Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

adonis98-743-186503 A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house. Action Packed, Hilarious and full of kicking and punching 'Walking Tall' has The Rock at his best doing what he knows best, Johnny Knoxville is also good as his friend and Neal McDonough is perfect as the film's main antagonist plus i loved the fight scenes in the Casino and the final confrontation in the woods also the scene in the Court was dramatic enough and Dwayne showcased some fantastic dramatic chops, overall a great and terrific action film. (A+)

GeorgeSickler The actors were fine, OK? But this movie is just a stupid mess of outrageous nonsense.If you have nothing better to do, don't even consider watching this groan-er. You're better off watching paint dry instead.Just a few examples (and these are spoilers): The family-owned mill, which was the major employer in town and the region, shuts down to build a cheating casino that also makes and sells drugs to kids.Huh?!?!? They shut down an on-going for-profit mill that was the MAJOR source of income for the region, to build a casino -- that needed patrons who had an income (from the mill?) to lose? The Rock, before he becomes sheriff, comes to the casino and spots the crap table croupier switching dice for a loaded pair. The result? The Rock gets beaten up to a pulp by the casino security thugs, in front of everybody else.And nobody cares. This ain't a good example of a casino's customer relations policy to keep people coming back.And, among others, the scene were the Rock's office (he's now the sheriff) gets massacred for around 15 minutes of movie time with machine gunfire and other mayhem. And NOBODY from town shows up? To see what's going on? To recognize the bad guys by sight? Meanwhile, the bad guys were laughing in front of God and everybody and didn't care if anyone was watching? Again, watching paint dry is a better option. Or maybe "My Mother the Car" reruns.

regahsof This movie, given its star actor, is what I imagine watching a wrestling match is like. There is nonstop action and movement with breaks taken only due to fatigue. From the opening camera moving across the landscape, to Chris on a moving ferry, to Chris walking for the entire opening credits back home, you don't encounter many, if any, scenes of one setting, with two actors in a one-on-one situation, engaging in dialogue for several long minutes. Maybe that's a drama, and this, to be sure, is certainly no drama movie. So much happens in this movie, which seems to make it so interesting, and a rush. What some people spend their entire lives doing or could take more than one lifetime doing -- weeding out corruption and social rot in a city/town, seems to get accomplished in the span of a couple months. Also in that time-frame Chris wins a small election (details of which aren't shown) which turns in to a good job and gets back with his former girlfriend. Does life happen this quickly for some people, especially somebody who was away for eight years? In "Walking Tall", it did.

alindsay-al It is evident that over the years The Rock's career as an actor has improved, but I do think this is a fun enjoyable fun that does have its negatives but also definitely has its positives. The story sees an ex army guy Chris returning home as he attempts to clean up his town from the corruption within. The Rock was quite new at this point and for this film he was great in the role, he used all his charm and charisma in the role but not a lot of acting is really portrayed by him. Johnny Knoxville did a good job as the Rock's best friend and adds good comic relief to the film. I also thought the main villain was portrayed well with him being a good adversary for The Rock. But I thought the Rock's romance was underused and not given enough screen time also the corrupt sheriff is in the same position and doesn't add much to the film. The story is decent seeing a story of an average man attempting to do what's right and fix his down. However, there was other parts of the stories that were not given enough screen time and it took away from the whole film. The script was alright with the chemistry between The Rock and Knoxville being really good but some of the dialogue was poor from some of the other characters. The style in the film is really cool with the action being great and the hard hitting emphasise the realism of the film. Overall this is a fun film but isn't a great film which could of surely been improved.