Dead Men Walking (2005)- Bay Bruner (2)

Director: Peter Mervis

Stars: Bay Bruner, Griff Furst and Chriss Anglin

Genre: Horror

MPAA Rating:  R (strong pervasive violence and gore, language and some sexuality)

Running Time: 82 Mins

 

 

I will admit that I am a junkie for Zombie movies. I have perhaps seen every zombie movie in the book. From the worst of the worst ( Zombie Nation, Zombie Holocaust) to the best of the best ( Dawn of The Dead,  Night of The Living Dead) I don’t know what it is about them that gets me to watch them. Perhaps it’s the combination of gore and the post-apocalyptic feel this movies sometimes have. Whatever it may be, I just know I love Zombie films. However, I cannot say that entirely for “Dead Men Walking” a film that requires a lot suspension of disbelief. 

                The opening sequence of the movie sets the record straight of what we are supposed to expect: tons and tons of gore! In this same opening sequence, we witness a man going insanely berserk as he attempts to kill off a couple of zombies inside his house; unfortunately he gets bitten by one of the zombies, gets blamed for killing innocent civilians, and is sent to jail. In jail he begins to transform into a zombie, but not without infecting a few before he changes to “the living dead”. Shortly after he begins to eat inmates, those same inmates bite others, and well you get the idea. It is later explained that the virus was intended for bio-warfare (how original, no?)

      The film wasn’t horrible, just didn’t deliver anything overly special, aside the tons of gore. I felt in some ways the creators could have done a better job with the setting and theme. I do give credit for some originality (the idea of zombies in prison) though that originality quickly fades as soon as you see the horrible acting from the majority of the cast. I  honestly would not recommend buying this flick, perhaps renting it, but not buying it.