Walking Tall Page #4

Synopsis: After eight years serving the U.S. Army Special Forces, Sergeant Chris Vaughn returns to his hometown seeking for a job in the local mill. He is informed by Sheriff Stan Watkins that the mill was closed three years ago and now the Wild Cherry Casino, owned by his former high school friend Jay Hamilton, is the major source of jobs and income to the town. Chris goes home, and meets his best-friend Ray Templeton, who organized a football game with their friends. After the game, Jay invites Chris and his friends to spend the night in his casino on him, but when Chris finds that the casino crabs dealer is cheating with loaded dice, he fights against the security men and is almost killed by them. When his nephew Pete overdosed on crystal meth sold by the security men at the casino, Chris realizes that the town is dominated by the mobsters and the corrupt sheriff and with a huge piece of wood, he breaks the casino and the criminals. He is prosecuted and in the trial, he promises to the jury a
Genre: Action, Crime
Director(s): Kevin Bray
Production: MGM
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
44
Rotten Tomatoes:
26%
PG-13
Year:
2004
86 min
$45,860,039
Website
526 Views


Still got your reflexes. What, you get

tired of being all that you can be?

CHRIS:

I'm still all I can be.

JAY:

Really? I'll just have to see about

that. What brings you home?

CHRIS:

I just wanna relax, catch my breath.

JAY:

You? Relax?

Another truck with a few guys on it pulls up

JAY:

Not today.

A football game ensues, there are two teams. Jay's guys vs Chris'

guys. On the sidelines Pete pulls up on a small motorcycle. Chris

notices Pete hanging around with kids smoking. It comes down

to the last play, the teams are huddled into two groups talking.

RAY:

If we score here we win right?

CHRIS:

Alright boys, last play. We need to

put this to rest.

RAY:

Just give me the ball.

CHRIS:

You got it. On the first hut!

JAY:

Ok Vaughn, last chance.

Chris gets the ball and throws it. An opponent comes in hard

and tackles him low. He collapses. Ray runs for the ball but

gets clotheslined by Jay.

JAY:

That's game!

OPPONENT:

(to Chris) Sorry about that.

CHRIS:

That's cool man.

Chris Helps Ray onto his feet.

JAY:

Welcome home.

CHRIS:

Good to be back.

JAY:

See ya round. Hey, if you're not doing

anythin later on you could come by the

casino. I'll introduce ya to some nice

girls, drinks are on me. Whaddya say?

CHRIS:

See ya tonight.

JAY:

Cool.

Jay speeds off in his car. Pete rolls up on his bike.

PETE:

Hey Sarge, good game. Maybe next time.

CHRIS:

Hold up. Maybe next time I won't see

you with the bleachers smoking weed.

RAY:

Welcome home buddy.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE WILD CHERRY CASINO

CHRIS:

Don't you have to be native american

to own a casino?

JIMMY:

Oh Hamilton's one sixteenth black man

now.

FRIEND 2

Just so you guys know, I'm gonna triple

my money tonight.

FRIEND 3

Yea, like last time. Wound up selling

your body for bus fare.

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David Klass

David Klass is an American screenwriter and novelist. He has written more than 40 screenplays for Hollywood studios and published 14 young adult novels. His screenplays are primarily character-based thrillers for adults, while his novels often tell the stories of teenagers in crisis. more…

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