A man infected with a strange virus while wiping out a houseful of zombies is arrested and placed in a maximum-security prison. Unfortunately, the virus spreads before a CDC doctor can isolate him and the entire prison soon becomes a battleground between the living and dead in this lively horror film. Director Peter Mervis makes good use of the prison setting and the tight script by Mike Watt making this one of the better efforts by prolific, but wildly inconsistent, team at The Asylum. The special effects are decent, and the pace is brisk, however, the editing does get annoying in places. Although I found this film superior to many of the straight-to-video films I have seen recently, it still suffers from undeveloped and unsympathetic characters. Is it the actors or script? Hard to say. All I know is that it had emotional impact when Duane Jones died at the end of "Night of the Living Dead." You don't feel anything when the SWAT guys waste the chick at the end of this film.
Review of Dead Men Walking
