sticks during his investigations. Throughout his career, Pusser was shot eight times, stabbed seven and hit by a car. In 1967, his wife was killed in an attempt on his life. So taken was Hollywood with Pusser's legend, a movie about his life was released in 1973 under the title Walking Tall starring Joe Don Baker. A year later, Pusser died in a car accident at the age of 36.

  The mark of a true legend is that it just won't die. Thirty years after Pusser's death, comes a remake of Walking Tall, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. While the Rock spends much of his time carrying a four-foot-long two-by-four, this is not an orthodox recreation of Pusser's life. For one, the Rock's character is named Chris Vaughn and is returning home from a stint with the U.S. Army Special Forces, something Pusser never did. This new version of Walking Tall is also set in Washington state instead of Tennessee.

  The movie's main villain is Vaughn's wealthy high school rival, Jay Hamilton (played by Minority Report's Neal McDonough) who has closed down the lumber mill run by Vaughn's family in favor of his own criminal gains. Vaughn gets elected sheriff and vows to shut down Hamilton's operations, with a piece of lumber in one hand and the law on his side.

- Dimetre Alexiou