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Chris Penn, Costas Mandylor, Dante Basco

Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken, literally Ken the Great Bear Fist) which premiered on Japanese television in 1984, looks like a Saturday morning version of Mad Max...( read more  read more... ) starring a caricature of Sylvester Stallone. Searching for his lost love, Julia, Ken(shiro) wanders an Earth that was devastated by nuclear war. In each episode, he takes on a new sadistic motorcycle gang. (Food and water are scarce, but there's apparently plenty of gasoline.) In his travels, Ken acquires two sidekicks: Bart, a comic musician-thief, and Lynn, an adoring little girl. Ken is the last master of secret Chinese martial arts techniques: his specialty is making foes blow up from the inside. In every episode, several heads explode, actions that would be quite gory if they weren't so crudely animated. (Rated 13 and older, but more appropriate for 15 and older: considerable violence, profanity, grotesque imagery, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon

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R, 90 min.

Directed by: Tony Randel

Release Date: January 1, 1995

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DVD Release Date: October 26, 1999

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Flixster Reviews (182)

  • DrLappos
    July 9, 2007
    DrLappos
    The cartoon is better.
  • bmumble
    April 15, 2009
    bmumble
    I well wanna see this again!
  • circlegirlx
    August 10, 2008
    circlegirlx
    weak movie based on the anime movie. no wonder i saw it late at night on cinemax.
  • frecissimo19
    August 7, 2008
    frecissimo19
    I watched this movie maybe on 1996 and really fascinates me.
    This is one of his best movies.
  • xcalibr377
    June 14, 2008
    xcalibr377
    could have been so much better.
  • SaintFrancisofAssisi
    June 8, 2008
    SaintFrancisofAssisi
    Not at all interested
  • rmurphy1971
    April 6, 2008
    rmurphy1971
    It could have been great except for the poor acting and low budget. Oh well!
  • acidwolf
    February 17, 2008
    acidwolf
    They really should have released this as a comedy.
  • BakuJay
    February 9, 2008
    BakuJay
    You can't make a live action of a hyper-violent anime!
  • celtrino
    January 11, 2008
    celtrino
    Prefer the animation but it's still a pretty cool flick.

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