Famine's Review: Welcome to the Jungle

  • Thread starter Thread starter Famine
  • 2 comments
  • 421 views

Famine

GTP Editor, GTPEDIA Author
Administrator
Messages
92,430
United Kingdom
Rule 12
Messages
GTP_Famine
I never thought I'd see this sentence written down.

Seann William Scott saves this film.

Sweet Jesus!

Okay, for the most part the acting is passable - Duane Whatsisname does a decent "pathetic" act to add to his portfolio of acting skills - but Christopher Walken just doesn't seem to have the heart to play the big bad guy. Perhaps everything from "Weapon of Choice" onwards has been a blur to him, and he still thinks he dancing in a hotel lobby.

The fighting is decent enough, but with a film with such a thin plot as this one it just swamps it. And wire-fighting? Not good since "Fat Bastard" took the mickey out of it. Although the guys jumping out of the trees were fun.

The Indiana Jones bit was about as convincing as Jocelyn Wildenstein's plastic surgery.

BUT, you couldn't help but laugh at Seann William Scott's character. There's a really genuine laugh-out-loud moment near the very end too.


It passes the time okay, but so does masturbation.

(and what was the big deal about guns? "Beck" using guns was exactly the same as "Beck" not using guns)
 
Interesting. It's called "The Rundown" here in North America.
 
Indeed.

Following that link makes me realise, perhaps I ought to have reviewed it with an exclamation mark after every sentence! And say that the score was "composed good"!

You get such genii on IMDb these days.
 
Back