Shadow: Dead Riot

2006-Action/Horror

This film was made known to my group by a horrible trailer played before a horrible movie... possibly 3 months ago. We decided to hold of on the film due to our themed months. Now that Prison month is here, this is what we really dedicated this month for. So you can see the Hype we had going into this film, and the expectations of our "Man Movie" nights hold to standard.

Synopsis:
Shadow (Tony Todd) is a powerful/mystical mass murderer put to death. His body buried underneath the prison with his minions of mind controlled zombies. 20 years later this prison has re-opened as a Women's Correctional Facilities. Solitaire, a woman with a mysterious past, transferred to this prison fending off tough inmates (Tatianna Butler), and seeing visions of Shadow and his upcoming Resurrection.

All-in-All:
This film is a homage of "Riki-Oh: The story of Ricky". The writers and director wanted to originally update the story with a twist. In the end, this came out, and i must say... It was worth the rental. Fight choreography was exceptional (the choreography, not the actors) the all out ridiculousness, and the random shots of "Female Prison" experiences. Funny movie to watch and its always nice to see Candyman (Tony Todd) back to work.

Riko's Rating: B-