Cartoon mayhem that doesn't have the desperate vengeance to stir us up emotionally.
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Walking Tall (2004)
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Reviews Counted:128
Fresh:31
Rotten:97
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: The Rock makes a competent hero, but the movie is content to let a 2x4 do all the talking.
Theatrical Release:Apr 2, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $45,860,039
Synopsis: The first big screen version of Walking Tall, starring Joe Don Baker as real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser, debuted in 1973 and was a huge grassroots hit with moviegoers. Its two sequels,... [More]
Starring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough, Kristen Wilson
Director: Kevin Bray
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Reviews for Walking Tall
It s not exactly On the Waterfront and will not be contending for Oscars, but it does have some bite.
04/01/04
It isn't much of a movie -- the plotline has been whittled down to next to nothing -- but it's a terrific showcase for its formidable star.
04/02/04
A lean, mean revenge picture that works on a purely visceral level.
04/01/04
This contemporary remake of the 1973 grassroots classic retains and updates the basic plot points while losing much of the original’s heart and soul.
04/17/04
A morally specious revenge fantasy for viewers frustrated by their own feelings of impotence in the face of crime, unruly children, and so on...
04/05/04
I know it's a movie, and sure, the bad guys are pretty brutal, but siccing this hulk of a man on the town, no matter what his intentions, doesn't spell justice to me.
04/01/04
Top CriticThe film is comprised of four violent action scenes tied together by nearly 50 minutes of alternately hilarious (unintentionally, of course) and dull filler.
04/03/04
Top CriticEntertaining.
04/01/04
Walking Tall works only because The Rock can carry it on his absurdly broad shoulders. Whether or not that's good enough to spend money on is up to you.
04/01/04
To actually spend money to see something like this in a theater defies all logic: It's the equivalent of using a $20 bill to create an origami elephant.
04/07/04
...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!
04/16/04
...could have used more intelligent storytelling and less wrestlemania; it reeks of SmackDown!, but it never fully exploits its champ, The Rock.
04/02/04
if it weren't for the thematic undercurrent favorably depicting fascism and summary justice as the solution to all of life's little problems, it would be laughable.
04/17/04
Only exhilarating if you're at such a low point in the human scale of existence that the exploits of a wrestler playing an insane cop speaks to some deep well of disquiet.
04/01/04
Look, I absolutely dig The Rock, but he really needs to get away from these simplistic Vince McMahon-backed productions.
04/01/04
It’s the kind of film that earns points just for not falling into the hands of Vin Diesel.
04/01/04
Walking Tall, at the very least, can turn in its claim ticket as the silliest movie of the new year.
06/26/05
If the movie has one virtue, it's a kind of surface vitality that results from director Kevin Bray's speed-at- all-costs approach.
04/01/04
Top CriticIt's not a bad story at all, but the filmmakers strip it of any meaning or purpose. The film is merely a series of set-piece montages.
04/24/04
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