Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Gallowwalkers’

Written by Scott Edwards 

​Have you ever thought about what is going through your enemy’s head before you go to battle? I was just thinking about this the other day when I came to the conclusion that whenever I used to get into fights, it was because my opponent and I were basically fighting for the same thing. I know it is hard to believe that two people with the same purpose would pretty much be the same and it is kind of a scary thought that there might be someone out there that might be fighting my battles when I am not even involved.

Aman has been roaming the desert for some time, looking for the man that ruined his life. When being approached by a group of dead priests and a dead drifter, Aman does what he is best at, killing their kind... again. But this time, he is taking some of his first killed back for target practice since he will need to enlist the help from a hired gun. While on his own, Aman stumbles on a prisoner holding center and sees one man that might be able to help him. Killing all of the guards from several hundred yards away, Aman has to test young Fabulos to make sure he will be able to handle himself when dealing with the undead that have taken over the country side.

Not knowing really why he was singled out and saved, Fabulos rides with Aman, but is refusing to go any further without a story behind what he is doing. Aman lets his guard down and tells the young man about his past and why he is looking for Kansa, the man that took the love of his life away from him. With Aman being cursed to have to kill twice anyone that is taken by his gun, he can end his own heartache by just finding Kansa, but this undead man is not easy to find. While holding up in his old home, Aman works on preparing for what is going to happen next, while Fabulos is trying to grasp what he is going to have to do to protect the family that has been put in immediate danger by his presence.  

Miles away, Kansa and his band of undead patrons have taken over a small religious town that prides themselves with punishing the guilty. The undead need the flesh of the living to keep their bodies from deteriorating in the desert, so they have a skinning party with all of the guilty and towns folk. But Kansa is looking for more than that, as his men that were killed by Aman have all returned, yet his son that was born from Aman’s love did not. Wanting to find a way to resurrect his son, Kansa knows that he is limited in his options and is trying to find a band of priestesses in the mountains who have been known to return the dead to the land of the living, and he will kill anyone that stands in his way. With his fellow Gallowwalkers, he has a force that can clear the way to his retribution, along with save his son, as long as he does not get re-killed by Aman.

A little bit of blood, a little bit of dessert and a lot of action, this movie is not as bad as the rating indicates. Just imagine Blade hunting vampires in the dessert and boom, you have how this movie plays out. You get to see Aman battle through his past, which he has done several times before, but now he is trying to bring the fight to his turf and that spells nothing but trouble. Being able to get young Fabulos to trust him so quickly is key to his survival since Aman knows that he cannot take care of all of the threat on his own, even though he is not willing to admit it. Because of his power to keep people alive after they die, he has had to make tough decisions over the years and although most of them might have been the wrong one to make, he is trying to make it right again. Some great sets and great era costumes, I felt like I was watching an old school western until Kansa made it to the screen. Stay Scared.

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