I knew my hopes were way too high. I was expecting way too much outta this one. After reading numerous extremely positive reviews of this film I went to the theater expecting an action masterpiece ala The Road Warrior... and more. Boy I thought wrong.
The Film opens up with a prologue, in the 1950s the Russians dropped the bomb on us, leaving the country barren. What's worse is that Elvis is now dead and lone musicians are trying to find their way to "Lost Vegas" to claim the king's throne, but wait! Death himself also has his sights on the throne and he's not gonna let anybody stand in his way... Following me?
Enter Buddy, The six-string samurai. He's chasing some raggedy-ass baddies through the grass when all of a sudden he pulls a sword out from the neck of his guitar and starts kicking butt. Well this is all dandy until a kid starts following Buddy on his quest.
Now, normally this wouldn't be that big of a deal. But this kid is the kid from hell. I have not seen a more annoying character on screen since that damn Home Alone kid about 7 years ago. When this kid gives out that hellish moan (which happens several times during the course of the film) you'll swear you're listening to a damn banshee. I mean it. This kid is the essence of all things annoying. Take every bad hair day, every cold toilet seat, and every root cavity in the world... multiply it by 10 and you'll come close to the annoyance factor of this kid.
Well, about the rest of the movie... read the first few paragraphs of this review again about 3 or 4 times and that's it... Seriously. Buddy fights some guys, says something cool, the kid whines. Then it starts all over again... the fight scenes were OK but they can't carry a plot as empty as this.
I feel that with a concept as creative and unusual as this they could've done so much more! They just seemed to think that as long as they had a cool concept, a real story wasn't necessary. It's a shame that something this unusual was wasted on a terrible storyline. Oh well, there's always next time.
In the meantime I'll be watching The Road Warrior... to remind myself how these types of films are supposed to be done.
The Film opens up with a prologue, in the 1950s the Russians dropped the bomb on us, leaving the country barren. What's worse is that Elvis is now dead and lone musicians are trying to find their way to "Lost Vegas" to claim the king's throne, but wait! Death himself also has his sights on the throne and he's not gonna let anybody stand in his way... Following me?
Enter Buddy, The six-string samurai. He's chasing some raggedy-ass baddies through the grass when all of a sudden he pulls a sword out from the neck of his guitar and starts kicking butt. Well this is all dandy until a kid starts following Buddy on his quest.
Now, normally this wouldn't be that big of a deal. But this kid is the kid from hell. I have not seen a more annoying character on screen since that damn Home Alone kid about 7 years ago. When this kid gives out that hellish moan (which happens several times during the course of the film) you'll swear you're listening to a damn banshee. I mean it. This kid is the essence of all things annoying. Take every bad hair day, every cold toilet seat, and every root cavity in the world... multiply it by 10 and you'll come close to the annoyance factor of this kid.
Well, about the rest of the movie... read the first few paragraphs of this review again about 3 or 4 times and that's it... Seriously. Buddy fights some guys, says something cool, the kid whines. Then it starts all over again... the fight scenes were OK but they can't carry a plot as empty as this.
I feel that with a concept as creative and unusual as this they could've done so much more! They just seemed to think that as long as they had a cool concept, a real story wasn't necessary. It's a shame that something this unusual was wasted on a terrible storyline. Oh well, there's always next time.
In the meantime I'll be watching The Road Warrior... to remind myself how these types of films are supposed to be done.