Six-String Samurai

Vinegar Syndrome did a great job on this 4K! This movie was much better than I remembered it being. I'm generation X so... we were cynical about everything. I was mostly annoyed by the kid in it. But he's sort of designed that way. No offense to the young actor of course. He did a great job in it. When this came out my brain wasn't fully formed so I wasn't able to get some of the references/influences. Originally I balked at the price tag on this, but the transfer is great. It sounds great on way too expensive audiophile headphones... and beautifully enshrines forever (in a digital glass coffin) the majestic presence of the original lineup of the Red Elvises. Reversible cover is a plus.Spaghetti Western meets Kurosawa at a weirdobilly club.And kills him.

It really captured the sub-culture of the time when it was released, mixing punk, metal, and 50's-era rock and kitsch irony ascetic. There can be a lot of comparisons to the Fallout series of games, as far as it's post-apocalyptic feel, I can't help that this may have been an influence on the modern games.Jeffrey Falcon was fantastic, not only for performing his own stunts, but he had this physicality of moving during non-action scenes that was almost like Chaplin. The fight choreography was very well executed.The most glaring, disjointed part would have to the voiceover audio. Sure FX and come cheezy costuming designs are...less than stellar. Listening to "Buddy" and many of the other characters really took me out of the experience. I know, a lot of the B-movie-elements were intentional (like the aspect ratio at the beginning), but that one would have sucked another half-star out of me.Still, the longer you watch it, the better it gets. Not everyone's cup of tea, but anyone who likes it will probably like it A LOT.

Imagine if the world as we know it ended in a nuclear holocaust, and the last pinnacle of civilization was Las Vegas, ruled over by Elvis. Not only the King of Rock and Roll, but the King of civilization as we know it, and the King is dying. Guitar heroes from all over the remains of America set off across the bold new world landscape of America toward Vegas to claim the throne. The most promising is the hero of Six String Samurai. Buddy Holly with a Samurai sword, as proficient with the sword as he is with the guitar, he walks the west like Toshiro Mifune, dispatching cannibals, Russian Soldiers, and Death and his minions, all the while followed by a child sidekick. This is great genre fusion fun, the true spirit of independent film with a lead actor who did his own stunts, wearing clothes he and the director rummaged from a Goodwill Store before being kicked out, you will LOVE this film!

Many films claim to be so bad that they're good. This one actually is. Its low budget, low brow, low class, and I love it! Think Mad Max meets The Keystone Kops, meets El Topo. Who could ask for anything more? Yojimbo, of course! In the glorious tradition of Pink Flamingos and Frankenhooker, this film creates a whole world of it's own, with it's own memes, kulture, and madness. Leave your rational mind at the door, and just luxuriate in the mania. An absolutely ridiculous time is guaranteed for all.

A lot of recent movies in this genre are made by people who've heard about what was cool about movies like "Hell Comes to Frogtown", "Circuitry Man", "Cheri 2000", and the like - but who've obviously never seen enough of them to really "get" what made them good. Six String Samurai was made by someone who DOES "get" it, and other than Turbo Kid, I can't think of another movie in this genre that gets as much right at this one does. Plus, it has appearances by the Red Elvises - your favorite band!

This is a difficult one, because if I really were able to follow it, mighta given it a 5. As it is, the final scene tied it all in nicely and there were more flashes of brilliance then not. Excellent genre bender, but possibly only for those who are able to extract joy out of the more subtle things in life.

If you have seen Kung Fu Hussle, I would put it in that category. There are scenes leaving the viewer wondering about those characters back stories and wondering what would happen next for those characters. The world is richly filled but under explored. This is a movie that could have been expanded into a mini series.

This is one of the best movies I think I've ever seen. Is it Oscar worthy? No. Is the screenplay excellent? No. Is the acting any good? Not really. But this movie is just so fun to watch. It's bizarre. It's ridiculous. It's got some really decent music in it. And the one liners. Oh god the one liners. Our hero doesn't say much but when he does 90% of it is pure gold.If you have a chance to watch the movie, watch it. Or just buy it here. It's totally worth having in any collection.

Post-apokalyptisch! Ein Italo-Western? Ein Hong Kong-Eastern? Ein Road-Movie? Eine überdrehte böse Komödie? Irgendwie ja zu allem.Ein Low-Budget-Film der sich und das Klischee nicht so ganz ernst nimmt und mit total verrückter Story und Charakteren aufwartet. Buddy (Holly?), die russische Armee, der tote Elvis, der Tod und sein Band, das Spinat-Monster und die vielen Irren in dem Film...Der Hauptdarsteller/Drehbuch-Author Jeffrey Falcon ist ein Martial-Arts-Experte der in etlichen Produktionen von Jackie Chan spielte. Die Dialoge sind Italo-Western-typisch kurz gehalten, der Sinn muß auch nicht immer gegeben sein! Wahnsinns-Soundtrack von "The Red Elvises"!Einer der wenigen Filme der mit Bounty Killer und Turbo Kid im selben Satz genannt werden kann. Brilliant und eigenständig! Gehört zu den Top3 des Genres.Die deutsche Synchronisation wertet den Film deutlich ab, da auch der Sinn der Dialoge nachteilig verändert wird. Unbedingt im englischen Original ansehen! Es gibt auch nicht so "komplexe" Dialoge dass die deutsche Tonspur erforderlich wäre.Es existiert außerdem eine englische Version die fast 5 Minuten länger ist als die hier Vorhandene. Die bessere Wahl im Vergleich zur deutschen Tonspur!

Ich habe mir den Film zwar ohne große Erwartungen angesehen, trotzdem war ich nach rund 87min. ziemlich enttäuscht.Die einzig ersichtliche Handlung in diesem Film ist die Reise nach "Lost Vegas" um der neue King of Rock 'n Roll zu werden. Und das wars auch schon...Hin und wieder werden ein paar Leute mit dem Schwert niedergestreckt, dann erscheinen ziemlich seltsame Charaktere und Schlussendlich wird auf keinen Handlungsstrang in irgendeiner weise eingegangen.Für Trashmovie Fans vielleicht das richtige, für "normalsterbliche" Konsumenten nicht zu empfehlen.

Der Film mag für "Oberwisser" oder "Zuviel-Hinterfrager" nichts sein.Mir gefällt der Film. Einfach relaxen, ablachen, entspannen.Bloß nicht zuviel hinein interpretieren.Ein Film der nicht jeder/jedem gefällt.Denn, der Film muß nicht retten die Welt.Ist halt eine etwas andere Unterhaltung.

Dieses Buch ist das sechste in der Foreigner Reihe, bzw. das dritte der zweiten Foreigner-Triologie. Bevor man dieses Buch liest, sollte man zunächst die anderen Bücher der Reihe lesen (Foreigner, Invader, Inheritor, Precursor und Defender).Das Schiff Phoenix verlässt die Station Alpha und begibt sich auf eine zwei Jahre dauernde Rettungsmission, um mögliche Überlebende auf der Station Reunion zu evakuieren. Mit an Bord befindet such eine Delegation Menschen von der Atevi-Welt, Illisid, die Großmutter von Tabini, mit ihrem Urenkel Cajeiri und Bren mit einem Teil seines Haushalts. An der Raumstation angekommen stellt sic heraus, dass nicht alles so ist wie erwartet. Die Station wird von einemSchiff einer fremden Spezies belauert und it funktionstüchtiger als angenommen.Das Buch ist wirklich sehr spannend und ein schönes Finale für die zweite Triologie. Besonders gut hat mir das Auftreten der neuen Alienspezies gefallen.

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