With Bruce Willis in his 40s, Arnold Schwarzenegger in his 50s and Harrison Ford past his 60th birthday, Hollywood is searching for a new action hero.

The way The Rock pulls off the jokes and macho stunts in Rundown, Hollywood may just have found its new action king. At 31, The Rock, the WWE superstar, has a youthful, imposing screen presence and a charming ease with the camera. He's a big man who has no problem delivering his character's over-the-top dialogue or bigger-than-life stunts.
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Is there such a thing as a thinking person's action/adventure movie? Probably not. On the other hand, there's nothing wrong with a pure adrenalin hit with good laughs, beautiful choreography and warp-speed camera work, and that would be The Rundown.

All that -- and Christopher Walken at his loopy, rumpled best. The Rundown is big fun at the movies.
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