Tired of trips to crowded theaters full of noisy kids and overpriced food? Had your fill of vapid reality shows on TV? Wondering what to stock your Netflix queue with? Every week, Robert Saucedo’s “It Came From the Video Store” will point you in the direction of a movie that is worth seeing and should be available in a video store near you.
Six-String Samurai opens with the apocalypse and ends with the death and subsequent rebirth of rock-and-roll. Bringing together Elvis Presley, the yellow brick road, suburban cannibals and Death himself, Six-String Samurai mixes Sergio Leone chestnuts with an eastern sensibility to create a sushi-western with killer action scenes, great music and hidden depth. In the mid-1950s, Russia nuked the United States, creating a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The last great settlement is Lost Vega$, ruled by King Elvis. But the king is dead, baby, and America needs a new hero.
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