In the post-apocalyptic world of 1960s Nevada, a rock 'n' roll samurai on his way to Lost Vegas takes a young orphan boy under his protection as Death and his metalhead Horsemen chase after them.
Director: Lance Mungia
Stars: Jeffrey Falcon, Justin McGuire, whatever.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118736/
Watched online, mediocre print.
No songs in the Soundtracks; occasionally riffs were performed onscreen, otherwise it seemed like the same theme music over and over.
Not my cup of tea. I had hoped it would get beyond the individual samurai fighting in the desert, but other than the complications of the young boy tagging along, it did not.
Spoiler alert: this guy dies near the end, not making it to Vegas because he protected the boy once too often. The boy takes his guitar and sword, and poses as though he's going to become King of Vegas (the supposed goal within the film), and we have some mirage in sight that might be the Vegas they were headed to. (It looks like a desert version of Oz, not an extant Vegas of any era.)
This is the last film for the principal, who is clearly a martial arts guy, and has several Chinese-looking titles in his CV. A little googling led to speculation that he's settled down to business in China, but didn't find anything definite.
The boy doesn't have much else on his CV.
The director (who has co-writer credit with the star), has 1 or 2 credits in various categories, but nothing consistent.
So this is a low-budget vanity project filmed near a wind farm in the desert.
Avoid.
Rated 6.7 (6,239)
indie, dir. Mungia; 5
