Fist Of The North Star (DVD) Reviews

Based on the incredibly popular Manga and Anime, Fist of the North Star was made in 1995, and was set to be the movie to catapult lower-grade action star Gary Daniels to bigger and better things. Sadly, as with the previous year's Streetfighter and Jean Claude Van Damme, things didn't quite work out that way, and Daniels has been confined to the ...  Read the complete review

Take Malcolm McDowell who dies rather pointlessly and very quickly, rather like the plot of this film. He is the only real star "name" in the film although I did recognise Chris Penn but I don't know what I've seen him in before, possibly Reservoir Dogs. Wrestling fans may recognise a brief appearance by Leon White also known ...  Read the complete review

Before I watched The Fist of the North Star (the film, not the series), a couple of years ago, I had heard so many great things about it, and from reading various reviews, I knew that it was going to be a bit violent, but boy was I in for a shock. Of course, in the world of Anime, there are some pieces which go OTT, such as Urotsukidoji ...  Read the complete review

"The Fist of the North and South are not meant to fight" but they do, and when the 'Fist of the North Star' loses to his friend whom has turned bad, he seeks revenge. A bloody revenge comes into play when the 'Fist of the North Star' comes back from the dead. His deadly punch will simply make you explode in pain, ...  Read the complete review

This was the first anime film I saw. It was different to any other cartoon I had seen before. Mainly due to the excessive violence that somehow captivated me. My favorite part being when two people have a fight in the middle of a field. The hero Kenshiro jumps over the evil beast and lets off some sort of a flash from an electronic whip or ...  Read the complete review

Fist of the North star was an early release from Manga Entertainment following on from the success of Akira. Unfortunately it lacks any of the qualities that made Akira or many of the subsequent anime releases good. Set somewhere in a post apocalyptic future where the world is a barren waste land generally ruled over by psychotic gangs. We follow ...  Read the complete review

In the future, the earth has been decimated by a huge war. The surviving people crowd into small villages, whilst biker gangs roam the earth, taking what they want with extreme force. Out of the wilderness walks Ken, a man betrayed by his best friend Shin, who stole from him his girlfriend Julia, he alone stands between the forces of good ...  Read the complete review

This is a fairly decent film. I'm not a huge animation fan, so I can't really compare it to very much. However, I have to say that I enjoyed watching it. The animation is pretty good, the soundtrack's not too bad, the story is half-decent and the violence is superb. My mate convinced me to watch it for the action sequences, and I was ...  Read the complete review

Based on graphic novels by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara, and edited down from a multi-episode series, this extremely violent animated feature tells the tale of Earth following a nuclear war, where gangs of marauders prey on helpless groups of nomads. Not for kids! The earth lies shattered and broken, a ruined wasteland that is now struggling ...  Read the complete review

Manga has never been to my taste, however, alot of my friends watch them and Manga films became all the rage just when I was at the age when everybody wants to be in on whats all the rage, so I have had to sit through alot of them and thus I know what they are all about and can appreciate what people like in them. This said I can safely say that ...  Read the complete review