Well, first of all, I must admit that the idea of mixing in a zombie outbreak in a Western setting definitely holds potential. And when I stumbled upon the 2013 movie "Revelation Trail" that mixed those two concepts together, of course I sat down to watch this movie.
And yeah, the movie's cover definitely helped to win me over, selling the movie with that rather interesting-looking cover.
Boy, oh boy, this movie was a swing and a miss. While it sounded interesting in concept idea, then the outcome of writers Blake Armstrong, John P. Gibson and Daniel Van Thomas's collective writing just didn't cut it. This movie offered very little in terms of entertainment for me. And I ended up giving up on the movie out of sheer boredom, not even halfway through the ordeal.
The storyline told in "Revelation Trail" just fell short of being interesting almost right from the very beginning, so the movie was off to a bad start. And it was a constant uphill struggle, as the storyline never improved and the characters in the movie were about as interesting as cardboard cut-outs.
For a zombie movie then "Revelation Trail" offered nothing worthwhile to the genre. It was pretty generic and run-of-the-mill zombie stuff here. Well, minus all the gore and mayhem that most zombie movies or series usually deliver. And let's be honest here, guts, gore and mayhem is what you want to see when you sit down to watch a zombie movie, right? Right!
Director John P. Gibson's 2013 movie was one that came and went without as much as a groan, much less leaving a lasting bite on the genre. I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to sitting down 8 years after it came out, by stumbling upon it by sheer random luck. And it will just as quietly disappear back into oblivion without having left a lasting impression.
I am rating "Revelation Trail" a mere, but generous, three out of ten stars. This is not a shining moment in the history of zombie movies. Nor is it a movie that I will ever be returning to attempt to finish watching.
