This is a cult film that starts out a little confusing with flashbacks. About 30 minutes into the film Aman (Wesley Snipes) explains the plot. A woman (Alyssa Pridham), near and dear to Aman is raped by a gang of five men, so that the leader's son could "become a man."Aman enacts revenge on the group of men. However, in this region the dead come back to life (plot point loosely explained at beginning and end of film) and are known as "gallowwalkers" ignoring the fact the word is actually "gallows." Needless to say, the dead want to kill Aman as he hunts them down again. Aman recruits assistance in Kansa (Kevin Howarth).The plain desert background provided for some great color contrasts, especially the reds, whites, and purples. This is not a zombie film per se, but there are living dead who walk, talk, and die similar to living people. There is graphic blood and body part scenes, but this is not a slasher or typical grindhouse. It takes place out west, but is clearly not a classical western.The film is a hybrid. It combines aspects of multiple films and makes a production for a narrow audience. The flashback aspect, i.e. keeping the viewer hanging for thirty minutes as they try to figure out what is happening didn't work well.Parental Guidance: F-bomb, rape, brief nudity.

I suppose it had to happen eventually. "Gallowwalkers" probably takes the prize as the very first ISIS inspired, supernatural horror Western. I mean, there were beheadings all over the place which at one point made it seem like that's all the story was going to be about.With it's low IMDb rating and scathing reviews, I can't say that the film I watched was all bad, but it wasn't that good either. I will say though, that it made effective use of some excellent visuals with the characters. The zombie looking guy with the scarring all over his face and body was the most interesting, but darned if I could figure out who he was as the story progressed. And then he wasn't around for very long anyway.I got the main gist of the story as Wesley Snipes's character was on a mission of revenge for the brutal rape of his adopted sister Sueno (Alyssa Pridham), but the non-linear story telling style combined with the idea that Aman (Snipes) was out to kill the five bad guys a second time around made it all a little hard to follow. I guess it doesn't really matter because I'm starting to forget about the story already anyway.One thing I had to check out though was who had the unenviable task of taking on the role of Skullbucket. It looked like the guy could have been a contender at the next WrestleMania, and wouldn't you know it, it turned out to be Diamond Dallas Page! I guess that doesn't mean anything if you're not a wrestling fan, but even if you are, there's no way to recognize him under that, what was it? It must have been a skull bucket.

First of all, whoever watches a film because of W.Snipes acting skills must be bonkers! He is literally the worst thing of this, besides the script! This is a weird western gorefest with VERY nice practical effects with far and few lame cgi in it, with a colourful set of characters (the main villain has some hilariously goofy quips) the and a pacing that's too slow. Beautifully shot, nice composition, specially for a B-splatterfest, deserves a higher rating hence the 7, instead of a 5! Oh and terrible OST :D

Well, this is a load of impressive looking nonsense. Style over substance just about covers it. In this Western horror effort, Wesley Snipes plays Aman who leaves the girl he loves alone one day whilst selling animal skins. During that time, she is gang-raped by a motley crew who leave her with-child. When he discovers this, he is heart-broken about what happened during his absence. To make himself feel better, he leaves her again, this time for five years, only to return to find she died giving birth. This improbable story is told entirely in flashback by Aman and is incredible in its illogical and inept oddness. The reason such a revelation is condensed in such a fashion seems to be that the rest of the running time can then be left to consist of non-eventful scenes that are massively over-choreographed, and while they are visually impressive, there is no naturalness to them whatsoever. Neither to the cast of alleged characters, who aren't introduced, aren't explained, but to make them 'interesting', speak in gruff-voiced cliché throughout.The idea of Snipes playing a loner out for revenge against a horde of zombies in the unforgiving heat of the desert is a very appealing one. The trailer, whilst very stylised, seemed to promise much. And yet 'Gallowwalkers' flounders, and what story there is is laborious and crippled by constant flashbacks, bad wigs, posturing and overtly dramatic line delivery. It's a curiously lifeless exercise – there's a handsome budget on display and some stunning cinematography, but there are no characters to relate to, no emotion and no trace of tension or scares or … anything, really. In fact, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen the best of the film. My one personal highlight was noticing, quite unexpectedly, 70's children's television entertainer Derek Griffiths briefly as a heavily made-up peripheral character Mosca.Snipes had several problems throughout, due to tax problems and subsequent arrest. Perhaps the delays this caused threw the production schedule into disarray and accounts for the choppy tone of events (and for the many close-ups of Mr Snipes – many long-shots seem to feature a body double). But as to the po-faced dullness, the lack of anything for the audience to invest in, the non-existent story, incompetent lip-syncing, the absence of thrills … who can possibly say? Perhaps the fact that the film was released (straight to DVD) eight years after production commenced tells its own story, which is more than 'Gallowwalkers' does. A gruelling experience.