• Starring: Ashley Scott, Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville
  • Summary: A retired U.S. Special Forces soldier returns to his hometown to renew old relationships and make a new life for himself. But while he was away, his boyhood town wasted away to a dilapidated, crime-ridden shell of itself. (MGM)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 31
  2. Negative: 9 out of 31
  1. The cast acquits itself well, with the Rock evincing a quiet balance between humor and brawn.
  2. Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    60
    Johnny Knoxville has a few inspired bits as Vaughn's recovering-addict chum, and The Rock carries an effortlessly soft side in the nonviolent scenes, but Bray doesn't linger too long on anything that doesn't end in a thud or wallop.
  3. Reviewed by: David Hiltbrand
    38
    A dull, drab and pointless rehash, Walking Tall ironically manages to diminish the Rock's stature as both a leading man and an action star.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Negative: 7 out of 13

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