Walking Tall

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You know, I had my doubts about the movie when I rented it last night, but Walking Tall turned out to be a really great movie. And not just because most anything The Rock does tends to be good as gold, but because the movie iteslf was just really well done. I think what I love best about it is that whoever made it didn't assume the audience was completely simple in the head. I didn't feel dragged through the plot, and I love that I didn't feel the movie was beating me over the head with plot points. Like the whole factory thing at the beginning. Subtle, yet just enough to tie in later. Also, the way that they didn't have to have tons of back story for all the characters, but just sort of let enough come through in casual dialog to let us know the important stuff. They even let us infer parts, and I like being given clues without beating me over the head with the actual unimportant drivel. I liked how Chris didn't just kill everyone in revenge. He took a gun, but actually stopped himself enough to grab a board instead. Hell, I even liked that they didn't show the sex scene whatsoever. Overall, this movie was much better than most of the action movies I've seen.