Print: Good - Sound: Good - Label: MGM - Cover: Good - Format: 2.35:1 - Length: 1h23m/1h11m - Before: No - Again: Yes - Price: £1 - Rating: 7/10.
In Walking Tall, Chris Vaughn (Dwayne Johnson), returns to his boyhood home in the Pacific Northwest from a decorated career in the US Armed Forces. Chris is shocked and saddened to see his town has been ravaged by poverty and corruption, its vital lumber mill is closed, and a crime-ridden casino is now the towns biggest employer. It seems Chris's high school rival, Jay Hamilton (Neal McDonough) is in charge of the casino, a gambling mecca called the Wild Cherry. Even Chris's high school girlfriend, Deni (Ashley Scott) dances there as a stripper.
He and some old friends, including best friend Ray Templeton (Johnny Knoxville), visit the Wild Cherry on Jays good will invitation. But Chris discovers cheating at the craps tables, and a fight erupts with Hamilton's security guards that leaves Chris left for dead. What follows is a court-case Chris has to win, to then become the town sheriff, to clean it all up once and for all!
Walking Tall is a remake of a 70s movie of the same name, which I haven't seen, but this is very good, reminiscent of the 1980s straight-to-video action movies! Great!
Here is the trailer...
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