Treasure of the Amazon

Starring:Whitman, Armendariz, Dillman
Studio: Vci Video
Product Type: DVD

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The Rock is the Man
Running down the Rock
Enjoyable Movie for Action fans who like comedy.
Great movie, Action, comedy, and Christopher Walken, 90 minutes of fun
THIS IS ONLY FOR THE RUNDOWN DVD

The Rundown (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: The Rock , Seann William Scott , Rosario Dawson , Christopher Walken , and Ewen Bremner
Director: Peter Berg
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B00016MSV2
Release Date: 2004-03-23

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Professional wrestling star the Rock, who was such a lump of flesh in The Scorpion King, proves surprisingly light on his feet in The Rundown, demonstrating charm and humor as well as the requisite toughness. Beck (the Rock), a repo-man for deadbeats, is sent to South America to find a treasure hunter (Seann William Scott) who's seeking a priceless golden idol--which the local head honcho (Christopher Walken) would like to get his hands on as well. Add in the lovely but dangerous barmaid with a secret (Rosario Dawson), and Beck has some obstacles to overcome. The plot of The Rundown isn't anything special, but the script is enjoyably clever and reasonably coherent; the capable cast keeps things lively; and the movie's relaxed but sinewy pace sets it apart from the frantic floundering of recent action flicks--kudos to director Peter Berg (Very Bad Things). A surprisingly fun flick. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

The Rock is the Man.......2007-06-27

WWE Films presents The Rundown or should I say WWF.

If you liked the Rock in the squared circle then you will love him in The Rundown. His performance was off the hook along with Sean's. This is a serious but funny movie, especialy when the monkey starts humping the Rocks face.

Running down the Rock.......2007-06-12

I found this to be a surprisingly entertaining movie. Filmed in Hawaii (a stand-in locale that doubles for Brazil), the cinematography is terrific. The ROCK plays a sort of bounty-hunter who is out to bring a kid (Seann William Scott - AKA "Stiffler") back to his father. Along the way, they have run ins with the local who runs the town (Christopher Walken).

The ROCK's movies tend to be entertaining, although I can't see him being the next Arnie. The action / adventure / comedy is his most natural genre. He doesn't quite have the charisma of the slow-talking, talk-with-an-accent Arnie. However, The ROCK can still carve out a niche for himself and make many more movies to come.

As always Seann William Scott is hilarious, although some of the comic elements in this film don't really "work." Christopher Walken was a good choice to be the stoic villain who is bent on enslaving a town of natives.

If you enjoy adventure movies, give this one a spin. It's more comical than most adventure movies. And, most importantly, it's a whole lotta fun to watch!

Enjoyable Movie for Action fans who like comedy........2007-05-01

I bought this originally because both my husband and daughter like The Rock. They think he's the 'bomb'. I'm not much into wrestlers gone actor, but I have to say, I liked this movie. It isn't one of my favourites, but it is a good one. The story itself was well written, the action was decent (I'm a fan of Japanese and Chinese action movies myself) and the tongue in cheek humour made it highly enjoyable. I wouldn't say the Rock is eye candy in this one, far from it, but he's proving to be a good actor all in all. The movie appeals to everyone in my family for different reasons. It's just an all around good time.

Great movie, Action, comedy, and Christopher Walken, 90 minutes of fun.......2007-01-15

The rock in what would be his first major release movie, the rundown is a story of Beck (the Rock) who is a "collection agent" for a gambling ring. Beck just wants out of the business after so many years of fighting to open a restaurant. But, his boss wants him to do one last job, retrieve his son Travis (shawn william scott) from Brazil's jungles and bring him back home to pay for some outstanding debts. So off to brazil, to El dorado, a small town controlled by a ruthless miner, played by Christopher Walken. Beck is a man of honor, and he will bring back Travis, but along the way, things get complicated when a priceless artifiact Travis has located comes into play. I could go on, but just get this movie. Its funny, and it got some good action and fight scenes. 90 minutes of fun, check it out.

THIS IS ONLY FOR THE RUNDOWN DVD.......2006-09-08

The extras on this DVD are A++, more than enough. The extras include:

*Deleted Scenes-The Rocks Exclusive footage
*"Rumble in the Jumgle" featurette- choreographed scnes
*"Appetite for Destruction" Featurette- Visual Effects
*"The Amazon" Hawain Style Featurette- The set on Hawaii
*The Rundown Uncensored- Featurette with Camilla the Baboon!

