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.
The Rock as a bounty hunter who attempts to square a debt by heading to the Amazon jungle to capture someone. The bounty hunter discovers that his quarry isn't the bad guy he'd been warned about, and the two team up in pursuit of riches stored in a mine in the Amazon.
Written by Me
According to director commentary on the DVD, Christopher Walken had never seen
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and was therefore reluctant to use the phrase, "Oompah-loompahs" in his final scene. The director provided Walken with a copy of the movie, and after watching it, Walken decided to use the phrase.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Beck is walking away from the exploding bus, the cuts on his chest are on the opposite side.
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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. See more »
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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