Fist of the North Star (1995)

Calificación de los usuarios:

3.6/10   

Director:

Tony Randel

Escritores (WGA):

Buronson (characters from the graphic novels "Hokuto No Ken") &
Tetsuo Hara (characters from the graphic novels "Hokuto No Ken") ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

abril 1995 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Fantasía | Ciencia-Ficción | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

A Legendary Warrior Battles Against The Forces Of Evil.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Japanese TV Series | Bloody Body Of Child | Martial Arts | Child Murder | Remake Of Japanese Film

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Bad small budget action film

Reparto

Gary Daniels	...	Kenshirô
Malcolm McDowell	...	Ryuken
Costas Mandylor	...	Lord Shin
Downtown Julie Brown	...	Charlie
Dante Basco	...	Bat
Nalona Herron	...	Lynn
Melvin Van Peebles	...	Asher
Kevin Arbouet	...	Rao
William L. Nagle	...	Miner
Clint Howard	...	Stalin
Andre Rosey Brown	...	Sandman
Paulo Tocha	...	Stone
Chris Penn	...	Jackal
Tracey Walter	...	Paul McCarthy
Rowena Guinness	...	Jill McCarthy

También conocida como:

Hokuto no Ken
El puño de la estrella del norte (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for continuous brutal and gory violence, and for brief language.

Duración:

103 min | UK:88 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Ultra Stereo

Clasificación:

Finland:K-18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Iceland:(Banned) | Norway:18 | Germany:Película restringida en Alemania

Compañía:

First Look International

Trivialidades:

The Japanese dubbed version used the original voice actors from the 1980s anime series.

Errores:

Misceláneos: In the final battle between Kenshiro and Shin towards the ending you can see a hole in Kenshiro's pants between the legs presumably due to the high kicks.

Citas:

Kenshirô: You're already dead.

Conexiones de Película:

Remake of Hokuto no ken (1986)

Banda de Sonido:

A Thousand Lies

Bad small budget action film

Fist of the North Star is one of your typical, small budget action flicks which seem to appear from no where without any specific reason. I actually liked it during the first couple of minutes during the time, when the main character, Kenshiro (Gary Daniels) hadn't opened his mouth yet, but after he spoke and revealed, that besides the looks he hadn't slightest bit of acting talent I quickly stopped liking it.

My favourite scene of the film is when a Finnish ex-WWF wrestler and a (yes sad but true) member of parliament Tony Halme gets the smirk kicked out of his face. Literally. Small scene, I know, but I found it hilarious.

FOTNS is total waste of Malcolm McDowell's abilities, and as such as it is, it can only be seen as a curiosity for his fans. Maybe the fans of original graphical novel will get something else out of this film.