Review of Gallowwalkers (2012) by Wallace H — 04 Dec 2013

More likely to be remember, if at all, for being the last film Snipes made before being sentenced for tax evasion. Has had an interesting journey from conception to release with a number of people attached to star, including Chow Yun-Fat, when the film was originally going to be made in 2005. When production began in 2006, Snipes was attached as the lead before production was halted due to Snipes legal problems. After posting bail he was allowed to return to Africa, where the film was being made, to complete the film. From there it seems to have ended up on a shelf with various release dates listed online, Flixster has 2009, IMDB has 2012 but all in all it seems to have taken the best part of a decade to make it from pre-production to release.

All of which is far more interesting than the film we finally got. Snipes plays a gunman being hunted by the resurrected gang of outlaws he killed a year or so before. Various motivations and plot points seem to have been thrown together at will and this is a hodge-podge of genres, sorta zombie/western, that whilst it looks great, the cinematography is fantastic all sun bleached and washed out, the overall film feels a little under cooked.

In fact the best thing is the credits, but you have to sit through 90 minutes of sub-par cinema to get to them. One for Snipes fans and completist only.