Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Brutal
- muscular
- blunt
- tense
- action movie night
- weekend viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found Dwayne Johnson effective as a hero but considered the film a conventional, bluntly executed action thriller.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Chris Vaughn becomes sheriff and personally confronts the gambling operation, drug trade, and corrupt henchmen controlling his hometown.
Chris returns to find the cedar mill closed and a gambling house replacing the town's former economic and social center.
The decorated Special Forces veteran comes back to his birthplace expecting peace but instead encounters vice, violence, and an old enemy's power.
Chris's primitive four-by-four fence post becomes his signature weapon during confrontations with criminal enforcers.
Films like Walking Tall, and why
Road House
shares the small-town vigilante framework, one-against-many action, and corruption-driven revenge plot
Rambo: First Blood Part II
shares the returning veteran premise, rural crime setting, and muscular hero-versus-local-corruption structure
The Last Stand
shares the modern western atmosphere, lone lawman archetype, and violent conflict with entrenched criminal power
Walking Tall
shares the blunt vigilante morality, police-crime setting, and star-driven action spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Kevin Bray
- Release Date
- 2004-04-02
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (1726)
Cast
- Dwayne Johnson
- Johnny Knoxville
- Neal McDonough
- Kristen Wilson
- Ashley Scott
- Khleo Thomas
- John Beasley
- Barbara Tarbuck
- Michael Bowen
- Kevin Durand
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Walking Tall about?
- A decorated veteran returns to his altered hometown and wages a one-man campaign against the criminal empire hollowing it out.
- What is Walking Tall like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Walking Tall as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Walking Tall violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Walking Tall as brutal.
- What did critics think of Walking Tall?
- Critics broadly found Dwayne Johnson effective as a hero but considered the film a conventional, bluntly executed action thriller.
- Which films are like Walking Tall?
- Films with a similar feel include Road House, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Last Stand, and Walking Tall.
- How long is Walking Tall?
- Walking Tall runs 86 minutes.
- Where can I watch Walking Tall?
- In United States, Walking Tall streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus.
