Exploding heads and oiled muscles are everywhere | So Bad It's Good

[@JasonBrant]

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[@classyredneckcinema9327]

If u wanna watch another film with Gary Daniels watch riot

[@classyredneckcinema9327]

Or another Gary Daniels film u could watch is rage or recoil they are PM entertainment films with great action scenes riot is the best to me in terms of fights and stunts but rage has the bigger following

[@chopperdeath]

Hook, Fist of the Northstar and....."The Perfect Weapon"

[@kidcthulhufortney1320]

Fun Fact: When this was dubbed for Japanese audiences, the original anime voice actors dubbed their respective live action counterparts. Also, the version I saw *did* kill off Clint Howard's character. He was face down on the ground and punched in the spine, making him bend backwards so the back of his head touched his calves. It was a decent effect for the budget they had.

[@StuartRobertM]

Yes, I remember Howard's character getting his comeuppance, too. Long time ago, but he definitely ended up eating dirt.

[@csmadisun]

Jason's grin at the "You are already dead" line is glorious.

[@JasonBrant]

🤣 It's the small things that make me happy.

[@x-crisis]

How you know he's the one familiar with the source material.

[@Vostok7]

NANI?!?!

[@exidy-yt]

@@JasonBrant Hell, the line is iconic, in Japanese or in English.

[@t-shirtedhistorian]

Leon White was Big Van Vader, a wrestler who was very popular in Japan. He passed away a few years ago. Fist Of The North Star is my absolute favorite Manga ever made and it predates Dragon Ball by a year. The anime is...very 80s. There's been some updates that are much better, but overall it needs to be remade with newer techniques. It's currently being reprinted by Viz and I recommend it. It's the source for so many modern fighting anime and manga, including Kengan Ashura, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and even BERSERK. This film is an insanely loose adaptation of the King arc from Fist Of The North Star. Missing from it are Shin's 4 generals. Gary Daniels was a tournament fighter who won a few championships back in the day. His chiseled physique and good looks won him a lot of popularity overseas where he made films with Jackie Chan and others. If you look at his filmography, it's insanely extensive. He's one of the hardest working men in entertainment. I recognize that this film doesn't do any of Fist's legacy any real justice, but it still has a place on my shelf along with the better versions.

[@JasonBrant]

Definitely need to see more of Gary Daniels around here. He was a beast in this.

[@t-shirtedhistorian]

@@JasonBrant yes you do. But be warned, he did a lot of really bad films where he didn't get to show off his talents nearly as well as Fist of the North Star. He played second banana to a lot of other action stars, mostly on account of him not being the best actor or having the charisma of guys like VanDamme. I'll shoot you a list if you really want to see more. I own quite a few of his movies just because I always liked him.

[@420gaiden]

Couldnt of said it any better myself. Thanks for letting them know about the character. They redid the anime but only to the point of where Ken defeats roah. It is really good. The animation is great. Thanks again.

[@jeffduvall3179]

@@JasonBrant more vader

[@danielemerson312]

@@JasonBrant Be careful what you wish for - Gary was also in "Pocket Ninjas", which is incoherent, unfunny and boring. Then there's "Santa's Summer House" with Cynthia Rothrock, Daniel Bernhardt and Christopher (son of Robert) Mitchum... and the most action you see is a spirited croquet match. The latter movie is a guilty pleasure of mine, but only the RiffTrax version.

[@flashfoxful]

Love the reaction! If you don't recognize him, the main villain is played by Costas Mandylor. He's been in a bunch, but I recognize him most as Hoffman/2nd Jigsaw from Saw 4 and onwards. Also, yes do more Gary Daniels movies! The guy is awesome and cheesy, I'd recommend Capital Punishment from 1991 as a start!

[@JasonBrant]

Adding it to the watchlist. Thanks!

[@raymondleggs5508]

I loved capital punishment lol,

[@PeterKnagge]

Uwe Boll is a boss!🤣

[@justaaron2558]

It`s always great to see Erin in these videos. Love her commentary.

[@johnrife7134]

"commentary"

[@JasonBrant]

She'll be in the majority of the episodes going forward.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

@@JasonBrant you gonna blur out her feet again?🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@koeningyou]

@@JasonBrant With a +9%?

[@archer1949]

@@JasonBrant Although it’s disappointing she isn’t in any of the Sensei Seagal masterpieces.

[@miraculousismyguiltypleasu9372]

You missed a name between Tony Randel and Chris Penn: Costas Mandylor. Sounds familiar? He's the Hoffmanator in the Saw sequels.

[@JasonBrant]

I've only seen the first Saw. I hate torture porn, and I figured that was the direction the series would go.

[@docsnake]

Dying that Jason doesn’t know Downtown Julie Brown, and yet Erin doesn’t know Malcolm McDowell. I don’t know if there’s an age gap there or just a cultural gap, lol.

[@robotrix]

I just keep wondering what movies HAS Erin seen? Outside of Hook of course. Not knowing Downtown Julie Brown isn't surprising if you weren't into the last days of MTV. Only other thing I can remember about her was she was on the UK version of "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" and suing them because she got a scar from a bug bite.

