I know that Wesley Snipes is a great actor. Just from Blade alone, we have come to respect him. Also, Western type movies are making a revival nowadays, so we could expect a lot from a great action start and a type of Western, right? Sadly, Gallow Walkers (also billed sometimes as Gallowwalker, Gallowwalkers, and so on) is not that movie.
Apparently this movie was in a type of limbo for more than six years. It should have stayed there, maybe... but I guess it was destined to arise from the void like some sort of small pox virus... to try to wipe the fun out of out movie going time.
I am really at a lost as to how this "movie" could have been made, esp. on such a big budget, esp. with such talent involved. It must be some sort of sign of the impending collapse of civilization, or at least Hollywood. There is literally nothing good about it.
Sure, you can extract short clips and make a nice trailer.
However, that is all you can do.
The story makes no sense. The scenes do not illustrate the story that they talk about. The action scenes lack impact, because they occur without giving any reason to invest in any of the characters.
Also, spoilers: For some reason which is never explained, it is possible in this movie to simply rip the head off of a person. Not cut it off, but pull it off as if it had been cleanly cut off. Perhaps there is an explanation for this in the back story that was never presented.
It is not fun, funny, or hilariously bad. It is not campy. It is not a parody. It is not a spoof. It is not trying to be bad.
Somehow, for reasons unknown to me, nobody involved ever said "hey, um, this movie... is not... really... good.... and we should... fix it." I do not even know how to fix it, maybe they did not either. Maybe some key person died or left the project halfway through. It seems a lot of unusual stuff went on, including key starts changing. Nonetheless, I don't see this as having the kernel of greatness or even goodness, or even watch-ability, that a movie should.
I was able to preview it as part of a censorship panel, but if I had paid for it, I would want my money back. As it is, I wish we could give a rating, "U: Unwatchable", because that is what it is.
I want my time back, but failing that, do not waste yours on it.
Wesley Snipes is better than this, and you have better things to do with your time.
Apparently this movie was in a type of limbo for more than six years. It should have stayed there, maybe... but I guess it was destined to arise from the void like some sort of small pox virus... to try to wipe the fun out of out movie going time.
I am really at a lost as to how this "movie" could have been made, esp. on such a big budget, esp. with such talent involved. It must be some sort of sign of the impending collapse of civilization, or at least Hollywood. There is literally nothing good about it.
Sure, you can extract short clips and make a nice trailer.
However, that is all you can do.
The story makes no sense. The scenes do not illustrate the story that they talk about. The action scenes lack impact, because they occur without giving any reason to invest in any of the characters.
Also, spoilers: For some reason which is never explained, it is possible in this movie to simply rip the head off of a person. Not cut it off, but pull it off as if it had been cleanly cut off. Perhaps there is an explanation for this in the back story that was never presented.
It is not fun, funny, or hilariously bad. It is not campy. It is not a parody. It is not a spoof. It is not trying to be bad.
Somehow, for reasons unknown to me, nobody involved ever said "hey, um, this movie... is not... really... good.... and we should... fix it." I do not even know how to fix it, maybe they did not either. Maybe some key person died or left the project halfway through. It seems a lot of unusual stuff went on, including key starts changing. Nonetheless, I don't see this as having the kernel of greatness or even goodness, or even watch-ability, that a movie should.
I was able to preview it as part of a censorship panel, but if I had paid for it, I would want my money back. As it is, I wish we could give a rating, "U: Unwatchable", because that is what it is.
I want my time back, but failing that, do not waste yours on it.
Wesley Snipes is better than this, and you have better things to do with your time.