Walking Tall

Light, weightless, fun action. The Rock is great in the role, and the story is good. It's not as compelling or fleshed out as the originals or the true story. But it's a fun enough action movie to forgive all that and have a good time with the retribution.

Walking Tall is a simple action film that is only worth watching for The Rock. It has a very straightforward story mixed with a lot of generic action that while not bad, just doesn't entertain me as much as I hoped. The Rock at this point was still new to these sort of action films and he is extremely likeable and is able to carry a film on his own to some degree. He kicks ass and he has the look for it too. I like Neal McDonough and makes for a decent villain. Some of the action is a little unbalanced, and theirs only two of them I thought had some value. The first when he revisits the casino with his 2x4 and the shootout at the station. The rest just felt kind of sloppy. I am not the biggest Knoxville fan but I quite enjoyed his humour in this. Not a terrible movie by any means, but hard to find a reason to watch it again. 5/10