Great for any fan of the Rocks movies.
*

Average customer rating:

The Rock is the Man
Running down the Rock
Enjoyable Movie for Action fans who like comedy.
Great movie, Action, comedy, and Christopher Walken, 90 minutes of fun
THIS IS ONLY FOR THE RUNDOWN DVD

The Rundown (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: The Rock , Seann William Scott , Rosario Dawson , Christopher Walken , and Ewen Bremner
Director: Peter Berg
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B00016MSVC
Release Date: 2004-03-23

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Customer Reviews:

The Rock is the Man.......2007-06-27

Running down the Rock.......2007-06-12

Enjoyable Movie for Action fans who like comedy........2007-05-01

Great movie, Action, comedy, and Christopher Walken, 90 minutes of fun.......2007-01-15

THIS IS ONLY FOR THE RUNDOWN DVD.......2006-09-08

Average customer rating:

The first 10 minutes rock!
Fun action movie but lacking trully hd picture...
color in excess
Great movie
The Rundown on HD

The Rundown (HD-DVD)
Starring: Jr. Ernie Reyes , Christopher Walken , Stephen Bishop , Arnold Schwarzenegger , and Mary Joy
Director: Peter Berg
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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Binding: HD DVD

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ASIN: B000FGG602
Release Date: 2006-05-16

Customer Reviews:

The first 10 minutes rock!.......2007-05-07

This is one of my all-time fav's but you have the credits wrong. Arnold S. is NOT in this movie. And the Rock is not even mentioned.

Fun action movie but lacking trully hd picture..........2006-11-15

Watching this movie hasn't really changed since the DVD days. The story is exciting and the action is constantly flowing. That is why this movie gets four stars from me.

What keeps this movie from getting five stars is the grainy picture. I have a 1080p and watching other hd movies looked good. This movie appeared as they did very little to enhance the quality of picture. The picture was grainy and really didn't appear any better than my dvd version. You may want to invest in some other movie with a better quality picture unless you haven't viewed it before.

color in excess.......2006-08-28

A good moment of action for a rainy day with humor sometimes.This is a pleaseant movie at the end.
The HD Dvd transfer is average with heavy saturation in colors and too sharp contrast.

Great movie.......2006-08-07

This movie was a great. what make it better when you see on HD-player. very funny and I do recommend it to anyone a nice family
movie.

The Rundown on HD.......2006-07-11

What Can I say. This is definately not Oscar Material but what it is, is a Damn Good Action/Popcorn Flick that has some Serious Eye Candy on HD DVD. If you want to see the Amazon Rainforest like it was on your bedroom window This movie will give you that thrill and entertain you in the process.

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Cardona grooves to the jungle beat
CHEESY MEXICAN INDIANA JONES KNOCKOFF

Treasure of the Amazon
Starring: Jr. Pedro Armendariz , Bradford Dillman , Sonia Infante , Jorge Luke , and Donald Pleasence
Director: Jr. René Cardona
Manufacturer: Vci Video
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ASIN: B0007NMJCM
Release Date: 2005-03-29

Description

In the depths of the lush, steamy Amazon jungle, rife with exotic life forms, a group of adventurers embarks on a quest to discover a legendary river reportedly filled with diamonds "the size of your eyes" as well as precious jewels and gold, and in the process finds itself enveloped in incomprehensible barbarism. At the mercy of this mysterious jungle labyrinth, the treasure hunters are forced into fierce battles with determined cannibals, ruthless headhunters, ferocious alligators, piranhas, a tribe of topless female warriors, and, equally disturbing - the greed of their own colleagues, raising the question "Which is more treacherous - the greed of man or the perils of the jungle?" Created by one of Mexico's most famous exploitation and action/adventure film directors, Rene Cardona, Jr., this film has been labeled "One of the best Indiana Jones style films seen". Bonus Features: Original Trailer| Scene Selection Menu| Bios| Bonus Adventure Trailers. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Stereo; 104 minutes; 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - R; Year - 1985; SRP - $5.99.

