The Rundown (known internationally as Welcome to the Jungle) is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by Peter Berg and written by James Vanderbilt and R.J. Stewart from a story by Stewart. It follows an aspiring chef working as a debt collector for a loan shark who is tasked with retrieving the loan shark's son, who went to Brazil to search for a lost artifact. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken and Rosario Dawson.
The film was released by Universal Pictures in the United States, Canada and Japan and by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International under the Columbia Pictures label internationally on September 26, 2003. It received positive reviews but was a box office failure, grossing $80.9 million on an $85 million budget, though it has made an cult following in the years since.
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Plot
Beck is an aspiring chef who works as a debt collector for loan shark and bookie Billy Walker. He is sent to a nightclub to retrieve a championship ring from a football player, after which he is assaulted by one of Billy's other collectors. Angry, he tells Billy that he wants out of the business. Billy asks that he take one final job: retrieve Billy's son, Travis, from a mining town in Brazil, for which Beck will be given enough money to open his own restaurant. He accepts and leaves for Brazil.
