Ashley Scott, Barbara Tarbuck, Dwayne Johnson
Chris Vaughn is a retired soldier who returns to his hometown to make a new life for himself, only to discover his wealthy high school rival, Jay Hamilton, has closed the once-prosperous lumber mill t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
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Stats: 6,830 reviews
Flixster Reviews (6,830)
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October 1, 2009Naivety ain't a problem when you've got muscles to back you up! The Rock is a likable guy but this film is fairly crappy really. Should have realised when I saw that it was produced by WWE! Aw well!
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April 6, 2008A great and explosive good time. Wild, funny and loaded with pure head-bashing and bone-crunching in your face action. An awsome adreniline-pumping ride. The Rock is sensational in his role, he's on his way to movie superstardome. The Rock shows he's not the beefy machine gun act...( read more)
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September 21, 2007"Walking Tall" is a remake of a 1973 based-on-fact film about a man who fights back against corruption in his town by becoming sheriff and waging war on the bad guys. I haven't seen the original, but I'm willing to bet it's closer to the truth than the 2004 "Walking Tall", which ...( read more)
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September 20, 2007I liked the original and the remake is actually pretty darn good, gotta love "clean up the town" stories, I do enjoy watching the Rock act, he does better then some others...I liked it
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Critic Reviews
April 2, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
April 1, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
There was a time when guys would grab a six-pack and watch this kind of flick at a drive-in. I mean that as a compliment. full review
April 1, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The film is thankfully free of the nasty aftertaste that accompanied the Death Wish and Dirty Harry revenge fantasies of the '70s. full review
March 30, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
The miscast Rock never comes close to matching Joe Don Baker's sweaty, ungainly, force-of-nature hick heroism. full review
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February 9, 2007Exelente muy buena pelicula y The Rock wow estuvo expectacular se las recomiendo....
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December 21, 2006this movie is one of the best the rock aka dwayne johnson has done...doom i couldnt get into an switched off afta 5 mins but this one had me glued to the tv an it has nothin to do with his body HONEST lol not only is he a brilliant actor on screen but he also gives us somethin worth watchin over an over again in the ring aswell
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July 25, 2006This is the best rock movie then its scorpion king den welcome to the jungle den doom? (WHATS WRONG WITH MY TAIL LIGHTS, (BANG BANG) THEY'RE BROKEN)
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May 24, 2006this movie is the most action packing thrill seeking movie ever!!!
-pysch but, it is good though.
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