Rating: 
Summary: 5 Stars for the Sheer Campiness Alone
Review: What a surreal, post-apoc adventure! One man's journey (both the physical and the emotional) to Lost Vegas to become the new king. Ok, so there isn't a real depth of character development, but its fun to watch all of the hokey settings and the bizarre encounters. There's a lot of fun-poking at the tv shows and culture of the 50s, with more than a nodding reference to the great and silly martial arts genre. Destined to be a long-lasting cult classic.
Rating: 
Summary: So disappointed
Review: This movie was possibly the biggest letdown of my life. I heard from a friend that this was a film I would truly enjoy. We were both big Bill and Ted fans and when he told me the plot of the movie I was nothing less than stunned. It sounded brilliant. Russians takeover the US and ninja guitar players duke it out to see who will be king of Lost Vegas (sic). I understand that some pseudo-intellectual film junkie would find this to be moronic, but for the majority of fun-loving filmgoers, this flick sounds brilliant.
So, instead of being intelligent and renting it, I buy it. Big mistake. I pop in the DVD and I'm extremely excited. The beginning is promising. Fight scenes, rocking music, until the kid shows up. Good lord, what moron over at the editorial staff of this movie allowed this kid to stay. He screams interminably throughout the whole goddamn movie! He made me want to jump through my television and wring his heinous little neck. But that's not my only gripe. How about the two lines of dialogue throughout the whole movie? I felt like I was watching the Power Rangers. "You will now bow down to heavy metal?" The movie would truly have been better with no talking at all. Lastly, how about the last few fight scenes. Buddy seems to have died at least three times at the end, and the little kid comes over and cries each time. Magically, he's back to life, until the end when he is finally truly killed and that talent less little kid picks up his guitar and suddenly grows five feet while walking to Lost Vegas.
One of the most painful films ever. AVOID. Brilliant idea, horribly executed.
Rating: 
Summary: six-string samurai is a living, breathing paradox
Review: hello. Six-String Samurai. Hmm... where to start. This movie is awesome, I'll give it that much. Buddy (Jeffrey Falcon) is awesome, the setting is beyond reproach, the premise is original, and the filming is second to none. The soundtrack is without equal. But despite everything it has going for it, this movie is dissatisfying, and the reason why can be summed up in a quote from one of Death's henchmen: "The boy makes him very uncool." If you substitute 'it' for 'him,' this quote is an apt summary of the movie. You see, there's this boy in the movie, and he's terrible. He's always crying, and being onscreen, and I want to shoot myself every time I think of him. That's the only reason I give this movie 4 stars instead of 5: the boy. If you like awesome movies and don't mind crying kids who need to be smacked or shot, you'll love Six-String Samurai. If you like awesome movies and hate the above-mentioned type of child, you'll find the film sweet, yet disctinctively sour.
Rating:
Summary: Fantabulous!
Review: This movie is great! Creative, funny, strange, makes you think, makes you giggle, makes you wanna hit the tv! Great for fans of rockabilly!
Rating:
Summary: Just excellent.
Review: This movie is probably one of the best movies I've ever seen in my entire life. Whether it's a big name movie, or a B movie, it's up there. This isn't your normal B movie, as in, no zombies eating people's brains, that sort of thing. But what adds to this movie is the cinematography. It is extremely well done. And the plot is great too. After a nuke is dropped on us, Elvis becomes King. Then he dies, and we must find a new kind. And so Buddy has to fight Death for the thrown. How great is that? It's just that so much of the movie doesn't make sense, that the movie is awesome. Just about everyone would enjoy this movie. It's really hard not to.
