
The hard-boiled former U.S. Special Forces veteran and decorated sergeant, Chris Vaughn, is in for a rude awakening, as his peaceful hometown has changed radically. With the old cedar mill gone out of business for good--and a garish gambling house opened instead, promoting drugs and violence thanks to his old high-school nemesis, Jay Hamilton--Chris will have no other choice but to take matters into his own hands as the town's new sheriff. Now, Jay's murderous henchmen have n... (Full plot summary below)
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The hard-boiled former U.S. Special Forces veteran and decorated sergeant, Chris Vaughn, is in for a rude awakening, as his peaceful hometown has changed radically. With the old cedar mill gone out of business for good--and a garish gambling house opened instead, promoting drugs and violence thanks to his old high-school nemesis, Jay Hamilton--Chris will have no other choice but to take matters into his own hands as the town's new sheriff. Now, Jay's murderous henchmen have no place to hide--and with a primitive and lethally efficient four-by-four fence post as his weapon of choice--Chris is determined to clean up the vice and the corruption in his beloved birthplace. Who will dare to stop Chris, the furious one-man-army?
Leave your thoughts about Walking Tall.
| Filmcritic.comSean O'ConnellYou won't be hungry for seconds by the time the last baddie hits the floor, but you won't be checking your watch repeatedly, either. |
| Entertainment TodayBrent SimonThere are movies of uncomplicated simian enjoyment and there's Walking Tall, in which a stirring courtroom defense culminates with the dramatic ripping open of a shirt. |
| Mixed ReviewsGabriel ShanksThere are points to be made about the rapidly transforming cultural landscape, but painting them with Color-By-Numbers simplicity is neither entertaining nor interesting. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThis Walking Tall does have the Rock, and that, both physically and metaphorically, is no small thing. |
| Philadelphia WeeklySean Burns...so rote it doesn't just feel like a tired genre piece--the movie actually feels like it's aspiring to be a tired genre piece! |
| OregonianM.E. RussellDon't go in expecting much and you'll have fun. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenEnjoy The Rock until he becomes governor. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertThe film is thankfully free of the nasty aftertaste that accompanied the Death Wish and Dirty Harry revenge fantasies of the '70s. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[A]ll about vigilantism being Okay as long as you really, really know you're right and there's no one bigger than you around to stop you... |
| Fat Guys at the MoviesKevin CarrIn many ways, this is better than the original. |