1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Production

4. Release

5. Reception

6. References

7. External links

Gallowwalkers is a 2012 American western horror film written and directed by Andrew Goth, and starring Wesley Snipes, Kevin Howarth, Riley Smith, Tanit Phoenix, Patrick Bergin, and Diamond Dallas Page. Due to Wesley Snipes' tax problems the film went through many changes and delays, and was completed in 2010.^[2] It still had no official release until a 2012 screening at the "Film4 FrightFest" festival in the United Kingdom. In 2013 it was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States, nearly eight years since the film started production in 2006.

Plot

A group of disfigured people gather near a railroad in a desert where they are killed by a mysterious gunslinger named Aman (Wesley Snipes), who also rips out the head and spine from one of the dead bodies.

Nearby in the same desert, a group of criminals is waiting to be transported. Aman arrives, kills most of the guards, and frees one criminal called Fabulos (Riley Smith). The rest of the criminals nonetheless end up being transported to a small settlement where they are supposed to be hanged to death. However, just as they arrive, the settlement is attacked by a bizarre gang lead by a skinless man named Kansa (Kevin Howarth) that slaughters most of the inhabitants.

Through flashbacks, it is revealed that the same gang of outlaws once raped Aman's lover, so he went after them and brutally killed them while they were imprisoned and defenseless. While running away Aman got killed himself, so his mother, a nun, broke her covenant with God and sacrificed herself to save his life, which in turn cursed him for life. The curse makes all the people killed by Aman come back to life, so all the gang members that Aman had killed returned as the undead to seek revenge, except for Kansa's son who remained dead. The undead lose their skin after a week, so they remove the skins off the people they kill to use as replacements. The only way the undead can be killed is by destroying their brains.

Part of the undead gang attacks Aman and Fabulos while they are visiting a woman and a child, but the four manage to kill all the attackers. However, Fabulos gets severely wounded, so Aman kills him in order for him to come back to life as an undead afterwards.

Kansa (who put on new skin) and his remaining 2 undead followers arrive to a secret temple with the beautiful Angel (Tanit Phoenix) that they took hostage back in the settlement. Kansa believes that inside the temple they will find a way to ressurect his dead son, but this proves to be false. Aman and the undead Fabulos soon catch up with them, and Aman kills Kansa and his followers. While Aman is leaving with Kansa's head in his hand, Angel seducingly approaches Fabulos.

Cast

• Wesley Snipes as Aman
• Kevin Howarth as Kansa
• Riley Smith as Fabulos
• Tanit Phoenix as Angel
• Patrick Bergin as Marshall Gaza
• Steven Elder as Apollo Jones (Priest)
• Diamond Dallas Page as Skullbucket
• Jenny Gago as Mistress
• Simona Brhlikova as Kisscut
• Alyssa Pridham as Sueno
• Alex Avant as Forty Bold
• Hector Hank as Hool
• Jonathan García as Slip Knot

Production

The film first came to general attention in 2005 as The Wretched with actor Chow Yun-fat set to star as zombie bounty hunter Rellik.^[3][4][5]

The filming in Namibia coincided with Wesley Snipes' tax problems.^[6] The backer, Gary Smith, had ensured there was a completion bond as back-up, but Smith declared, "We are happy that he continues to turn up on set each day. If his indictment creates this amount of press it shows he is a star."^[7]

Release

Reception

Scott Foy of Dread Central rated it 1/5 stars and wrote, "If you've seen the trailer for Gallowwalkers, then not only have you seen pretty much all the best parts, you've actually seen a more lucid version of the movie than the film itself."^[9] Scott Weinberg of Fearnet wrote, "It would take a team of veteran film critics working around the clock to catalog all the things that are wrong with this outrageously goofy movie [...] GallowWalkers is funnier by accident than Adam Sandler is on purpose."^[10] Olie Coen of DVD Talk rated it 1.5/5 stars and wrote, "I can't recommend this movie to anyone, unless you just want to see Snipes pretending he's a cowboy."^[11] Andrew Dowler of Now wrote, "With some okay action and spectacular scenery, Gallowwalkers starts strong, sags in the middle, suffers from some narrative incoherence and comes back for a decent finish."^[12]

References

External links

• {{IMDb title|0829176|Gallowwalkers}}
• {{rotten-tomatoes|galllowwalker}}

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