The Rundown

Welcome to the Jungle is a film by American director Peter Berg from the year 2003. Starring embodied the professional wrestler Dwayne " The Rock" Johnson.

Action

The bounty hunter Beck is planning his exit from the industry, however, has yet to meet one last job in order to be debt free and be able to open a restaurant for his boss Walker. He should get Travis Walker's son back to the U.S., is looking for a valuable treasure at Amazon.

In Brazil arrived, Beck first meets Hatcher, the villain of the film. This part of the jungle where Travis Beck needs to find. Hatcher tells him that he had no evil intentions and is only on money. At Hatchers question of what Beck of it may, Beck replied only that, if he was in a strange house, do not walk toward the fridge without asking.

Travis Beck has found quickly. After initial adventures and various difficulties, such as that a monkey Beck wants to copulate, Beck is flying with Travis at the airport and ready to LA. But Beck is faced with a difficult decision, because Hatcher Mariana, holds a rebel and friend of Beck and Travis caught. Finally, Beck responded to the request of Travis, to rid Mariana.

In the showdown Beck Hatcher is the possibility to decide by radio. Option A would be left to him voluntarily Mariana (without bloodshed and broken bones ) - and Option B to be the same, but forced to. Hatcher opts for B, followed by Beck and Travis and Hatcher Mariana rid off small army. Hatcher has the opportunity to go the only one, because Beck says that everyone deserves a second chance. But Hatcher dies while he goes away to his gunshot wounds.

In the credits Beck gives his boss Walker whose son Travis. However, Beck has pity on Travis as he is dear to his heart, and disappears with him in the car. But before he gives Walker a fruit that is already known from the film and their enjoyment has a numbing effect.

The ending is open because you do not know what happens in the future with Beck and Travis.

Awards

Dwayne " The Rock" Johnson was nominated for the award MTV Movie Award. Some stuntmen won the World Stunt Award for Best High Work, Best Overall Stunt and, more best fight ( Best Fight ) and Best Specialty Stunt were nominated for this award in the categories.

Criticism

" Incident -free, moderately staged adventure film, which is based on public appeal battle and action clichés and completely relies on the classic Buddy constellation. "

Success

Even with Welcome to the Jungle could ex- wrestler "The Rock" by The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King lure an audience of millions in the cinemas.

Trivia

  • "The Rock" also made in this film almost all the stunts himself Mixers producer Kevin said: " The Rock is particularly noteworthy because he performs stunts often better than it could most stunt doubles. It is great fun, easy to continue to run the camera and knowing that the audience knows that you can actually see The Rock, who performs this wrong stunts. As a producer, of course, one thinks also: What we 're doing is actually that our star is still out there "!
  • For the role of the bounty hunter himself "The Rock" had to have makeup on his tattoos.
  • WWE CEO Vince McMahon was involved in the development of the movie. He leads next to the WWE, the subsidiary WWE movie, as many wrestlers of his league have already embarked on a film career.
  • Although the film takes place in the jungles of Brazil, are the monkeys who are involved actively and aggressively in some scenes, African baboons that do not occur in the New World.
  • Unusually for an action movie is the fact that multiple references to the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" of the writer Dylan Thomas happen: By Tattoos on the inner sides of Beck's arms and by quotations from Declan.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger has a cameo appearance in this film. As "The Rock" at the beginning of entering the restaurant, Schwarzenegger leaves it straight and says in passing to him. " Lots of fun "
2003 in film Screenplay James Vanderbilt Kevin Misher Film score Harry Gregson-Williams Richard Pearson (film editor) Amazon River WWE Studios Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture Very Bad Things Wonderland (TV series) Hancock (Film) Battleship (Film) Lone Survivor (Film)
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