Walking Tall (2004)

Very disappointed :(

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I actually, thoroughly enjoyed this film. That was until I saw the original and found out what a pathetic retelling this was on a certified classic. In some ways, it's hard to remake 70's films. The racial language alone would make the film an R, thrown in the suggestive sex and nudity and the PG-13 rating added to this title are now blown. The Villain in the remake is much more convincing and menacing, but the rock is less than believable playing the punk version of Joe Don Baker. For the sake of this movies and many others that Hollywood is attempting to retackle, son't be afraid to go all the way. Adults need strong film and there is no shame with an R rating.

A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house. Action Packed, Hilarious and full of kicking and punching 'Walking Tall' has The Rock at his best doing what he knows best, Johnny Knoxville is also good as his friend and Neal McDonough is perfect as the film's main antagonist plus i loved the fight scenes in the Casino and the final confrontation in the woods also the scene in the Court was dramatic enough and Dwayne showcased some fantastic dramatic chops, overall a great and terrific action film. (A+)

There is absolutely nothing special about this movie. It is average all the way. It is however a decent enough off-the-shelf action flick which fulfills its purpose. That is to provide an hour and a half of decent entertainment.Our hero comes back from being away for quite a while and finds the bad guys are in control. A pretty classical story which have been used since the first movies were made (and even before that). The movie can easily be said to be a modern day Western movie as far as the story goes.Our hero, Dwayne Johnson, is doing a decent job of being a hero. The actions scenes, which is really why you are watching this movie after all, are reasonably well done. Of course they are more of TV-movie quality than anything else but good enough in the context of this movie.The movie plays out more or less exactly as you would expect. Hero comes home, find bad guys in control, gets into shuffle with bad guys, bad guys tries to take on hero via family and friends, fails, hero goes after main bad guy in a long chase/fight, happy ending, roll after texts. As I wrote, it could just as well have been an old Western movie. The traditional western saloon is replaced by a casino and the whiskey and cattle is replaced with crooked gambling and some modern drug dealing.The one part I though was silly, as in bad silly, was the trial in the first half of the movie. Warning, spoiler ahead! I mean, come on. Hero demolishes Casino and gets put on trial, hero shows jury his scars and asks to get a non-guilty verdict, jury happily obliges him. What the f…? Apart from this the movie completed its mission of knocking and hour and a half off my life while keeping me from being bored in front of the TV.

I admire this man's reasoning (Chris Vaughn) on the matter which propels him to move forward in this matter. He must pay the price to make practicality rise with(in) the LAW. He must prove himself worthy of it's words and insist. The law may seem within all of us and he is bringing forth more witnesses as this tale of the heart regarding importance matters to us all and regardless of any color or race. The heart of a man in Chris Vaughn brings about speculation and a respect of values. Watch further as this mind ensues and sincerely commits to a challenge. A man must look into his conscience in respect to thine honorable feelings remitting doubt and to make matters clear within the spirit of the peoples of a town, and perhaps all of us. Watch consciously-beware.