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Six-String Samurai
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List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $17.99
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Manufacturer: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Starring: Monti Ellison, Jeffrey Falcon, Stephane Gauger, Clifford Hugo, Zuma Jay
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305297222
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 6305297223
Label: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Manufacturer: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 1999-03-02
Running Time: 91
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Theatrical Release Date: 1998-09-18
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Editorial Reviews:
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As a genre-buster, Six-String Samurai--just your average, run-of-the-mill postapocalyptic kung-fu-rock & roll road movie--has a lot going for it. The film takes place in a Soviet-ruled America (they nuked the U.S. in 1957; with the exception of Lost Vegas [sic] and the badlands around it, the country is a Soviet territory). It revolves around Buddy (Jeffrey Falcon, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Buddy Holly), a guitar-slinger-swordsman who's on his way to Vegas, where he plans to succeed the just-deceased Elvis as the King. Along the way, he picks up an orphaned preteen traveling companion, and the pair's quest leads them to confront various Mad Max-style pop-culture weirdos, the Red Army, and Death--a rival guitarist who looks suspiciously like Guns n' Roses' Slash. Falcon's background is in Hong Kong cinema, and it shows in this made-on-a-shoestring production, filmed mostly in Palm Springs and Death Valley. (He certainly had enough opportunities to influence the production, since, besides playing the lead, Falcon pitched in as cowriter, coproducer, production designer, and costume designer on the film.) Despite the limited budget, the movie is generally entertaining, though it could probably stand to lose a couple of go-nowhere subplots that account for about 15 minutes of the 91-minute running time. --Randy Silver
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Summary: Works on two levels: Weird and Weirder
Comment: This is a movie that really has no genre. "Road Warriors" meets "Beach Blanket Bingo" meets "Leningrad Cowboys" by way of Hong Kong? The unifying element is surf music. And about in the middle of the movie we hear "Miserlou": the very extended version. If you are a fan of surf music, and I became one have hearing Miserlou and another song in "Pulp Fiction," then this movie is sheer fun--kinetic insanity set to a Russian group playing twangy surf rock. I am aware that a Finnish group, Laika and the Cosmonauts have kept surf alive in Northern Europe, and the Ventures, long after their popularity dried up in the US, were selling out in Japan. So in that spirit I just enjoyed watching the three things come together: oriental Kung Fu, northern european (Russian) musical sensibilities, and Surf music.
It's all harmless fun. The violence is not in-your-face graphic, and I suspect there is another unifying theme. For instance, what is it about 1957 that makes it so special? And why would someone be offended that someone else things a 1956 Chevy could take a 1947 Buick Roadmaster in a quarter mile run? Doesn't everybody think that?
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Summary: About the service
Comment: I ordered this Item, it was sent twice through DHL Global mail and... I never received it
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Summary: Amazing Movie!
Comment: I love this movie! I first saw it on the Independent Film Channel -- it is so strange, yet this is what makes it amazing. The music is great and the cinematography is very interesting, though it is low budget. I just have to say, a guy who looks like a total nerd in a suit, plays the guitar like crazy, and gets it on with Samurai moves is completely awesome. This is actually one of the only DVD's I own...I'm picky, and this definitely made the list of "must have on my shelf" titles.
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Summary: Great Movie, lacking bonus features on the DVD
Comment: I really enjoyed this movie. Don't get the DVD for bonus features, as the bonus features I thought were lacking (no directors commentary or cut scenes)
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Summary: Wonderful idiocy
Comment: This is NOT a story to take seriously. This is simply a fun piece of what Ray Bradbury calls "sublime trash". This has no redeeming values, will teach you absolutely nothing and has no real moral, either. However, it is a fun and wonderful way to spend 90 minutes or so. It moves from one crisis to another quickly, is full of action and has all kinds of one liners. Personally, I loved it, but then, I have a sense of humor unlike some of the other reviewers.
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