Shadow: Dead Riot
20 years ago, a very evil man was executed in a prison by lethal injection. Except, due to the fact that said man was evil, the execution went horribly awry and the guy exploded, causing all the inmates to turn into zombies and start a riot.
Now, in the present time, the prison has been converted to a progressive women's rehabilitation center (read: women's prison), and the latest inmate is a girl named Solitaire who, quite to the contrary of her name, prefers to be alone. However, it turns out that she kicks ass Bruce Lee-style and soon becomes the talk of the detention-center town.
Through a series of horrific events, the evil man is awakened, along with his zombified inmate pals, and they wreak havoc on the women. It is up to Solitaire to kick some zombie ass and stop this evil man, with whom she shares a special connection.
One of the benefits of this movie is that, due to the hodgepodge of genres thrown in, it's a genuinely original picture. All of the twists and turns feel new, despite having been seen elsewhere. Of course, there are some predictable moments ("of course...the evil baby bites his mother's nipple off."). However when watching a movie of this caliber, it's difficult to see past the digital effects and kung fu and realize that, besides two or three people, the bulk of the performances are worthy of Sci-Fi Channel original films. That being said, it doesn't really matter.
This is definitely something fun to watch, and though I don't indulge myself, would be awesome if you were baked.
P.S. In movies set inside a women's prison, the shower scenes are much more interesting.
