[TalkToTheFist ba-]] ]]

* {{Capoeira}}: Used by the natives to beat up on [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]].

* ActorAllusion: When asked by one of his henchmen if Beck and Travis are dead, [[ChristopherWalken Hatcher]] retorts, "[[Film/TheDeadZone What am I, psychic?]]"
** Just before the opening BarBrawl, Beck ''literally'' bumps into Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger in his [[TheExpendables (not-so-)]] last film appearance; Ahnuld smirks at him and says, "Have fun!"
** ''During'' said BarBrawl, Beck performs [[DwayneJohnson The Rock's]] signature finisher, the Rock Bottom, on a mook.
** "[[Film/{{Evolution}} Ca-caw! Ca-caw!]]"
** One of DwayneJohnson's most famous catchphrases is to ask if you can smell what the Rock is cooking. Here, he plays an aspiring chef.

* OrificeInvasion: The candiru are said to be able to do this, and it is indeed TruthInTelevision.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: That "Tooth Fairy" speech? It was supposed to be a ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' speech. "I WANT THAT BEAR'S ASS OUTTA MY WINDOW!!!"
** Also, a narrowly avoided WhatCouldHaveBeen in the "Oompa-Loompa" line. Walken originally refused to say it... because he hadn't read/seen ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', and did not grasp the concept of the Oompa-Loompa.

** Also, a narrowly avoided WhatCouldHaveBeen in the "Oompa Loompa" line. Walken originally refused to say it... because he hadn't read/seen ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', and did not grasp the concept of the Oompa Loompa.

** It is most likely that the character is meant to be from [[StrokeCountry Northern Ireland]], where Scottish piping traditions (as well as accent features) have to some extent migrated, and the unintelligible accent is poking fun at the fact that nobody else can understand "Norn Iron." The actor, for the record, is Scottish.

* {{Fanservice}}: Rosario Dawson. Even more so here as she's in jungle wear for much of the film

* MisplacedWildlife

* TheMountainsOfIllinois

*** The above is also an example of ThrowItIn: Ahnuld's cameo wasn't in the script, but he happened to visit the set the day they were filming the scene.

** One of DwayneJohnson's most famous catchphrases is to ask if you can smell what the Rock is cooking? Here, he plays an aspiring chef.

* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: Option A/Option B. Option A is that you shut up and do what Beck says. Option B is that he makes you. You really don't want Option B. Despite this, no one in the movie ever chooses Option A, and the implication is that no one ever does (which is actually somewhat logical-- Beck isn't a well-known badass in this world, so if some random guy confronts a cocky bastard about overdue debts and such, there's a good chance he won't take Beck seriously... [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority until he cleans house with whatever protection the target has enlisted]].)

* HeroesFightBarehanded: The main character refuses to use guns, and to beat the shit out of everyone around him, even when it would easier to [[JustShootHim bust caps in asses]]... [[SubvertedTrope well,]] [[MoreDakka until the end]]. LampShaded when he say "When I pick up guns, [[CurbStompBattle bad things happen]]."

** [[TruthInTelevision Can be truth in television]] as whips in trained hands are accurate, dangerous weapons with excellent range and capacity for wicked injury. More info ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_fighting at the other wiki.]])

* ItsQuietTooQuiet: When Travis and Beck first meet in the bar at which Mariana works.

-->'''Travis:''' Are ya sure...? ''[camera cuts to Mariana looking tense]'' I mean, big boy... there's always an Option C... ''[calmly takes a drink, before abruptly swinging the bottle at Beck. Beck blocks it and process to handcuff Travis after kicking his ass.]''
-->'''Beck:''' [[SubvertedTrope Like I said... there is no Option C]]. ''[Cornelius Hatcher enters the bar, along with two goons, assumed to be his bodyguards]''

* LaResistance: Mariana leads a group of rebels who oppose Hatcher because he is ruthlessly exploiting their people, arranging things so that their paltry working wage doesn't even begin to cover the cost of working and living, meaning that they have to borrow from Hatcher, getting so deep into debt with him that there is no hope of getting out of it -- an arrangement that Mariana calls nothing less than ''escravidão'', slavery.

* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: Option A/Option B. Option A is that you shut up and do what Beck says. Option B is that he makes you. You really don't want Option B.

* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: Not.
* {{Fanservice}}: Rosario Dawson, of course. Even moreso here as she's in jungle wear for much of the film
* FauxActionGirl: Mariana. Made worse that her big action scene [[spoiler:where Hatcher's goons track her down, but she puts up a fight, machine gun ablazing]] was deleted from the final cut of the film.

* LightningBruiser: Beck, full stop.

* OrificeInvasion: The candiru are said to be able to do this.

* RuleOfFunny: Honestly, Travis could have just sat down and pulled his cuffed arms to the front so he could unzip himself and pee, but it was funnier to make Beck do it.

* LaResistance: Mariana leads a group of rebels who oppose Hatcher because he is ruthlessly exploiting their people, arranging things so that their paltry working wage doesn't even begin to cover the cost of working and living, meaning that they have to borrow from Hatcher, getting them so deep into debt with him that there is no hope of getting out of it -- an arrangement that Mariana calls nothing less than ''escravidão'', slavery.

* FauxActionGirl: Mariana. Made worse that her big action scene [[spoiler:(where Hatcher's goons track her down, but she puts up a fight, machine gun ablazing)]] was deleted from the final cut of the film.

* LaResistance: Mariana leads a group of rebels who oppose Hatcher because he is ruthlessly exploiting their people, arranging things so that they have to borrow from Hatcher just to work and live, getting them so deep into debt that there is no hope of getting out of it -- an arrangement that Mariana calls nothing less than ''escravidão'' -- slavery.

* LaResistance

* LampshadeHanging: After Beck tells Travis about Option A or Option B, Travis suggests an Option C. Beck's response: "There is no option C."

* ImprobableWeaponUser: The guards who use whips, being able to restrain and maim with them rather accurately.

* AbusiveParents: Billy. It's the reason why Beck [[spoiler:takes Travis with him at the end.]]

* AbusiveParents: Billy. It's the reason why Beck [[spoilers:takes Travis with him at the end.]]