Walking Tall (2004)
5/10
Violent motion picture with visceral and raw struggles
9 January 2006
The film focuses on Chris Vaughn (The Rock) a former US soldier who goes back to his home and finds the town is ruled by a corrupt ringleader (Neal McDonough) , owner of the town casino . Drug and crime run over the place and he along with a friend (Johnny Knoxville) decide to clean it, turning himself in County Sheriff . Meanwhile, he falls in love with a stripper . Stand up, fight back, walk tall ! . One man will stand up for what's right !.

The film is a powerful story about one army man and his fight for what he believes in and he has to find justice outside of the law . Director Kevin Bray captures every bone-crunching hit , kick , punch , he wants to make sure that the action was raw , intense action sequences . Today's cinematic world of explosions , gunplay , people floating through the air and everything else you could imagine , however this film is a just straight-up , old-fashioned , old school , hard nose , blue-collar and great feeling of realism . Club-wielding sheriff with a four by four piece of ceder gives hits and punches. The admirable starring rendered by ¨the Rock¨ has a big stick and he's trying to knock somebody's jaw loose. Violents incidents have a different flavor and character to go on and do more to succeed at his goal . The first incident in casino has a train-wreck chaos and hell breaks loose in old-fashioned stomp . In the next incident when he returns for revenge , it's more stealthy kind of shooting style because it's a more stealthy incident , he's got a bit of a plan even though he's acting out of rage , he's using the techniques and skills that he learned in the military . The third is basically just make it as riveting and energetic as possible , just a real thing , director is bringing back the movies of old , of yesterday that really took intensely raw action and put it on screen . This is an ultraviolent crime film wowed the movie-going public.

The flick was professionaly by Kevin Bray. This craftsman began his film career directing the classic urban action comedy, All About the Benjamins, as well as this 2004 remake of Walking Tall. He has also directed over one hundred music videos and commercials, ranging from Whitney Houston to the Beastie Boys. And directing episodes of notorious series , such as : Black-ish , Run , Snowfall , Future Men , The Americans , Shameless , The games , Succession ...The picture is dedicated to the memory of Tenesse folk hero sheriff Buford Passer , being based on real deeds . In fact , the movie is a remake of ¨Walking Tall¨1973 by Phil Karlson (with Joe Don Baker) and spawned numerous sequels directed by Earl Bellamy (with Bo Svenson) and TV series . This film is even more violent than original . Rating : 5.5/10. Average but entertaining.
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