I read somewhere that this was a spiritual remake of Midnight Run which is one of my favourite films...any fans of Midnight Run DO NOT FALL INTO THE SAME TRAP! Some bits are directly ripped from Midnight Run (from memory the start is incredibly similar), but the rest of the film is completely different, as is the humour. I found myself snigering a couple of times, usually due to the excellent Christopher Walken, but other than that the comedy fell short for me...and what was that awful Scottish accent of the pilot? Initially I thought he was Irish...then there were bagpipes and the penny dropped he was supposed to be Scottish.Maybe it's just me (being from the UK - something lost in translation?), but I found some of the 'slapstick' too OTT (rolling down the cliff being a good example) also things like 100's bullets being fired and all hitting the ground near feet (worst aiming in history). I found the comedy a bit too childish at times (toilet jokes)...but maybe the age rating had something to do with it? Anyway, overall the film was OK maybe I went in with my expectations too high (although I was aware this film wasn't as good) - not bad but anyone thinking of watching this needs to know Midnight Run is a substantially better film.

I am a big fan of the rock and this is one of his early films so I thought I'd watch it, but unfortunately it sucks. The premise of the film sees a bounty hunter looking to retire but he must go to the Amazon to retrieve his bosses son. Now as I said I like the rock and he really tries in this film to bring his likability and charm to his character but he just can't fully deliver. His character is just pretty boring and there's no attachment to his character at all and he is just pretty boring. Seann William Scott plays the son and I absolutely hated him in this film. He tried to be funny and he just came across as really annoying in this film. I didn't buy him and the rock together and his character just didn't develop at all and I hated him. I love Rosario Dawson especially after daredevil, but she didn't really add anything to this film. She was okay, but her character was pretty bland and pointless. Christopher walken plays the villain in this film and he was actually pretty good even though he sometimes gets incredibly cheesy. The story just makes absolutely no sense and none of the characters come across as very likable and you don't care about the situation at all. The script was awful with no funny dialogue and no reasons for any good dramatic dialogue. The style was a bit unique and I liked the setting of the film. But the action scenes were just really hard to see what was going on even though there were some decent sound effects. Overall this is a poor action film that you can avoid.

The movie is watchable, but not worth a second time in my opinion.My main problem with the movie is Travis (played by Seann William Scott), he is very annoying which made me wish he was punched by The Rock every time he says or does anything...Dwayne Johnson is great in the movie, the only problem I have is that there is little explanation about why he does not uses weapons. Christopher Walken is good as always, but didn't do much in the movie. The rest is okay, except by the supposed Brazilian people in the movie not played by Brazilian actors, but this will only be noticed by Brazilian people.The action is okay if you don't mind some unrealistic moves, the jokes are week for the most part and the story is okay but the end makes no sense to me.

If you are looking for action, it doesn't come any better than this. This film has one of the best fight scenes in a movie between The Rock and the Kontiki rebels. It also has some of the best stunt work as two stunt men are thrown from a jeep as it falls off the side of a cliff. The stunt men tumble and fall down the cliff, hitting multiple trees and debris. Eventually the two men perform a tumbling 55' high fall into a large pool without the use of wires.But, what it has most of all is the Puerto Rican, Cuban, African American, Irish and Native American beauty Rosario Dawson (Rent, Sin City, Grindhouse).This is probably the best role I have seen for Christopher Walken. He plays Hatcher, the bad guy, and he plays it well.Even Arnold Schwarzenegger puts in an appearance.