Rating:
Summary: A very well executed post modern independent movie
Review: I consider a 'B Movie' to be a film that is not only made with a small budget, but also a film that has a lack of creativity and entertainment value as well. 'Six-String Samurai' has none of those problems with it. It was a post-modern 'melting pot' idea that gave birth to it and only those who can understand and recognise the homages to the past can get the reason for the plot. The basic idea is that there is no deep plot and it's just a mix of the filmakers favorite things captured on film in various genre's. There is, however, the attempt to suggest that the only reason that Buddy Holly wasn't deemed the king of Rock and Roll was because he died before he could take over and what he was replaced with was a showboat who didn't know a thing about rock and roll because he was a popstar. An attachment to this idea is the thought that not even today's axe grinders could match up to him and this is played out by the dueling guitars between 'Buddy' and 'Death' at the end. There might be other ideas, but my review is getting long so I'll get technical. The production design, lighting, and cinematography are very good considering the fact that their influences were primarily Westerns, Chop suey Kung Fu pictures, and 50's surf videos. This bizarre mix of influences is also shown in the soundtrack as well which is a mix of tracks done by the Red Elvises and a score by Brian Tyler. The Red Elvises changed their sound to a spaghetti/surf/dixieland/ feel that's in tune with the film's humor and Tyler's score is in tune with the ridiculous, yet plausible dramatic aspect of the film. If most people would listen to Tyler's score I believe that they would want to see the film it was composed for and upon seeing it, most would probably say that it was a waste of good film music. As a closing thought I'd just like to say that the first time I saw the film I was amazed at the actual attempt to provide cinematography that had a personality to it and I also noticed the good quality of the action sequences because I've seen higher budgeted films have scenes that are choreographed with less enthusiasm. The energy and work put into this film is obvious, so I'd say that the film is above camp because that's not it's only selling point. It can be viewed as a tribute to the best in all of their favorite genres, but compiled into one film to save time and money.
Rating: 
Summary: Don't be fooled by the hype!
Review: Okay I would like to preface this review by mentioning that I am a huge fan of terrible movies. I own flicks such as "They Live", "Sleepaway Camp", "Evil Dead", "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", and "Dead Alive". These are all great bad movies.Six-String Samurai is nothing like this. Jeffrey Falcon is not edgy, not funny, and not entertaining. The coolest thing about this movie is the concept which is so poorly executed that it just about makes you want to take your own life. Stumbling over itself in in a vain attempt to be cultish, this movie is so bad that not even the Red Elvis' film debut can save it. This movie is not fun to watch. I repeat. This movie is not fun to watch. I had more fun watching "Hell comes to Frogtown". Yup that's how bad (in a not good way) Six-String Samurai really is. You have been warned.
Rating:
Summary: Six String Samurai
Review: I've seen this movie and I quite like it.
It's a post nuklear world(low budged movie), but that's not
a problem because the movie is cool, the hero is cool, he's
the original rock'n roll hero with attitude and guts galore.
The plot is simple: travelling hero on a quest of sorts so's
he can be the new King of Rock, or should I say Vegas, meets a
young boy who he winds up rescuing/helping and vice versa.
There are many funny takes og famous American values that were
upheld in the 50's. And to my liking it dismantles them well.
There is also a social overlay that you have to figure out for
yourself.
So all in all I like this movie a lot.
It's worth four stars in my book.
Rating:
Summary: American Lone Wolf and Cub
Review: I've seen alot of martial arts flicks, and to tell you the truth I have rarely watched one all the way through. Six-string Samurai is by far one of the best martial arts movies I have ever seen. The dialog isn't the best, but it is far better than any chinese born kung fu movie I've seen. The characters are fun to say the least with a Buddy Holly Look alike and a snot nosed brat being the main characters in a post apocaliptic US loaded with shady characters, and Russian soldiers!
I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes martial arts movies, but are disapointed with terrible plots. This one didn't disapoint me I've seen it several times, and plan to see it again, and again, and again...
Rating:
Summary: if you were me yould be good lookin
Review: wow what a flick, if you are into scifi future apocoliptic type movies and enjoy rockabilly music you gotta have this movie plus its got the added bonus of an old kung fo flick all in one and its full of great one liners
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