Customer Reviews:

Cardona grooves to the jungle beat.......2007-05-13

I knew when I started reviewing crud cinema again that I'd revisit the Rene Cardona, Jr Fun Park. Although it's been a long time, I vividly remember struggling through "Tintorera" and "Guyana: Crime of the Century". How could I forget those two experiences? A frontal lobotomy performed with a sledgehammer wouldn't rid my mind of the images those two "classics" inflicted upon me. If you're not familiar with Senor Cardona's work, he's the sort of director who somehow managed to raise enough funds to populate his films with fairly well known actors and actresses. He convinced Susan George to appear in "Tintorera," and staffed "Guyana" with folks like Joseph Cotton and Stuart Whitman. I know what you're going to say, and you're right. Susan George was never a huge star, and Joseph Cotton's career trajectory was approaching its nadir in the 1970s. True. But it's still surprising to see the number of known faces Cardona put in his films. For example, check out "Treasure of the Amazon". We see Bradford Dillman, Donald Pleasence, John Ireland, and Stuart Whitman camping it up out in the jungle. Consider Cardona as a sort of past tense version of Uwe Boll.

Think about "Treasure of the Amazon," if you must, in the context of the 1980s jungle actioner. "Romancing the Stone," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "King Solomon's Mines"--you can see where this one's going. In Cardona's crudfest, we immediately meet a scruffy old coot named Gringo (Whitman). He's one of these jungle guides that take people into the backcountry when they're searching for something valuable. Needless to say, Zapata (Pedro Armendariz Jr.) and Jaime (Jorge Luke) hire him in order to find some gold. Amazingly, it's the same gold Gringo once looked for back in the day, only something went wrong with the expedition and he was the sole survivor. Also needless to say, the gold lies in an area infested with scary head hunting Indians. Then we learn that a German war criminal named Klaus von Blantz (Pleasence) is also heading upriver looking for valuable loot. With a half-nekkid native girl as a guide, Morimba (Sonia Infante), von Blantz hopes to find gold in order to reconstitute his beloved German National Socialist state right smack dab in the middle of South America. And we're supposed to believe that Gringo is the crazy one!

Wait a minute! We're not even close to being done here. Cardona also throws in another group of people, some oil company surveyors out in the sticks, so they can play a role in the proceedings. This trio of characters consists of Clark (Bradford Dillman sans the flannel he wore in "Piranha"), his buddy Richard (Clark Jarrett), and the always complaining Barbara (Ann Sidney sporting a southern accent so atrocious you'll need to drink a gallon of mint juleps to recover). They become part of the story when they unearth a few headless skeletons only to discover a few diamonds in the gravesite. Diamonds? In the Amazon? Must have something to do with that treasure referenced in the film's title. Soon we learn that there's a cave loaded with diamonds, as big as eyes according to one of the characters, and the gold seems to take a back seat to the unfolding hijinks. Expect to see a few decapitations, a hook through the tongue, cut off fingers, and some other nastiness before this one concludes. Also expect to see John Ireland in a small blink and you'll miss him role as a priest. Hugo Stiglitz, another Cardona regular, pops up in a very small role as a riverboat captain.

Whew! That's a lot of plot. That's also typical of Rene Cardona flicks. He figures if you burden down a movie with a ton of characters and subplots, you won't notice the cheese oozing out of the celluloid. And believe me when I tell you that "Treasure of the Amazon" is cheesy. Bad dialogue, idiotic character motivations, and hammy acting all rule the day here. The guiltiest party in the giant ham department is probably Donald Pleasence. His German accent coupled with a scene where he practices a little ethnic cleansing on the Indian population ends up ruling the day. His death scene, the result of lying to a corrupt custom's agent, is one of the highlights of the film. The Donald aside, not much else grabs a viewer's interest here. Cardona treats us to the aforementioned headless skeletons, diamonds in a cave, a cool death by crabs scene, and a "twist" ending that isn't very original. Most of the film consists of these groups plodding through the jungle trying to deal with the dangerous wildlife and the hostile Indians. Leeches attack! Watch out for the piranha! Snakes! Is that a crocodile in the river? You get the idea. Most of the animal stuff looks like stock footage anyway.

