fist of the north star aspect ratio represent 1 . 85 represent1sound format represent ultra stereolow budget americanization of the japanese manga hokuto no ken already the subject of an early anime feature and tv series in which a mystical warrior ( british bear martial art expert gary daniel ) defend the survivor of an unspecified global holocaust from an evil warlord ( costas mandylor ) who intend to rebuild the planet in his own image . photograph by a nightmare on elm street jacques haitkin through layer of murk design to conceal a multitude of budgetary deficiency and and wouldistinguished by flashy editing and gymnastic camera work design to conceal the lack of a comprehensible plot and tony randel unconvincing future noir trade the visionary outlook of the original graphic novel for the same lumbering and humorless approach which typify this particular subgenre before u producer finally learn how to imitate their asian counterpart . though brutal in place and particularly during the final confrontation between daniel and mandylor and the film actually downplay the gory carnage of it source material and which will disappoint those expect a more faithful adaptation . a popular figure in this kind of dtv potboiler and daniel be clearly hire for his fight skill rather than his acting and and he upstage throughout by many of his co star ( include chris penn and melvin van peebles and malcolm mcdowell ) . thankfully and randel make a virtue of daniel handsome face and muscular torso and and there an unmistakable whiff of homoerotic tension in the aggressive relationship between daniel and his equally handsome nemesis .