Rating: Summary: Post-Apocalyptic Rockablilly Thrillride From Hell Review: *Warning* -- This movie has more cheese than the state of Wisconsin -- don't even bother if you're looking for a movie with even a touch of sobriety. Mutants, Cannibals, Rockers, Wannabes, and Bowlers (to mention a few); this film has it all. Jeffery Falcon stars in this painfully stylish movie as Buddy, the Six-String Samauri. The <text color="red">Russians</text> dropped the bomb, Elvis is dead, and Lost Vegas needs a new king. That's enough to drive any movie, eh? Death is commonplace in this Mad Maxesque landscape. Not only people meet with their demise, but the mythical figure himself (playing heavy metal of course) appears often throughout the movie as a contender for the title of King Of Rock 'n Roll. The brilliantly cast Jeffery Falcon shines as Buddy for this movie's duration. He delivers his lines with timing and flair that are perfectly suited to their appropriate cheese level. His sword destroys all in it's path with the untouchable god-like ability present in any Anime. The original soundtrack, mainly by the Red Elvises, is impeccably fitting for the setting, Nevada. It is unlike any movie soundtrack I have ever heard and that's incredibly refreshing. The rockabilly/classic country mix (vith rusheen achsants) is both humorous and appropriate. The only downside of this movie is the kid who tags along with Buddy and always gets him into trouble. The kid himself is not the problem, it's just that for the first half of the movie his only lines are piercing yells, about 15 of em. Obviously this begins to grate at the nerves a bit. Other than that, Six-string Samauri is a breath of fresh air with beautiful cinematography to boot. Everyone (and their moms) with even the slightest hint of a sense of humor should thoroughly enjoy this post-apocalytic rockabilly thrill ride from hell.
Rating: Summary: Great film Review: Six string Samurai is a fantastic movie. The camera work and cinematography is great, the music is fantastic, the action sequences are great, and the movie is hilarious. This allegory is very well done, especially for the amount of money used. There was much hype over the Blair Witch Project because it used hardly any money. This movie is fifty times better than that excuse for a film AND the camera work is wonderful. I would recommend this movie for anyone.
Rating: Summary: America in the Dream-Time Review: I was stunned when I saw this film. I have long been a fan of the late Akira Kurosawa, the great Japanese film-maker, whose cinematic creations are among the greatest ever made. Like Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Aeschlus, Kurasawa managed to capture the soul of humanity in his various works, revealing for his audiences the eternal and universal aspects of that soul, aspects that trasncend the most ephemeral and transient of cultural, temporal, and societal contexts. To watch his films is to be invited into the Dream-Time, the Collective Unconscious, to participate in the Magick of the most powerful forces in the lives of all humanity, and experience the beauty, wonder, and terror of those most primordial aspects of our lives. Kurosawa transcended his own cultural context and personal history in his work, creating visions for the ages, open windows on the most basic aspects of the human soul. It was a shock -- a delightful one -- to find that an American, Lance Mungia, has managed, in _Six-String Samurai_, to do the same thing. Without imitating anything by Kurosawa or even his style in any way, Mungia and the cast of _Six-String Samurai_ have opened for us the same sort of window on the Collective Unconscious Kurosawa did for his audiences. Further, they have done it in a strictly American idiom, one that draws on archetypally American symbolism, myths, legends, conjectures, and concerns. Made on a garage-flick budget, this beautiful film, which has a sound-track fit for the Gods Themselves, flies far above the great bulk of films made in the last few years, however large their budgets may have been. I can't wait to see what Mungia and Palm Productions will come up with next!
Rating: Summary: Deserves way more than one dinky slot at the video store! Review: This movie made me laugh out loud. I love off-beat films and was TICKLED at each sword slinging, bubble gum in the trunk, death escaping turn. Pure entertainment and feel-good vibes. I wouldn't change a thing and hope 'Buddy' makes more films like this.
Rating: Summary: Awesome movie and a GREAT sound track! Review: Red Elvis' ROCK and the movie is great
Rating: Summary: Fan-freakin-tastic Review: Who knew? I always thought I wanted to be a cop, or a fireman, or even a computer programmer. Turns out what was really right for me was to be come a guitar wielding, katana swinging bada** wandering the wastelands of a post-apocolyptic US, on a sacred quest to become the next King. So there you have it, this movie changed my life. Too cool for words hero, The Red Elvises ("Nice Shoes"), incredible cinamatography, what more could you want. Oh yeah, rockin' soundtrack. Got that too.
Rating: Summary: arse-kicking indie film Review: why is this the single greatest movie of all time? rock & roll showdown with death.
Rating: Summary: Swell! Review: Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
Don't question - just buy it! Long live the King!
Rating: Summary: One Bad Ass Buddy Holly! Review: No matter how hard I tried, I could never adiquatly describe this movie to my friends, because this film fits into no standard genre. Nor could I accuratly describe how good it is and how much my friends would dig it, being the raving martial arts fans they are. So now I've just gotta buy it, sit 'em down and show 'em and I'm sure they'll be writing one of these reviews to. P.S. It's good to know that in all the alternative realities there are out there that in at least one Wolfman Jack lives on!!!
Rating: Summary: Six-String rocks! Review: I wont waste time telling you how good the movie is....we know this from the other comments. The sound track is equally good and if you have the CD...put it in your computer! It doesn't tell you on the label but there is a sweet .MOV file on it of the commercial for Six-String along with the installer to play .MOV files.
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