At the time it played like a warm-up act for Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, but now, particularly since the big guy's been doing nothing but kiddie flicks the past couple of years, "The Rundown" (or "Welcome to the Jungle" as it was called in Australia) is seen as one of the big guy's better, more 'fan friendly' efforts. But even if Johnson had followed up the Peter Berg-directed action/comedy with something, well, a little less messy and a bit more awe-inspiring (like say "Spy-Hunter", the flick Johnson was set to do with John Woo before it went bye-bye), the film may still have become more appreciated over time. I mean, it ain't a bad film - there's some good laughs in there, some great action sequences, and a terrific cameo by Arnie Schwarzenegger (who himself was convinced Johnson was the next big thing in action - - right before Disney got a hold of him and forced him into "The Game Plan") right off-the-bat. Mainly, it's entertaining - perfect late Saturday night entertainment.

In an interview with Latino Review, the always-busy Peter Berg (Seems to have about six films going at once - though only one of them usually makes it before the camera; hmm, sounds like your typical producer scenario) said he's keen to do a sequel to the 2004 actioner.

"I don’t know why there’s not [a sequel]" says the director of the forthcoming "Battleship" movie, adding "I think, yes. The answer is yes. I love ‘The Rundown’. I don’t know that the audience at the time was quite ready to accept Dwayne [Johnson]. We had a certain amount of resistance. They screwed around with our release date. The film still performed well.

Berg says it's just a question of when he, Johnson and Seann William Scott can find the time to do it.

"We always joke about when we’re going to do it. Sometimes it’s just a question of timing and getting all the stars to line up but there’s no reason why we wouldn’t do it".

I never thought I'd be seeing this but a sequel to "The Rundown" might just be what The Rock needs to win back the many fans he's lost on the way to Walt's house.

For Latino Review's full interview with Berg in which he discusses, in detail, his plans for the "Battleship" movie, as well as offers progress updates on "Lone Survior" and "Hancock 2" click here.