20140129: Horror Review--Gallowwalkers

Gallowwalkers

1. Fundamentals, reception.
1. American/British live action feature length film, 2013, rated R, 92 minutes, action, horror, zombies, thriller, zombies, Western.
2. IMDB: 3.7/10.0 from 3,615 audience ratings. Estimated budget: 17 million USD; aspect 2.35
3. Rotten Tomatoes: 'No score yet,' and 10% liked it from 638 audience ratings.
4. Netflix: 2.9/5.0 from 201,729 audience ratings.
5. Directed by: Andrew Goth.  Written by: Andrew Goth and Joanne Reay.
6. Starring: Wesley Snipes as Aman, Riley Smith as Fabulos, Kevin Howarth as Kansa, Tanit Phoenix as Angel, Steven Elder as Apollo Jones.


2. Setup and Plot
1. Aman's mother was a nun.  To ensure her son's safety, she makes an unholy deal with a supernatural force.  As he grows up, he becomes an invincible gunman.  After his wife is raped, he goes for vengeance.  Unfortunately, anyone he kills comes back as a zombie.


2. That includes the group of five who raped his beloved.  Their leader is Kansa, who has kept his group together in the after the first death period.  Kansa is looking for the group that Aman's mother belongs to, and San Diablo, where they guard the gate between heaven and hell.  In the meantime, Kansa and his group gather up the defenseless to kill them to steal their skins and hair for their re-use.


3. After Kansa obtains a map to San Diablo, the climactic battle is setup.


4. Will the gate remain sealed?  Will the zombies ever be put down permanently?


3. Conclusions
1. Too many genres.
2. One line summary: Western zombie horror, oh my.
3. Three stars of five


4. Scores
1. Cinematography: 8/10 Mostly fine.


2. Sound: 8/10 No problems.


3. Acting: 5/10 Wesley Snipes and Kevin Howarth were rather good, but Riley Smith and most of the others were not.


4. Screenplay: 6/10 The plot did not make a whole lot of sense, and had too much narration, but at least it moved from beginning to end.


5. SFX: 5/10 Not the best, often not convincing at all.