Little Tony DeFranco
04-04-2004, 01:29 PM
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One of the greatest "hick flick" movies ever made was the 1973 classic "Walking Tall" starring the beefy legend Joe Don Baker (sequels with Bo Swenson), about the real life lawman Bufford Pusser. It was the first R rated movie I ever saw and it turned me on to bone crunching violent films. The studios have turned to the 70's classics lately for fodder to tame the filmgoer's need for classic stories. Dwayne (THE ROCK) Johnson is the new muscle on the block (move over Vin) and he has proved his star power with "The Rundown". As remakes go, the new "Walking Tall" is just a watered down action movie with no soul but short and lean. Kevin Bray (All About The Benjamin's) directed with 5 scriptwriters (75 min ?) with no blood but plenty of bullets and bone-snap fights (Rock has his knee dislocated 2 times).
War vet Chris Vaughn (Rock) comes home to a lumber town in Washington state (Tennessee was better in the original) to find the mill is closed and the town is owned by former friend Hamilton (Neil McDonough is blonde blue eyed slickster), a casino owner and part time drug lord. The hero takes on the bad guys and becomes sheriff, and the bullets fly. Chris' weapon of choice is a chunka 4/4 lumber that he swings with the strength of Willy Mays. Guess who wins?
The JD Baker movie was pure and simple but it had a message about corruption from the top (the Mob was run by thin lipped politicians, the judges were the villains) and the danger to the homefront was real. This movie is more of a "Roadhouse" style remake. Good work by The Rock and Johnny Knoxville as his deputy (good comic bits made it worth the ticket) but that's about it. The redneck factor is missing here. Rent the '73 classic and suck down a Pabst Blue Ribbon and a corndog for good ole' American shitkicking drive-in mania.
Heartbeat is a Love Beat
One of the greatest "hick flick" movies ever made was the 1973 classic "Walking Tall" starring the beefy legend Joe Don Baker (sequels with Bo Swenson), about the real life lawman Bufford Pusser. It was the first R rated movie I ever saw and it turned me on to bone crunching violent films. The studios have turned to the 70's classics lately for fodder to tame the filmgoer's need for classic stories. Dwayne (THE ROCK) Johnson is the new muscle on the block (move over Vin) and he has proved his star power with "The Rundown". As remakes go, the new "Walking Tall" is just a watered down action movie with no soul but short and lean. Kevin Bray (All About The Benjamin's) directed with 5 scriptwriters (75 min ?) with no blood but plenty of bullets and bone-snap fights (Rock has his knee dislocated 2 times).
War vet Chris Vaughn (Rock) comes home to a lumber town in Washington state (Tennessee was better in the original) to find the mill is closed and the town is owned by former friend Hamilton (Neil McDonough is blonde blue eyed slickster), a casino owner and part time drug lord. The hero takes on the bad guys and becomes sheriff, and the bullets fly. Chris' weapon of choice is a chunka 4/4 lumber that he swings with the strength of Willy Mays. Guess who wins?
The JD Baker movie was pure and simple but it had a message about corruption from the top (the Mob was run by thin lipped politicians, the judges were the villains) and the danger to the homefront was real. This movie is more of a "Roadhouse" style remake. Good work by The Rock and Johnny Knoxville as his deputy (good comic bits made it worth the ticket) but that's about it. The redneck factor is missing here. Rent the '73 classic and suck down a Pabst Blue Ribbon and a corndog for good ole' American shitkicking drive-in mania.
Heartbeat is a Love Beat