Scene of the Week: The Rundown – Finally The Rock Returns to the Jungle!
I recently made a claim that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wasn’t the bonafide action star that we have been led to believe. Sure, he’s made more massive blockbuster movies than pretty much anyone else around today and he’s literally on television every second of the day promoting one thing or another, but he’s also made quite a few movies that bombed at the box office. Remember Hercules, San Andreas, Skyscraper, or Baywatch? Those movies may have been decent or even made money in China, but I couldn’t name 1 person who has seen all of them.
Despite my claim that he isn’t the top dawg that we’re meant to believe, The Rock still is among the best going and it all started (for me) when he made The Rundown. The charisma is there and the physicality is unmatched but what always makes DJ fun in these action sequences is his sense of comic timing. Wrestlers make great action stars and Dwayne Johnson might just be the best of them all. Okay…he’s definitely the best of them all but I still contend that he’s not the box office draw I’ve been told. Prove me wrong!
