Action: Six String Samurai

Six String Samurai (1998)

This movie was released in 1998 to help further the career of the star, Jeffrey Falcon. The rumor was he was the next Steven Seagal. Unfortunately for Falcon, this role was a bad choice, and Seagal would have been a much better in the lead role "Buddy."

I guess this movie was supposed to take place in "present day" post apocalyptic United States. It's made clear within the first few minutes that the US was nuked by the USSR in 1957. The last of civilization is focused in "Lost Vegas," where the recent king has currently died. That king is "The King," Elvis Presley, since he apparently wasn't hooked on prescription drugs when the bombs dropped. The plot follows Buddy's journey, where he intends to take his place as the next king of Lost Vegas. Along the way, the samurai/guitarist battles his way through other six string assassins, all of them intent on becoming the new king.

Call me a snob, but I didn't like this movie for a few reasons:
1. Falcon is clearly a practitioner of Chinese Kung Fu, and not Japanese Kendo or Aikido, which would be expected of a "samurai." Watching Buddy wave a samurai sword around like a chinese broad sword made me very angry.
2. Buddy's Gibson hollow-body is repeatedly used as a weapon without ever cracking or splintering.
3. The kid in the movie emits a very annoying "UNHH" sound at least 100 times throughout the film, almost causing me to show my TV exactly what a pissed of samurai would do.

Considering Falcon never became the new Jet Li:

this movie was fucking dumb