"Walking Tall: Lone Justice" surpasses "Walking Tall: The Payback."
No, "Walking Tall: Lone Justice" doesn't resume where "Walking Tall: The Payback" ended. The major players in Dallas behind sleazy Howard Morris--Traxell Byrne (Jerry Cotton of "American Outlaws") and his right-hand henchman, Lou Dowdy (Todd Terry of "The Anarchist Cookbook")--got away scot-free. Whether this was a deliberate choice on the part of the filmmakers or a gaping hole is still debatable. Those two precipitated two of the most important events in "Walking Tall: The Payback." In a sense, they served as plot puppeteers. They pulled strings and got the hero and the villain to dance to their tune. Instead, the "Lone Justice" in this genuine sequel refers to a ruthless Hispanic drug-lord, Octavio Perez (newcomer Rodrigo De la Rosa), who the Feds are prosecuting as a racketeer. Producer Andrew Stevens has a cameo as Octavio's defense attorney. Tenacious FBI agent Kate Jenson (Yvette Nipar of "Vampire Klan") and her rebellious daughter Samantha (Haley Ramm of "X-Men: The Last...
Walking Tall continues............
It's fascinating what a franchise Walking Tall has become. I have to say I enjoy all of the different machinations in which it appears. I think at this point it doesn't matter about how closely it sticks to the facts about Buford Pusser's life. It's become a metaphor. You just kinda know, if a movie or tv show has the name Walking Tall attached to it, what the general subject matter will be. It will be a small town sheriff out to rid his town of bad guys. Thats good enough for me! Thats always a good starting point for an entertaining movie. I loved the original Walking Tall movie as a kid. And I have always kept track of subsequent Walking Tall titles. I like that it has kinda turned into an institution all it's own with a singular wholesome message. I don't think the message will ever get old or tired. And I think now that Buford Pussers story has been told, it's ok to branch off and dramatize it and recreate the moral of the story in various ways. I think it all still pays tribute...
Good Action Packed Movie!!!
Kevin Sorbo has done an outstanding job here. Very well paced, acted, and directed movie of a former sheriff forced into a situation in which he has to defend his family from a drug cartell because his FBI wife is involved in an investigation, but, there is a leak in the task force. It must be dealt with, but on the sheriff's terms, in down home justice!!! Very well worth a watch! Violence, Adult Situations, Some adult language.
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