Palm Pictures
Director: Lance Mungia
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First I'd just like to say, this movie is absolutely ridiculous. I'd also like to say, I absolutely love this movie.

I became aware of this movie a while ago, noticing it first as a faded movie poster displayed prominently in the window of a local mexican video store. It looked out of place among the posters for movies the likes of " El Mariachi" and "Abre Los Ojos" and it caught my eye... A scruffy man standing in the desert, holding a guitar and a katana, wearing a dirty tuxedo and wingtip shoes, with the tagline "Vegas needs a new King." Who wouldn't be intrigued?

So I went on my merry way, never thinking about it again until a few years later when a friend of mine sent me to the Six-String Samurai website. I looked through the various things there, the reviews (both good and bad), the making of story... Then I downloaded the trailer... and I immediately set out on a search to find this movie!

Of course, it was nowhere to be found, and I got some of the strangest looks I've ever received while asking about this movie. So I decided that in order for me to see it, I had to buy it. When it arrived, I was amazed. This is a movie that was made with VERY little money, sometimes being filmed illegally and without permits. I'd love to see what this guy could do if he was ever given a full budget.

Now for the movie itself. This is a Rock 'N Roll Fairy Tale, and you really have to watch it with that fact in mind. If not, you'll lose interest very fast. The plot goes something like this... In 1957, the Russians dropped "The Bomb" on the US and took over. The only area not run by the Russians, is what is now known as "Lost Vegas", an Emerald city-like promised land in the middle of the Nevada wastelands. Elvis ruled as King of Lost Vegas until he died, and now, every sword-swinging, guitar player wants to make their way to Vegas to take his throne, including our hero 'Buddy'

So what's stopping him? Russian armies, killer bowlers, gangs of insane post-apocalyptic men who hurl gumballs and records, a cannibalistic "Cleaver" family, a windmill God, and Death himself who goes around with his gang of dumb archer henchmen killing potential "kings" and collecting their guitar picks. Sound silly? It is. But it's fun if you can let go and just go with it. None of my friends like the movie at all. Oh well. I like it a lot. Maybe you will too... Go download the trailer!

Mesh-Head: "If I were you, I'd run!"
Buddy: "If you were me, you'd be good-looking."