The Rundown The Rundown is a 2003 American action comedy film starring Dwayne Johnson and Seann William Scott about a bounty hunter who must head for Brazil to retrieve his employer ' s renegade son . It was directed by Peter Berg . Plot . Beck is a professional bounty hunter or retrieval expert who chooses not to use guns in his work due to a previous bad experience . He is hired by his boss , Billy Walker , to go to get Walker ' s son , Travis , from the Amazon jungle . Beck wants out of the business , and Walker agrees to make this his last job before Beck retires and opens his own restaurant . He heads down to the small South American town of " El Dorado " ( also called Helldorado ) to find Travis and retrieve him from the mess he is in . The town is essentially owned by Hatcher , and people there have no choice but to work for him due to his monopoly of virtually all commerce . Beck quickly captures Travis , but Travis escapes with the help of Hatcher . Travis is looking for an ancient golden artifact known as the " Gato " ( Cat in English ) that , if the townspeople acquired it , would allow them to buy their freedom from Hatcher , which is why Hatcher wants the Gato and wants Travis free to find it for him . Travis flees into the jungle but is again captured by Beck , and after Travis fails to talk his way out of capture , they in turn run afoul of a group of rebels led by Mariana , a town clerk with whom Travis is infatuated . Beck agrees to let Travis find the Gato for Mariana before he takes him home , and with the assistance of the rebels , the three find the location of the Gato and retrieve it . That night Hatcher and his men find the rebel camp and kill all the rebels save for Travis , Beck , and Mariana . Travis is eager to donate the artifact to a museum despite his greedy tendencies , but Mariana incapacitates Travis and Beck with a toxic , hallucinogenic fruit called Konlabos and takes it , unwilling to allow Travis to keep it . In the morning , Beck returns to the airstrip to take Travis home , but finds out that Mariana has been captured by Hatcher . Reluctant to leave after his agreement with Mariana , Beck returns to town with Travis . After learning of Beck ' s return , Hatcher locks down the town and sends his men out to kill him . After being bested by Hatcher ' s gunmen , Beck reluctantly takes up guns and reveals himself as a skilled marksman , effortlessly dispatching Hatcher ' s men and freeing Mariana . Hatcher confronts Beck amidst the townspeople and is shot when he attempts to attack Mariana . Agreeing to leave the town , Hatcher attempts to walk away but collapses dead . Beck and Travis return to Walker while Mariana and the townspeople are left the Gato . With Walker , Beck watches as he is paid and Travis is hit and ridiculed by his father . As a sort of toast to his last job , Beck feeds Walker and his men the same fictional toxic fruit that Mariana fed to him , and they collapse in paralysis as an overjoyed Travis leaves with Beck , grateful but still irritating him . The film ends with Beck muttering " I ' m gonna kill you " after Travis fakes a punch at him . Reception . " The Rundown " was warmly received by both critics and moviegoers . The film holds a " fresh " 71 % on Rotten Tomatoes . This was the first WWE Film to ever be able to be produced outside of production . Roger Ebert gave the film 3 1 / 2 stars out of 4 , saying " The jungle locations give the film a texture and beauty that underlines the outsized characters . " Despite the positive acclaim , the modest box office take for the film makes a sequel possible but not entirely likely . Director Peter Berg has expressed interest in making a sequel to the film but notes that " no one can ever get motivated and focused enough to do it . "