Walking Tall
by Kevin Bray
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Actor: Ashley Scott, Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Kristen Wilson, Neal McDonoughDirector: Kevin Bray
Brand: Rock
Producer: Ashok Amritraj
Producer: Bill Bannerman
Writer: Brian Koppelman
Writer: Channing Gibson
Writer: David Klass
Writer: David Levien
Writer: Mort Briskin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Walking Tall
DVD Review: GREAT MOVIE!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is fantastic. First, I love Dwayne Johnson, second Johnny Knoxville is great in this movie too. I'm not a fan of his Jack Ass movies, but this was great! This had humor, action, drama, everything you could ask for!DVD Review: He speaks softly, but carries a big stick. Action, Action, Action!
Summary: 5 Stars
This 2004, 86 minute film by MGM starring Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Scott, Johnny Knoxville and Neal McDonough is packed with action.
Chris, played by Dwayne Johnson is a soldier returning home only to find his small home town isn't as it was when he left.
Drugs, corruption and gambling have taken over the town and caused the closure of a community business while he was away serving his country.
When a drug problem hits home, Chris takes the law into his own hands and starts reclaiming his home town that belongs to the people that live there.
Non-stop action. Great story.
I have this movie in my personal DVD collection. It's a keeper!
Reporter Joseph Toth
Washington Micro Bank BBS
DVD Review: An Awesome Remake!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great remake that pays tribute to Sheriff Buford Pusser. It seems like this version has more action, suspense, and comedy. I actually like this version a little bit better than the original. Dwayne Johnson plays Chris Vaughn, a former army Special Forces sergeant who comes home to relax, take it easy, and work at the cedar mill, but finds out that it has been closed down. A childhood friend, Jay Hamilton owns a corrupted casino. When Chris sees that a game is rigged, he is badly beaten and sliced up. He asks the sheriff for help, but doesn't do anything about it. When he discovers that his nephew, Pete got Crystal Meth from the security at the casino, Chris gets revenge by taking a huge piece of cedar and beating up the guards and trashes the casino. He wants to run for sheriff so he can take a stand and fight back against all the corrupted people in the town, with the help of his best friend, Ray. I highly recommend WALKING TALL!!!DVD Review: Do you smell what the ROCK is Cookin?
Summary: 5 Stars
I just watched a compilation of The Rock on entensity and I had to write a review on this movie.
Walking Tall is an awsome movie. It is definately the best Dwayne Johnson movie made to date. Gridiron Gang (Full screen) is pretty close.
Chris Vaughn (T Rock) leaves his home town after hight school for college football. That goes south so he joins the military. He comes home to "heal his mind" and everything has changed. His hometown has turned into a place for drugs and gambling so he has to clean it up...With a HUGE stick...
DVD Review: Another Morality Play
Summary: 2 Stars
"This film was inspired by a true story." The film begins by showing a ship on a lake that says the northwest. A man walks through the streets. The mill closed down, no work in town. The former sheriff died in a one-car accident (?). Cris learns more about his town. The film slowly introduces the characters, as if padding out the time. The football game does the same. There is a gambling casino in town. Cris sees the dealer switch dice; he wants to try again. Their security forces arrive and the fight begins. Cris is over-powered and banged up, then dumped in the rainy street. He recovers and returns home.
The head of the casino visits Cris and tries to make a deal. The casino operator owns the town. The sheriff is in cahoots with this institution. Does the casino also peddle drugs to teenagers? Cris takes a big stick and returns to the casino to recover his special force medallion that was stolen from him. Jay Hamilton says "this has changed our relationship a bit". Cris is arrested and represents himself at the trial. The jury decides on an acquittal! [Jury nullification?] Next Cris is the new sheriff and fires all the deputies. [Isn't democracy great?] A casino is a machine to print dollars. Sheriff Cris wants to clean out the crystal meth production in his county. [This plague of the country is seldom mentioned in Hollywood films. It is mostly domestically produced.]
One suspect is arrested and his truck taken apart in a search for drugs. Will there be revenge against Cris or his parents? [Will there be a lull in the story to surprise the viewers with sudden action?] The sheriff's truck explodes, his office is machine gunned. There is a shoot out, and the bad guys bite the dust. Cris learns where the meth lab is hidden. Will there be a final duel between Cris and Jay? Guess who wins?
The original 1972 film had a raw and gritty story that was far, far better. This film is slower paced with fewer actors, showing its low budget and cheaper script. This diluted version omits any references to crooked politicians in the state capital, and organized crime.
Description of Walking Tall
When it comes to laying down the law with a vengeance, one man can make a difference. Action superstar The Rock (The Rundown, The Scorpion King) takes no prisoners as he fights for justice andcrushes corruption in this hard-hitting adventure that's "endlessly enjoyable and a lot of fun" (FOX-TV)! Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: The Movie) co-stars in this "bone-cracking, adrenaline-pumping" (Arizona Daily Star) ride inspired by the true story of a man who decided to take a standand take back his town.The Rock is definitely Walking Tall in this straightforward remake of the popular 1973 revenge flick based on the real-life exploits of Sheriff Buford Pusser. Only the basic premise of the original film remains, but it's well-suited to the Rock's rising-star agenda, and it's a savvy, albeit uninspired follow-up to his previous hit, The Rundown. With typical beefcake bravado, Chris Vaughan (the Rock) arrives home in rural Kitsap County, Washington (filmed in budget-friendly Canada, of course) to find his hometown overtaken by childhood friend-turned-sleazebag casino owner and drug-dealer Jay Hamilton (played with steely-eyed malevolence by Neal McDonough), whose squad of goons includes the local sheriff. The cards are instantly and simplistically stacked against our hero, but no matter: he's soon kickin' ass and takin' names as the new sheriff, and from that point director Kevin Bray (All About the Benjamins) goes strictly by-the-numbers, limiting this punchy programmer to a brisk 85 minutes, with comic relief (courtesy of costar Johnny Knoxville) and an obligatory love-interest (Ashley Scott, in obligatory skimpy attire) tossed in for good measure. It's a cracker movie for a cracker audience, and on those terms it handily expedites the Rock's ascension to the action-movie throne. --Jeff Shannon
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