Six-String Samurai

1998 "Vegas Needs a New King."
6.4| 1h31m| PG-13| en
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In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

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Also starring Jeffrey Falcon

Also starring Stephane Gauger

Reviews

BlazeLime Strong and Moving!
Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
p.newhouse@talk21.com A very tongue in cheek send up of all those dystopian action adventure thrillers of the seventies, eighties, and nineties, Six-String Samurai is also very self-effacing, but stylish. The story is a combination of a road-trip, Mad Max beyond thunderdome, and a fight to the death for wannabe RocknRollers, with a most unusual father-son dynamic thrown in. Jeffrey Falcon and Justin McGuire (as Justin McQuire) are amazing together, which is just as well, as they're on screen together for all but a few scenes, and the success of this film depended entirely on their working well together on screen. If you enjoyed the tone of "Some Guy Who Kills People", or the australian classic schlock comedy "Body Melt", then this is definitely for you.
larisochka155 The film is set in a Post-Apocalyptic future. to the only surviving city of Lost Vegas going hero obviously resemblance to Buddy Holly. Along the way, he fights against evil with his katana and has taken to his ally, the orphan boy scout with a cap and pajamas. The film contains many references to Samurai films, and more. Great soundtrack from the Ukrainian American band Red Elveses. The songs used in Russian and English words in songs like Gogol Bordello. Soundtrack perfectly conveys the atmosphere of the film. Despite the abundance of the battle scenes you will not see here the blood and severed limbs. Like a musician Rodriguez, the hero mows enemies left and right, do not forget to play my movie characters guitar. Many weird, crazy, funny, as if taken from the movies of Terry Gilliam: - Bunch of cannibals who hate metal rock and roll, the Russian Communists, the clan of astronauts , the dwarf leader and a horrible monster spinach.
Guardian978 This is an absolutely awesome piece of American cinema. It's just absolutely indescribable; there are two groups of people in this world, those who have beheld the awesomeness of this movie, and those who think the first group is just weird. If you don't think it's awesome, then obviously you haven't beheld it and are therefore in the latter group. Buddy Holly is a samurai-sword wielding, kung-fu-fighting, guitar-picking hero making his way across a post-apocalyptic desert in order to become the new King of Lost Vegas. He's pursued by Death, who looks like a combination of Rob Zombie and Slash from Guns N' Roses. The fight scenes are awesome and have an amazing soundtrack to them, and the dueling guitars scene near the end is one of the coolest confrontations ever. I can't gush about this movie enough. If I could give it a higher rating than a 10, I would.
codeE I really liked this movie and found it to be fairly entertaining. Most everyone that I have watched it with were less than thrilled, but a few liked it as much as I did. So If you do decide to check it out I recommend popping the .99cents and watching it alone before you spring it on anybody else. Most reviews don't mention the music in the movie and I think its one of the strong points. I am biased because I am a big fan of guitars and guitar driven music. The story is original and not the cookie cutter kind of stuff that you usually see. So if your into guitars, martial arts and low budget B type movies then you will enjoy this.