An average movie

Back in those days, Dwayne Johnson (who was still mostly known as ‘The Rock’) was just starting as an action movie star and this was the 3rd movie for which he had the lead. Therefore, it was a really straightforward action flick, even more than ‘The Rundown’ which has since then become more or less a cult classic. Honestly, even though Dwayne Johnson is really charismatic and quite believable with such characters, the plot was not really good I’m afraid. Basically, even though it is based on an intriguing story about some (in)famous sheriff, the whole thing was terribly far-fetched and nonsensical. The BS started from the moment he became his own lawyer and managed to get acquitted with an heartfelt speech. Seriously?!! But it doesn’t stop here… Then, he becomes sheriff without much experience, hire Johnny Knoxville, of all people, as his deputy(!) and, finally, it ends with a huge non-stop shoot-out that we have seen millions time before. So, like I said before, it is a good old fashioned action flick, no more, no less, and since I don’t care much for the genre, I didn’t care much for this movie and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you’re really fond of that stuff.

5/10