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Summary: why isn't it in widescreen?
Review: Walking Tall is definately one of my favorite movies of the 70s! The digital remastering of this awesome movie is top notch- but why isn't it in widescreen? And why no extras like a trailer or some bios?Rhino could have given this classic much better treatment! Otherwise this movie is 5 stars
Rating:
Summary: Good movie; less-than-good sound & pic quality
Review: Whenever I feel the need to catch an action flick that's a change of pace from the usual "lone-wolf-big-city-cop-meting-out-justice-whilst-going-up-against-the-system" kinda movies I watch, the original "Walking Tall" is what I turn to. It's got a nice touch of drama to add to the shootin' and fisticuffs, and the southern rural setting is a refreshing departure from the usual urban fare the other actioners have. I also like that the hero is more of an average Joe kinda guy who isn't portrayed as some kinda unstoppable one-man army... even though he managed to barely survive not one, but two hails of bullets from the baddie minions. And it doesn't hurt that this mo-pic includes one of the most eff'd-up killings I've ever seen in the genre... which I don't wanna divulge to you directly, lest I ruin it for ya. Let's just say this death quite literally drove our pine-staff-wielding sheriff into finishing off the last couple of bad guys once and for all! Well, once and for all until the sequel that is... All right, time for a little of the downside: although I found "Walking Tall" a more than worthy waste of two hours, Rhino®'s DVD release of the movie is disappointingly subpar. The picture quality isn't that much better than what you'd see on a VHS copy. Of course, this isn't surprising, since (judging from a couple fleeting scan-lines) it's obvious that the source material used for the DVD was not the master film itself, but from a videotape. Then there was the intermittent sound quality: there were some parts that I could hear quite well, and others where I needed to turn the volume up a notch so I could understand what the subject(s) was/(were) saying. This was especially problematic when a subject was speaking in a soft, low tone. Looks like the rumors I've heard about Rhino®'s cheapness have more than a little merit-- especially in this case... 'Late
Rating:
Summary: Good movie; less-than-good sound & pic quality
Review: Whenever I feel the need to catch an action flick that's a change of pace from the usual "lone-wolf-big-city-cop-meting-out-justice-whilst-going-up-against-the-system" kinda movies I watch, the original "Walking Tall" is what I turn to. It's got a nice touch of drama to add to the shootin' and fisticuffs, and the southern rural setting is a refreshing departure from the usual urban fare the other actioners have. I also like that the hero is more of an average Joe kinda guy who isn't portrayed as some kinda unstoppable one-man army... even though he managed to barely survive not one, but two hails of bullets from the baddie minions. And it doesn't hurt that this mo-pic includes one of the most eff'd-up killings I've ever seen in the genre... which I don't wanna divulge to you directly, lest I ruin it for ya. Let's just say this death quite literally drove our pine-staff-wielding sheriff into finishing off the last couple of bad guys once and for all! Well, once and for all until the sequel that is... All right, time for a little of the downside: although I found "Walking Tall" a more than worthy waste of two hours, Rhino®'s DVD release of the movie is disappointingly subpar. The picture quality isn't that much better than what you'd see on a VHS copy. Of course, this isn't surprising, since (judging from a couple fleeting scan-lines) it's obvious that the source material used for the DVD was not the master film itself, but from a videotape. Then there was the intermittent sound quality: there were some parts that I could hear quite well, and others where I needed to turn the volume up a notch so I could understand what the subject(s) was/(were) saying. This was especially problematic when a subject was speaking in a soft, low tone. Looks like the rumors I've heard about Rhino®'s cheapness have more than a little merit-- especially in this case... `Late
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