Directed by: Lance Mungia
Runtime: 91 minutes
So someone thought it
would be a good idea to dump nuclear apocalypse, Elvis Presley, Buddy
Holly, kung fu movies, Ogami Itto (Lone Wolf and Cub or Shogun
Assassin(which ever works for you)), the sillier aspects of the
1950's and the invading Soviets into a blender. The result is a
beautifully shot and absolutely insane movie. Let the madness begin.
The movie opens with a
nameless child and his mother running away from post nuclear cavemen.
In Disney fashion the mother quickly gets taken out of the movie and
leaves the nameless child on his own. Before the cavemen can kill off
the kill off the kid as well our hero Buddy (a.k.a. The Six-String
Samurai) jumps into the scene and quickly cuts down the cavemen. As
the Child tries to understand what just happened, our protagonist
starts leaving telling the Child to just fly away.
The two of them go
walking through a picturesque and barren locations while Buddy tries to get rid
of the Child. The Child lets out a rather annoying yell shout thing
that he does for about two thirds of the movie and the pair go to the
next plot point in the movie.
The reason Buddy and
the Child are on this strange journey is because The King of Lost
Vegas is dead and Buddy hopes to wear the crown. Back story time,
back in 1957 the Soviet's launch an nuclear attack and invade the
United States. This leaves the US in ruins except for one city Lost
Vegas. Lost Vegas is ruled by Elvis Aaron Presley making him both the
king of Rock and Roll and the king of what was Las Vegas. Fast
forward to where the movie takes place and The King is dead and
anyone who play an electric guitar and use a weapon is heading to
Lost Vegas to be the next king.
Along the way Buddy and
the Child meets neo-cavemen, bowler assassins, cannibals that still
think it is the 1950's, assorted weird and colourful nuts, survivors
of the Red Army, and Death and his bow packing band. Death is
also on his way to Lost Vegas as well to kill rock and roll and make
death metal the music of choice.
This is the movie as a
whole. Scene, some somewhat witty dialogue or no dialogue, a silly
but fitting adversary that Buddy skillfully takes out, the Child
being annoying, Buddy going further down the road with the Child in
tow and repeat with a new scene. This is also the only negative point I had with the film and this is more something I found annoying instead of something that damages the film.
MVT: The best lines from the film:
Mesh-Head: If I were you, I would run.
Buddy: If you were me, you'd be good-lookin'.
Make or Break: The make for me is a three way tie between the soundtrack by The Red Elvises, the landscape shots and the insanely fun plot. The break for me was the repetitiveness of the story.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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