Six-String Samurai (1998)

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"Dir: Lance Mungia USA"

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"Soviet Union attacks the U.S. with nuclear weapons making most of the country an inhospitable desert. And only, Buddy, can save the day after Death. starts hunting down potential kings of rock n' roll. The Six-String Samurai, has left the building. Thank you, thank you very much. Year it takes place: A hunka hunka burning post apocalyptic alternate 1957. "

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" A movie that's cheesy also has an original premise?"

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"May 23 Since I saw that the giraffe said this was an underrated film on one of his lists I decided to check it out. I thought it was cheesy in a good way. The martial arts was good and I liked the premise."

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"Finding a movie that few people know about & sharing it with others (See also: Great underappreciated films)"

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"Day 18 - A movie that you wish more people would’ve seen As well as every other film on my Great underappreciated films list."

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" Easily my favorite film that (almost) nobody has seen. If you ever find yourself in my home, I will insist we watch it."

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"One of the best, most original movies I've ever seen. "

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"This low-budget masterpiece has extremely potential! Beautifully locations and cinematography! "

Joseph Campbell would like this movie

“If you haven't seen Six-String Samurai yet, stop reading this review right now and rent it. Other reviewers have talked about this movie being over-hyped, but coming at this moving completely clean, I thought it was great fun. This is not a post-apocalyptic thriller. This is not a kung-fu flick. This is a kid's movie. I'd bet dollars to donuts that Six-String Samurai started out as someone's bedtime story. It's full of quest mythology (a la Star Wars) and childhood nightmares (a la Through the Looking Glass) with the magic of music to tie it all together (a la Blues Brothers). It's the Wizard of Oz with Mad Max sensibilities. Kudos to Mungia and Falcon for making this refreshing movie. If somebody gave these guys a major budget, a basket-full of cameos, and a little bit of script tweaking ” read more