Fist of the North Star Volume 1

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Summary: 1.5 good fights
Review: This movie is pretty terrible, I saw it on the sci-fi channel, it's basically Cyborg. The name of this franchise proves Shakespeare's "rose is still a rose" quote wrong, if it was called Blood Fued or some other corny name no one would give a dang about it. The first fight Kenshiro gets into is the best, very stylized, the sparse sound effects make it more powerful. The .5 is a culmination of a combo here a kick there. Gary Daniels does this pretty wicked spinning side kick, but I have to critcize him for taking Van Dam's splits spin kick. I wouldn't even bother renting this though. Now that I think of it, I think Street Fighter was better than this.

Rating:
Summary: Holy Christ!
Review: What is this! The anime was awful, but they decided to make a live action movie on the Fist of the Northstar. First of all, I think everybody should watch Trigun, and then I would like to see what you think of one of the worst anime's out there, Fist of the Northstar. The only cool part was with the Viking saying that he didn't believe in magic, and MAGICALLY turned into steel.

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Summary: Fist of the North Star DVD
Review: When I first seen the animated version of this film I said this movie has got to be the most bloodiest animation movie of all time. Then I saw this movie and said it does not even compare to the anime but the movie it self is actually very good. I mean the movie is a low budget "B" movie but what makes this movie great is the above average fighting scenes, good acting from the main villian, average special effects, I love the way the movie was filmed. I could have sworned the movie was supposed to be in widescreen but it isnt. This movie also has the best synthesizing orchastrated music I have ever heard. Plus It is one of Gary Daniels best movies to date. If you see this movie not expecting alot you will be surprised.