This movie had a great concept. Unfortunately, the concept was completely slaughtered by the Asylum. Those of you familiar with my reviews know that I consider the production company known as the Asylum to be one of the worst things to happen to the horror film industry in ten years. This one had a good concept to start with, but they went nowhere with it.
The basic idea is a bunch of zombies trapped in a high security prison. I'm a sucker for a zombie movie. I just like them, I can't help myself. Even a bad zombie movie can be good sometimes, but this one was really difficult to watch. For one thing, it's got absolutely the worst, god-awful acting I've ever seen, especially by the lead actress. Her acting is reminiscent of cheap adult films.
In this movie, this Traci Lords wanna-be plays a CDC employee who's investigating some kind of viral zombie plague like the virus in 28 DAYS LATER. It's a solid starting point, and it coulda been a decent flick, but the acting is terrible and the sound is all screwed up. The dialog is only in synch about 60% of the time. There's also some weird kind of strobing effect in a lot of the shots, like what happens when you digitize on an Avid at a really low resolution.
DEAD MEN WALKING is, by far, the best movie to come out of the Asylum, but that's not saying a whole lot. Not bad for a night's rental if you're a rabid zombie fan like me, and as long as you don't go in expecting too much.
The basic idea is a bunch of zombies trapped in a high security prison. I'm a sucker for a zombie movie. I just like them, I can't help myself. Even a bad zombie movie can be good sometimes, but this one was really difficult to watch. For one thing, it's got absolutely the worst, god-awful acting I've ever seen, especially by the lead actress. Her acting is reminiscent of cheap adult films.
In this movie, this Traci Lords wanna-be plays a CDC employee who's investigating some kind of viral zombie plague like the virus in 28 DAYS LATER. It's a solid starting point, and it coulda been a decent flick, but the acting is terrible and the sound is all screwed up. The dialog is only in synch about 60% of the time. There's also some weird kind of strobing effect in a lot of the shots, like what happens when you digitize on an Avid at a really low resolution.
DEAD MEN WALKING is, by far, the best movie to come out of the Asylum, but that's not saying a whole lot. Not bad for a night's rental if you're a rabid zombie fan like me, and as long as you don't go in expecting too much.