VCI releases "Treasure of the Amazon" with a decent audio and picture transfer. They aren't great, but they're head and shoulders above what you'd expect for a prime piece of schlock cinema. Extras are sparse, alas, but we do get a trailer for the film, a few biographies on the cast, and more previews for other Cardona classics such as "Cyclone," "Guyana: Crime of the Century," and "The Bermuda Triangle". I'm not sure how many more Rene Cardona films I can stomach. This is my third review of his stuff (with one more on the way for "The Bermuda Triangle"), and I'm fearful that I won't have the strength to get through "Cyclone". Oh, who do I think I'm kidding? Of course I'll continue watching this pap. I've got nothing better to do with my free time. Besides, it's worth it if I can warn off the unprepared. Only schlock lovers should give Cardona a spin; all others should stay far away.

CHEESY MEXICAN INDIANA JONES KNOCKOFF.......2005-03-29

Treasure of the Amazon really is one of those films that is so bad it's actually good. It's a Mexican-made film from 1985 menat to cash in on the popularity of the Indian Jones films. It stars a cast of name actors (well sort of) such as Stuart Whitman, Donald Pleasance, John Ireland, and Bradford Dillman. Not exactly Hollywood's A list, or even B list, but at least some people you've heard of.

The plot involves a search for gold in the Amazon by various groups of people, all trying to out-wit each other and be the first to find the treasure. Pleasance plays a former German officer named Klaus Von Blantz who is hoping to find the gold and bring back the Third Reich. Whitman is a tough old Jungle vet named Gringo. Throughout the film the groups battle jungle headhunters, crocodiles, and vicious crabs who tear apart one person in a memorable scene.

There's lots of gore including decapitations, animal attacks, and shrunken heads but the budget is so low that it doesn't scare or shock. It's all quite harmless and great cheesy entertainment. Kind of like an old Saturday Afternoon matinee film.

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The Rock is the Man
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The Rundown (UMD Mini For PSP)
Starring: Jr. Ernie Reyes , Christopher Walken , Stephen Bishop , Arnold Schwarzenegger , and Mary Joy
Director: Peter Berg
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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Release Date: 2005-07-26

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Customer Reviews:

The Rock is the Man.......2007-06-27

Running down the Rock.......2007-06-12

Enjoyable Movie for Action fans who like comedy........2007-05-01

Great movie, Action, comedy, and Christopher Walken, 90 minutes of fun.......2007-01-15

THIS IS ONLY FOR THE RUNDOWN DVD.......2006-09-08

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Treasure of the Amazon

Manufacturer: Echelon Entertainment 2
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
ASIN: B0007LIAS6

Product Description

Treasure of the Amazon is sparkling with enough action, intrigue, suspense, violence, and passion that brings you deep into the savage jungles of South America. The path leading to the riches of gold and diamonds is treacherous to the visitor and native alike. Many groups of fortune seekers have met a bloody death in pursuit of their dreams.

Treasure of the Amazon/Island of Lost Souls

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Treasure of the Amazon/Island of Lost Souls
Starring: Treasure of the Amazon , and Island of Lost Souls
Manufacturer: Vci Video
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ASIN: B000QCU9T4
Release Date: 2007-05-29

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Treasure of the Amazon: In the depths of the lush, steamy Amazon jungle, rife with exotic life forms, a group of adventurers embarks on a quest to discover a legendary river reportedly filled with diamonds "the size of your eyes" as well as precious jewels and gold, and in the process finds itself enveloped in incomprehensible barbarism. At the mercy of this mysterious jungle labyrinth, the treasure hunters are forced into fierce battles with determined cannibals, ruthless headhunters, ferocious alligators, piranhas, a tribe of topless female warriors, and, equally disturbing - the greed of their own colleagues, raising the question "Which is more treacherous - the greed of man or the perils of the jungle?" Created by one of Mexico's most famous exploitation and action/adventure film directors, Rene Cardona, Jr., this film has been labeled "One of the best Indiana Jones style films seen." Island of Lost Souls: Based on the Best Seller by Jose Leon Sanchez, which relates the twenty years of imprisonment during which he lived on the Island of Lost Souls. The brutality of the events, nakedly narrated in the book, propelled the novel to major success in Latin America, and later to receive worldwide acclaim. The film adaptation of the heart-wrenching story went on to break box office records in Mexico, the film's country of origin. Bonus Features: Scene Selection Menu| Bios| Bonus Adventure Trailers| Original Theatrical Trailer Specs: DVD10; Dolby Digital Stereo/Dolby Digital 2.0; 199 minutes; Color; 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - R, NR; Year - 1985, 1974; SRP - $9.99.

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