Walking Tall
viewers reviews
'Sentiment: Positive 🙂'
What makes Walking Tall such a good movie, in my opinion, is that you really want The Rock to beat the bad guys. Obviously, in these type of movies the good guys always have to win, so it's really important that the director make sure the good guys come out looking much better than the bad guys so that when the good guys win, the audience is satisfied. This movie does that perfectly having The Rock have something extremely cowardly done to him near the beginning of the film. Johnny Knoxville adds a lot to this movie as well with some good humor. Overall it's just good entertainment the whole time.So check this out some time because it's a prime example of how a slightly more adult feel-good movie should be done.
'Sentiment: Negative ☹️'
74 minutes was filled with action-packed, shoot them up scenes. The Rock is like a character out of a Sylvester Stallone film.The premise where a returning soldier goes home to find his town filled with corruption is a familiar theme. Getting involved when a family member is affected with a drug overdose is also trite.The film proceeds too rapidly on that memorable trial, and our hero becoming the town sheriff and immediately cleaning things up as they did in old Dodge City.The violence is expected as the new sheriff tries to set things straight.I liked the film, but there needed to be more character development.
'Sentiment: Negative ☹️'
I recall seeing the hit Bing Crosby-produced original in 1973 and thought it was okay... and a fitting tribute to the memory of Sheriff Pusser and his family. So I reordered it on NetFlix and they sent me the remake by mistake. My complaints? First off, this bears no resemblance to the Pusser story (Washington state?). It's more of 'Road House' meets 'Rambo.' There's nothing here that anyone hasn't seen done better a dozen times before. The phoned-in script could've been written on a damp cocktail napkin and 'The Rock' could be used to describe his acting range. Nothing about this version approaches the level of creative inspiration. It's a total waste of time. Thankfully, it's also one of the shortest movies I've ever seen. Bleeaaach and yawn... back in the mail you go.
