Editing Six-String Samurai (section)

==Critical reception==
''Six-String Samurai'' received mixed reviews, with a 57% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 21 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sixstring_samurai/ |title=''Six-String Samurai'' |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]/[[Flixster]] |accessdate=2021-05-29 |archive-date=2021-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925235620/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sixstring_samurai |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Film Threat]] gave the film a perfect score of five stars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/936/ |title=''Six-String Samurai'' |publisher=[[Film Threat]] |date=1998-09-21 |accessdate=2014-06-20 |archive-date=2012-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007080503/http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/936/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Leonard Klady of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film "A rock 'n' roll ''[[Mad Max]]'' served up Cantonese style, this is one wildly original and highly entertaining American indie with genuine commercial appeal."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/six-string-samurai-1200453031/ |title=Review: ''Six-String Samurai'' |author=Klady, Leonard |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=1998-06-25 |accessdate=2014-06-20 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100815/http://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/six-string-samurai-1200453031/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Peter Stack of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' commented on his review that "If the film didn't have an underlying intelligence, it would soon be irritating -- it's too cartoonish and one-dimensional. But Falcon, an ace martial-arts practitioner, is dazzling as the nerdy main attraction, equally adept at sword fighting and guitar picking."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-Wacky-Amusing-Samurai-2990519.php |title=A Wacky, Amusing Samurai |author=Stack, Peter |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=1998-09-18 |accessdate=2014-06-20 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214304/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-Wacky-Amusing-Samurai-2990519.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Laurie Stone of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' wrote on her review: "There's one charming sequence, with vaudeville grace and tragicomedy worthy of Beckett, but the rest of the film, even with startling visual effects and some impish humor, is repetitious and derivative, playing like an endless commercial for bullet-hole chic."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-01-19/film/six-string-samurai/ |title=''Six-String Samurai'' |author=Stone, Laurie |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=1999-01-19 |accessdate=2014-06-20 |archive-date=2010-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430215820/http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-01-19/film/six-string-samurai/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>