the audience applauded

Am I Missing Something?

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

A woodenly acted unnecessary remake of a remake of a much MUCH better film, This Kevin Serbo helmed straight to DVD action film sees fit to throw every available cliché at the audience apparently in order to pummel them into submission. Sorbo plays Nick, a sheriff returning home looking for vengeance after some local thug kills his father. Why this is billed as Walking Tall 2, I haven't a clue as it has nothing to do with The Rock film and even less to do with the classic original '70's trilogy. To make matters worse the acting's more wooden then Buford Pusser's fabled 2 by 4. A sequel was shot back-to-back with this one and I can say with all confidence that i'll definitely be skipping that likely travesty. Even a huge Sorbo fan such as myself does have his limits.My Grade: D

Awesome, wonderful movie, finally showing that yes, the US film industry still knows how to make them. And demonstrating clearly that good movies are not made with big budgets, big names or big egos - they're made with good actors and brains.The movie picks up all you expect from the genre, while sidestepping just about every cliché-trap by turning almost all scenes into surprising, amazingly well-written, well-played and well-shot little jewels that somehow still go well together to form a perfect necklace. It allows itself to start at a slow pace, taking its time to develop the setting, plot and characters, picking up speed as it moves along into a quite furious show-down.If you're into country-music - the soundtrack is also quite worth while.And the actors: from Sorbo's compellingly commanding performance, proving that he can carry just about every part he accepts with amazing ease - making it his own in the very first minute he appears on screen, AJ Buckley's scary and realistic portray of the villain, Yvette Nipar's reserved charm and down to Mitchum's weak run-along and David Frey's annoying and really bad 'bad boy', they all deliver a superb job indeed.If you like the old 'High Noon'-like western style, if you're missing Eastwood's spaghetti-heroes, if you enjoy a classical, well-told tale, if you have lately experienced nostalgia for Steven Spielberg's 'Duell'... this is the movie to see.

While I have witnessed many stirring performances in my time, the thespianic masterpiece from the bartender was truly worth $18.44 paid to Wal-Mart. His performance alone saved the entire film for me, who was that handsome devil? As far as the other actors go - Dell Johnson, the weather worn deputy was equally great in his role. As well, Mitch the barber, played by Brad Leland, was strong yet sympathetic. Both performances were powerful while remaining fresh and balanced. The overall look of the film was dark, saturated and very cinematic. The chase scene was also dynamic but it seemed like something might have been left out? Overall While Sorbo holds the film together, he can't quite match the powerhouse performance by that bartender!

Saw this movie and loved it. Without the use of big actors and actresses this movie definitely stand on its own. By now one thing the viewers must realize that this movie has nothing to do with the other walking tall movie. AND YES the walking tall movie with THE ROCK was also changed, which has nothing to do with the original walking tall. so please stop complaining.Kevin Sorbo definitely does an exceptional job. The one thing that helped the movie is using not so famous actor and actresses other than Sorbo of course. This brought out better acting skills and more, which this movie needed. It wasn't just a hack n slash movie. There was good story, good drama, good action and good acting. AJ Buckley plays one of those perfect bad guys.This is one of those movies that you can watch many times.