
In an attempt to earn enough money to start his own small business, the dauntless bounty hunter--or retrieval expert--and aspiring restaurateur, Beck, is talked into bringing back home his shady boss' adventure-seeking son, Travis, from the impenetrable Amazon jungle. However, there, in the dusty town of El Dorado, Beck is in for a wild ride, as the local tyrant and powerful mining baron, Cornelius Hatcher, too, is desperately trying to track down Travis: the only person who ... (Full plot summary below)
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In an attempt to earn enough money to start his own small business, the dauntless bounty hunter--or retrieval expert--and aspiring restaurateur, Beck, is talked into bringing back home his shady boss' adventure-seeking son, Travis, from the impenetrable Amazon jungle. However, there, in the dusty town of El Dorado, Beck is in for a wild ride, as the local tyrant and powerful mining baron, Cornelius Hatcher, too, is desperately trying to track down Travis: the only person who knows the exact location of a precious golden artefact. Now, the feisty barmaid with the hidden agenda, Mariana, and Hatcher's small army of whip-cracking gun-toting henchmen are after Beck and Travis, hell-bent on finding first the rare statuette. Will they get out of the jungle in one piece?
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| About.comRebecca MurrayEven when The Rock's not kicking some bad guy's butt, he's still extremely believable and entertaining to watch. |
| Greenwich Village GazetteEric LurioThe final action flick of the summer is in fact the best. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenThe Stifmeister steals the show in this Indiana Jones-inspired jungle tale. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerIt adds up to prime stuff for us action junkies and admiration for the new guy in town, The Rock. |
| Denver Rocky Mountain NewsRobert DenersteinOne of those efforts that will please the crowd it was made for. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOnce in the jungle they have all sorts of harrowing adventures, and I enjoyed it that real things were happening, that we were not simply looking at shoot-outs and chases, but at intriguing and daring enterprise. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOffers everything a good movie of this sort should: plenty of suspenseful action, a few good laughs, and a share of obligatory "reluctant buddy" bonding. |
| Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThose not in the smackdown frame of mind will find an overabundance of head-butts, body slams and pounding aural effects -- this is a definite contender for loudest film of the year -- but also will discover instances of innovative, spectacular stuntwork and, though the comic interplay often falls flat, a story with heart. |
| Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)Greg MakiIt's a fun ride and a throwback to the kind of action movies that were popular in the 1980s, the days before ... special effects dominated every frame. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawIt's slick, it's loud, and it's catalyzing--a gadfly of a film from a subversive filmmaker approaching the mainstream but not quite there yet. |