Six-String Samurai (1998)

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy cult movies. I enjoy them so much I watch about every one I can sink my teeth into. But this was just.. a joke? The cover of the film looked cool and promising but when watching the film you'll soon discover that it has people who are not familiar with the concept of acting, the storyline is unoriginal and boring. This along with one other film are the worst movies I have seen in my life. I remember having finished watching this movie that I kind of lost faith in humanity. There was just something wrong with being able to make that piece of crap of a movie that it is. For anyone to rate this above 2 stars is mind boggling to me. And oh my dear God I can't see how it's getting 6.4 stars, unless the director and his crew hacked into this site and changed the score. Makes you wonder.

As a big camp-movie fan (A real one, rather than the people who only find the ones that get onto the shelves at Blockbuster), I am completely biased, as this is completely B-Rated.The only thing missing from this movie was zombies (and if they had been in this flick, I would have given it a ten). Six String Samurai looked great just from the description on the On-Demand screen.something along the lines of"Buddy, a fifties rock-and-roller must fight his way across post-apocolyptic US against pro bowlers, a cannibal "Cleaver" family, and even Death Himself in order to become the new rock and roll King!"If that concept sounds even remotely interesting to you, you're in for a blast.if not, screw off. You don't need the indie movie scene, and the indie movie scene doesn't need you.The movie starts out with the little whiny kid seeing his mother killed, which you'll be happy for pretty soon, because the little bastard is annoying as hell.Anyway, a Buddy Holly-like character runs in with a semi-hollow Gibson and a samurai sword, and goes at the bad guys.Now, repeat this ten times, add in some of the best characters you have ever seen (The Carver's were sheer genius), and you've got a damn good movie.Not to mention that the entire soundtrack is made up of classic surf tunes such as Misirou.Overall, great camp flick, and as a fan of the low-budget underdogs, I am very biased. If you like Night of the Living Dead, Dead Alive, Evil Dead, or anything at all with Bruce Campbell in it, you will enjoy this movie.And just a note, this movie was really cool from the beginning on, and you may not think it could get better, and then BAM! Bruce Campbell cameo! Just because of that, the movie should get one million out of ten, but, I omitted that fact from the actual rating, so just go enjoy it.

I'm not really sure what to make of this film. On a boring Friday night my girl and I decide to have a bad movie night. After starting out watching some terrible slasher film from the 80's we decide that it would be a good idea to watch this film.What makes this film so terrible? Just about everything. I think they had to have made it on a budget of about $20. That is the only thing that could describe why everything from the props to the makeup was done on the cheap. And when I say cheap, I mean bottom dollar buy at the dollar store kind of stuff.The only thing that kept me from crying while watching this film is that the little kid was kinda funny. Instead of really talking like a normal person, every once in a while he would just shout ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Or something pretty close to that.Overall this movie is terrible. One of the worst I have ever seen in my life. If you want something really bad to watch then you can rest either this or a league of their own........

** HERE BE SPOILERS ** Recap: There has been a nuclear war. America is reduced to a wasteland with mutants, freaks and cavemen roaming free. There is just one place were civilization thrives, Lost Vegas. And the king of Lost Vegas, Elvis, has just died. Now, every guitar playing weapon wielding musician with any self respect is making a journey to Vegas to claim the throne. Buddy is one, Death is another. Buddy is a legendary musician that has somewhat of a drinking problem, and his journey becomes so much harder when he rescues a little boy from gum throwing cavemen. The kid tags along and a odd bond develops between the two. Death and his arrow shooting band members is out to kill every opponent, and soon Buddy is the only one left...Comment: This is a very odd and peculiar movie, that at a first glance has a really poor story and acting. Costumes and scenery are not that great either, except for Death's and Buddy's. But as the movie goes along I discovered that the quality of camera movement and editing was high and that the story actually was full of references not present in a poor written story. So there is one conclusion to draw, this is a low budget b-movie that tries to be just that and nothing else. And it succeeds brilliantly. The story and acting, still peculiar, is actually entertaining and Buddy is a great character. The kid is annoying sometimes, unfortunately, but I thought that it got better as the movie went along. In the end I was very happy I had rented and seen this movie...7/10