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Summary: Hail to the King, Baby
Review: The first indie movie I ever loved begins with an awesome shot of an atomic bomb exploding, followed by the backstory. Russia bombed the US into the ground in 1957, the last location of America is Lost Vegas, where Elvis is crowned King. Fourty years later, the King is dead, and rockers across the post-apocalyptic wasteland are traveling to Lost Vegas to compete to become the new king.Falcon plays Buddy Holly, a six-string playing, sword swinging samurai armed with witty comebacks and drenched in cool. He saves a particularly annoying little boy who follows him for the rest of the film. They wander across the wasteland, containing fragments of American culture such as the Nuclear family, bowlers, references to the Wizard of Oz, spacemen, and Death himself who plays heavy metal and looks like the guitarist from Guns and Roses. The movie is quirky, and flutters to stay afloat sometimes, but the ending is stunning and the imagery is beautiful. Buy this movie.
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Summary: Buddy Holly: Way Of The Samurai
Review: If you try to pigeonhole "Six-String Samurai", it will make your brain spark, sputter and billow smoke like one of those evil computers on "Star Trek" that could be defeated by a deliberate overload of its logic circuits. At any rate, if you tend to gravitate toward "cult" cinema,I'm sure you'll get a "kick" out of this kung fu-western-rock musical-post apocalyptic-mythic-fantasy-adventure-satire.A good music soundtrack and well choreographed action scenes push along a story bereft of much dialogue, while echoes of "Road Warrior ,"A Boy And His Dog",and "Crossroads" bounce off the canyons of "Shane" and "Red Sun". The movie could have used some judicious trimming (when are producers going to realize that there's really no shame in a tight 75-minute feature?!) File under "quirky and low budget", but quite entertaining.
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Summary: Fab-a-roo! Should get 6 stars...
Review: Great post-apocalyptic flick, and siberian surf rock to boot! In my humble opinion, any movie that combines alcohol, samurai swords, and Elvis being elected the King of Las Vegas deserves to be seen! The soundtrack is almost exclusively by the Red Elvises (see them live if you can), and they have a bit-part in the movie, too.
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Summary: A fantastic voyage
Review: An amazing, deep, incredibly rendered film. An allegorical journey through the transitional phase of music. Not as deep as some might think, but definitely has the weight that its producers wanted it to have. It needs to be watched a couple of times to catch all the nuances and richness of detail. See a few Kurasawa flicks beforehand, however, and you'll see things a bit more accurately.
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Summary: Post-Apoctalyptic Rock at it's best
Review: I like this movie mainly because it is beautiful. THe dialogue isn't fantastic, the story is not fabulous(although the premise is) and the special effects don't blow me away, but the film looks great. The cinematography combined with a great trasfer make this movie gorgeous. The costumes are nice lookin, the scenery is fitting, and the music goes perfectly with the movie. Plus the sound on the disc itself is great. Aside from that it is kind of a strange movie. You have to the mood for an off beat movie to watch this. It kind of reminded me of "Brazil" in that It is quite a different movie. Basically all Falcon does is walk around killing things(which looks neat, but isnt gory) on his way to claim the kingship(is that a word). It moves along nicely and is fun to watch on a rainy day or boring afternoon. However i must say that there is a kid in this movie who annoys the hell out of me. All he does is whine, literally. He's like a cross between Anakin Skywalker(Jake lloyd) and the ferral kid in mad max 2. Also the main bad guy has a cheesy skull transposed on his face towards the end. Aside from annoying kids and some dumb special effects, the movie is pretty fun to watch. Besides the movie The disc has a couple of music videos from the REd Elvises in the extras. Rent it before you buy it, but by all means follow in the footsteps of the samurai. But be sure your ready to follow a low budget, independent samurai, or else you'll be bored to tears.
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Summary: Vegas has found a new king
Review: In the year 1957, the Russians bombed the US. The only city that escaped distruction was Vegas. Elvis was king. But now, the King is dead. From out of the desert come Buddy, the only man who has the guitar skills to be crowned the next king. His problem...aside from compeditors who wish to be king, Death is on his trail, hoping to be the one who will stop Buddy and become king himself. This film is an excellent example of the spirit of Indipendant film. There is no chance that any major studio would want to release a film like this. It is a very stupid film, but that is it's stong point. You have so much fun with this movie, that it doesn't matter. That's what makes this film work so well, it is so bizzare that you are drawn into it. My favorite moment of the film is near the end where Buddy faces off against Death in a battle of guitarrs. Buddy, with his 50's sound against Death, and the power of metal. This is definately worth the time of those who enjoy films that are most likely to have a cult status.
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Summary: Post-apocalyptic as it should be
Review: I rented this on a whim. I love just checking things out of the Sci-Fi section. I may never top this random selection. This movie takes the Mad Max apocalyptic world and shames it with style. Very few movies can boast this much style. With hardly any dialogue, this tale is spun with music and something that you can never quite put your finger on. It's not for everybody. But if you want something that oozes style, but still shows the end of the world, this is it.
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Summary: Who says superheroes can't wear glasses?
Review: This is how films were meant to be made.
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Summary: Good, but awful slow at times
Review: It would get 5 stars just for concept and beautiful execution, but the lack of decent dialog, and the fact that at many times the pace just draaaaaags, forbid it from getting the perfect rating. You still need to see it though.
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Summary: The cinematography was nice...
Review: I can allow for an incredible amount when it comes to movies, but it still didn't help me to enjoy this one. I know that this film wasn't meant to be taken as high art, but I couldn't even stomach it as a parody. The only things I did like about it were the beautiful scenery, camera angles, and some of the comedy. Waaaaay too much slow mo - take all that out and its running time wouldn't last 45 minutes, and seeing as how it only has about 5 minutes worth of story, you'd better heat up some popcorn. I love films of the nature that "Six-String Samurai" represents, and I can at least admire the concept, but its execution was horrible.
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