Six-String Samurai

A video game masquerading as a movie. The samurai guitar-slinger is Buddy (Jeffrey Falcon), who wanders a postapocalyptic, alternate future in which the Russians dropped a bomb on us in 1957, or so says the opening crawl. It also informs us that civilization is quartered in "Lost" Vegas, and when Elvis -- who graduated from being the king of rock 'n' roll to being a real king -- dies, the search is on for his replacement. There's no denying the film's breathtaking look, all the more impressive for having been achieved on a shoe-string budget. But it isn't about anything, except ripping off THE ROAD WARRIOR with a martial artist in Buddy Holly drag in the Mad...