Just when you thought Arnold Schwartzenegger-style action adventure movies were dead, here comes The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) in "Walking Tall". Less comedic than "The Rundown" but more intense and action-packed, "Walking Tall" is pure, popcorn-chomping fun.
In "Walking Tall", Chris Vaughn (The Rock), a former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, returns to his small hometown in rural Washington State to take a job at the local lumber mill. Once there, he finds that drugs, crime, and corruption have consumed his hometown. At the root of the town's problems lies Vaughn's former childhood friend, Jay Hamilton Jr. (Neal McDonough) who owns the new casino.
Of course, Vaughn gets pushed too far and wants his old hometown back. This sets him on a collision course (pun fully intended...) with Hamilton, which includes bone-crunching fistfights, massive fireballs, much gunfire, wanton destruction, and perilously thin plotting.
But hey, you don't go see movies starring The Rock for Shakespearean acting or Hitchcock-style plotting. I had a great time with this movie and highly recommend it.
In "Walking Tall", Chris Vaughn (The Rock), a former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, returns to his small hometown in rural Washington State to take a job at the local lumber mill. Once there, he finds that drugs, crime, and corruption have consumed his hometown. At the root of the town's problems lies Vaughn's former childhood friend, Jay Hamilton Jr. (Neal McDonough) who owns the new casino.
Of course, Vaughn gets pushed too far and wants his old hometown back. This sets him on a collision course (pun fully intended...) with Hamilton, which includes bone-crunching fistfights, massive fireballs, much gunfire, wanton destruction, and perilously thin plotting.
But hey, you don't go see movies starring The Rock for Shakespearean acting or Hitchcock-style plotting. I had a great time with this movie and highly recommend it.