Walking Tall: The Payback (2007) (V)

Director:

Tripp Reed

Writer:

Brian Strasmann (written by)

Release Date:

20 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

He's raising the stakes to new heights.

Plot:

A man goes back to his hometown that is now overrun with crime and single-handedly takes justice into his own hands.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Direct To Video

Cast

Kevin Sorbo	...	Nick Prescott
Richard Dillard	...	Charlie Prescott
Gail Cronauer	...	Emma Prescott
Dell Johnson	...	Hap Worrell
A.J. Buckley	...	Harvey Morris
Bentley Mitchum	...	Walter Morris
Yvette Nipar	...	Agent Kate Jensen
Haley Ramm	...	Samantha Jensen
Jennifer Sipes	...	Crystal Martin
Todd Terry	...	Lou Dowdy
Jerry Cotton	...	Traxell Byrne
John S. Davies	...	Det. Pete Michaels
Richard Nance	...	Frank Boggs
Marc Macaulay	...	Herb Sherman
Brad Leland	...	Mitch

Also Known As:

Walking Tall: The Payback (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including a rape scene, and language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Andrew Stevens Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At one point, near the beginning of the movie, there is a very short outside view of a building. The movie labels it as the "Texas Police Department", but pausing the movie or looking closely you can see that above the the door, to the right of the garage exit, it says "L A P D" in big, white lettering. It looks like the scene was taken from another movie, "Blue Streak", with Martin Lawrence.

Movie Connections:

Features The House of the Dead (1998) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Keep Your Eye On The Money

Way Better!

Very simply - if you liked the first, you should like this one, it's got more violence, more vulgarity, more plot, and more Kevin Sorbo - to put it another way, it's just way better.

In relation to the first movie - Kevin Sorbo seems like a much more down-to-earth, everyday hero, not a cartoonish superhero; A.J. Buckley is a more down-to-earth, everyday villain, not a cartoonish supervillain. The motive for revenge is better and more believable, a bit more than someone sold drugs to a kid. Sorbo (and everyone else) has more experience acting than The Rock (not that I don't like The Rock), and it shows.

There are a lot of negative reviews for this movie but for the life of me I don't know why. Ignore them, take this simple advice - if you liked the first movie, watch this. If you liked Payback, watch this. If you liked The Brave One, watch this. If you like revenge movies, watch this. If you like Kevin Sorbo, watch this. If none of those apply, skip this movie, and spare it another unfair negative review.