History Film / TheRundown

* ImprobableWeaponUser: The guards who use [[WhipItGood whips, being able to restrain and maim with them rather accurately]].[[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.]] Also a fairly logical WeaponOfChoice considering their primary role is keeping the workers in line - a non-lethal but painful weapon just makes sense. Perhaps most impressive is Hatcher's [[TheDragon Dragon]], who [[DualWielding uses two.]]

* DanceBattler: Thanks to Travis's language trolling, Beck is forced to fight multiple UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} fighters in the guerrilla camp. Travis amusingly calls it "like Franchise/{{Tarzan}} doing jiu-jitsu".

* UnflinchingWalk: There's a big explosion halfway through the climax. Duh.
* TheUnintelligible: Declan. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when The Rock is flying in.
-->'''Beck''': Booze...on the grind? What?

!!Provides Examples Of:

* DanceBattler: Thanks to Travis's language trolling, Beck is forced to fight multiple UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} fighters in the guerrilla camp. Travis amusingly calls it "like UsefulNotes/{{Tarzan}} doing jiu-jitsu".

%%* StockQuotes

* SuddenlyScreaming: After the heroes escape an ambush by river:

* WhipItGood: Hatcher's three toughest goons, including TheDragon all use whips as their WeaponOfChoice. Given they're effectively slavers, it's not only effective symbolism but also a practical choice.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. When Beck first storms the town and starts taking out {{mooks}}, TheDragon watching via camera feed says, "Why doesn't somebody just shoot him?" Three [[EliteMook Elite Mooks]] later go after him with whips, all of whom are killed by the guns they have holstered on their waists.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Travis. Against Beck, the "Thunder and Lightning" set-up for a kick is completely useless, but against one of Hatcher's goons he's able to use it to deliver a CurbStompBattle. He's also a pretty competent AdventurerArchaeologist as long as he's not fighting people.

* LightningBruiser: Beck. Built like a shit brickhouse, takes a licking and keeps on ticking, and pretty nimble.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: During the bar brawl to retrieve Knappmiller's ring, Beck hits one of the bouncers with his actor's own [[FinishingMove Rock Bottom]]. And then during the final battle, he brings down a guard post with a diving clothesline to the support beam.

Beck ([[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]) is a BountyHunter who wants to quit the business and open a restaurant, but his boss Billy sends him on one last assignment: Go down to TheAmazon and bring his wayward son Travis (Seann William Scott) back to Los Angeles. So Beck heads down to the Amazon, where he meets eccentric Scottish airplane pilot Declan (Ewen Bremner) and finds a totalitarian regime run by Hatcher (Creator/ChristopherWalken), who double-crosses Beck shortly after he finds Travis.

* FiringOneHanded: Beck pulls this one UpToEleven at the climax, with both pump-action Remington shotguns and an M-14 sniper rifle.

* GunsAkimbo: Beck at the climax with pump-action shotguns.

%%* AdventureTowns
%%* TheAmazon

%%* BountyHunter

%%* CombatPragmatist: Beck.

%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Travis.

%%* FiringOneHanded
%%* GroinAttack
%%* GunsAkimbo

%%* KickTheDog

%%* MoreDakka

%%* RebelLeader: Mariana

%%* TechnicalPacifist: Beck
%%* TempleOfDoom

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

* ImprobableWeaponUser: The guards who use [[WhipItGood whips, being able to restrain and maim with them rather accurately]].
** [[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.]]
** Perhaps most impressive is Hatcher's [[TheDragon Dragon]], who [[DualWielding uses two.]]

%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Travis

* LargeHam: Hatcher, all the way.
** It's worth watching the entire film to see his enraged monologue to his Brazilian henchmen which inexplicably centers on the tooth fairy ([[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808510/ real life foreshadowing?]]). The realization that his henchmen are unfamiliar with the concept of the tooth fairy only further infuriates him.

%%* LightningBruiser: Beck.

%%* NonActionGuy: Declan

* {{Scotireland}}: In spite of wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes near the film's finale, Declan also speaks with a ''[[JustAStupidAccent terrible]]'' Irish accent, keeps a leprechaun bobblehead on the dashboard of his plane, and also has a shamrock on said plane's tail.
** It is most likely that the character is meant to be from UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland, 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.

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

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%%* MisplacedWildlife: African baboons.

Beck ([[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]) is a BountyHunter who wants to quit the business and open a restaurant, but his boss Billy sends him on one last assignment: Go down to TheAmazon and bring his wayward son Travis (Seann William Scott) back to Los Angeles. So Beck heads down to the Amazon, where he meets eccentric Scottish airplane pilot Declan (Ewen Bremner) and finds a totalitarian regime run by Hatcher (ChristopherWalken), who double-crosses Beck shortly after he finds Travis.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Beck uses two. That even have "[[DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight Do Not Go Gentle]]" in the handle.

* ShoutOut: When Travis challenges Beck at the end: [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} "I'm gonna bust you up." "Go for it."]]

Beck ([[DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]) is a BountyHunter who wants to quit the business and open a restaurant, but his boss Billy sends him on one last assignment: Go down to TheAmazon and bring his wayward son Travis (Seann William Scott) back to Los Angeles. So Beck heads down to the Amazon, where he meets eccentric Scottish airplane pilot Declan (Ewen Bremner) and finds a totalitarian regime run by Hatcher (ChristopherWalken), who double-crosses Beck shortly after he finds Travis.

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

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

* [[WarriorPoet Warrior Chef]]: Beck.