Walking Tall Page #6

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


STRIPPER:

So you've seen all the old faces.

CHRIS:

Could say that.

STRIPPER:

Your voice sounds very familiar.

The lights come on.

STRIPPER:

Chris...

CHRIS:

Deni..

The screen goes down again, Chris leaves the booth.

INT. CASINO

FRIEND 1

Look who's back.

FRIEND 2

So, good surprise?

FRIEND 1

Told you it was better than gambling.

You met Candy? (A girl is dancing on

their table)

CHRIS:

Hey Candy. (to the guys) Let's go.

INT. CRAPS TABLE

CROUPIER:

6! Easy 6 for a win!

JIMMY:

(To some girls) We can do a 6.

JIMMY:

(To Chris) We're gettin killed out here.

I need you to put 200 down for the bet.

CHRIS:

No, hell no.

FRIEND 3

Look at them (Nods to girls).

CHRIS:

Ok.

CROUPIER:

Five hundred on 6?

JIMMY:

Yes, I'm in. Boom! Gimme some dice.

Chris notices something odd, he looks concerned.

CROUPIER:

Lookin' for a 6.

CHRIS:

Jimmy. Don't roll. Gimme the dice.

CROUPIER:

Lookin' for a 6. Ohhhhh.

The dice have landed and it's a 7. Jimmy hangs his head.

CHRIS:

(To the croupier) You're good, but I

saw it.

CROUPIER:

Saw what?

CHRIS:

I saw the switch.

CROUPIER:

Hey this is a clean game a**hole.

CHRIS:

Yea?

CROUPIER:

Yea.

CHRIS:

Let's see about that.

Chris puts a load of money on the table.

CHRIS:

Bet you I'll roll a seven.

CROUPIER:

It's not your roll sir. SIR! It's not

your roll. Call security.

Chris has taken the dice.

CHRIS:

Put your bets down on the pass line.

These dice are comin up seven.

JIMMY:

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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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