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Proud uncle praises 'The Rundown'
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RICKY JOHNSON -- For SLAM! Wrestling
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  The Rock in 'The Rundown'. |
I have some home movies from when Dwayne was young, and I played one
recently, and I saw "Beck" (Dwayne's character in 'The Rundown') in
real life, even back then.
This was truly a breakthrough vehicle for Dwayne, and to be perfectly
honest again, he put on a magnificent display, and passed with flying
colors.
Professional wrestling was a big part of all of our lives (myself, my
brother, Dwayne's grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia). It's probably
the only thing that I ever did well (subject to opinion of course).
But that chapter may well be closed for Dwayne, as it appears that a new
day is "Beck-oning", and my nephew is "Walking Tall" as Hollywood's
newest action hero.
Ricky Johnson is the brother of Rocky Johnson making him "The
People's Uncle". He lives in Toronto, and can still be found on the
occasional indy show around town. He can be emailed at rocksuncle@2-cool.com. For
another review of 'The Rundown' by SLAM! Wrestling's Jon Waldman,
click
here.