[@SuperSeabreeze1]

I'm old and know who they both are.😅

[@samholdsworth420]

I'm 40 and I know downtown Julie Brown and Malcolm McDowell lol

[@JasonBrant]

Erin didn't watch movies before we started dating, so I think she's doing just fine with her knowledge.

[@starsiegeplayer]

@@JasonBrant I really love that you two watch movies together and have fun. The fact that she didn't watch movies before makes it even nicer.

[@Control-Max]

Fun fact: Gary Daniels named his son "Kenshiro" after the main character of this movie. I think Gary loved doing this film and he seemed commited to deliver his best performance but I remember the movie to be overall very boring and I blame the director for that. I watched this when I was a teen, so maybe I need to rewatch it now.

[@magnus4001]

I saw this as a teen as well, twice in fact, and remember also finding it boring, so you're not alone in your take on it.

[@XenoKay88]

I read the trivia section for this film on IMDB too

[@pa.encema2821]

It is boring. But Gary Daniels got moves. My fa krite movie if his is Riot with Sugar Ray Leonard

[@ryanshannon6963]

Agree. It got REALLY SLOW in the middle. I think I remember falling asleep in the middle so my friend and I had to finish it the next day. Considering it being a westernized live action version of an anime classic, it's definitely better than even more modern western takes on anime classics (looking at Dragon Ball as an example). I'm a bit surprised it's on this channel because I think it's *very borderline* on just a not-so-great movie and pretty well executed B-Rated. But, I'm fairly new to this channel, so maybe I'm misunderstanding the premise of what this channel is supposed to represent.

[@chopperdeath]

Gary Daniels is a beast, the cinematography does not do him justice. Fucking talented.

[@mrnaughtycat]

The pouch at the end was the seeds of the future and one grew a sprout in the castle

[@UrmanitaRules]

Gary Daniels did have a kickboxing career before transitioning into film. He said in interviews that film was what he really wanted to, and kickboxing was a way to make money using his martial arts before officially making the jump.

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks for the info.

[@irongiant775]

As a FOTNS fan I loved this film regardless of how small the budget for this was. As I remembered when it was first released, it was a cable movie exclusive to which I had a friend of mine record it on tape of me. A lot of familiar faces, and Gary Daniels mentioned to Scott Atkins on his youtube channel that he put on about 15+ of muscle for this role. That's dedication and I'm so happy to see you guys enjoying this flick!

[@JLnukka]

That was totally Rufio and Vader the wrestler. Melvin Van Peebles was Mario Van Peebles father. The big get was my little droogie Malcolm McDowell lol

[@clarkkent4734]

'Sean Penn's fat brother' is the best description / summary of Chris Penn that I've ever heard. Startingly accurate and to the point 😂

[@jakesteele4620]

Jesus Jason, Erin's got some real competition in the leg department, wahwahweewah

[@rrainesc8]

Jason, that big was Leon "Big Van Vader " White. The mastodon as Jim Ross used to call him and he has since passed away, but that was him.

[@carldzoga1348]

YES! And one of THE best lines in cinema: "I'm still standing"! "You're already dead"!

[@Slappaccino]

Omae wa mou shindeiru! **pop**

[@clbaker8356]

Costas Mandylor was the replacement Jigsaw saw films after Saw III. Melvin is Mario's father. Downtown Julie Brown was one MTV VJs (think one original ones).

[@Pooby1000]

"3000 Miles to Graceland" is a fairly modern so bad it's good movie that I don't hear anyone talking about.

[@darkzer0670]

I love that movie and the ending.........Chefs Kiss 💋

[@ericseitzler81]

You forgot the golden rule!!

[@darkzer0670]

@@ericseitzler81 Treat others as you would want to be treated?

[@ericseitzler81]

@@darkzer0670 according to the movie the golden rule is who ever has the biggest gun makes the rules.

[@Sentient_Zee]

This one will be interesting for me because I remember back in the day getting to about the 20 minute mark of this film and just giving up. Now I can finally see how it ends. Edit: not well, apparently.

[@johnrife7134]

Same

[@JasonBrant]

It definitely peaks prior to the ending.

[@p_campbell]

Should have never allowed this car wreck to ever be seen by human eyes. No Anime/cartoon should EVER be live action.

[@groothewanderer3710]

What really caught my eye was the Van Dam jumping split kick at 22:57. 😲 I've only seen Van Dam do that. A Gary Daniels movie I would recommend is Blood Moon(1997)

[@oxman5571]

"Exploding heads and oiled muscles." Well, there go my nipples again.

[@darkzer0670]

Finally, another man of culture.

[@JasonBrant]

My man 🤣

[@oxman5571]

@@darkzer0670 You are correct. My nipples are wearing monocles.

[@jesseslack2089]

Who doesn't love Sea Lab?

[@oxman5571]

@@jesseslack2089 Well, I know you do and you know I do. Love Sealab, that is.

[@CorporateCornholio]

Gary Daniels named his son Kenshiro, He must have some extra special connection to this movie to have done that.

[@luminousdragon]

"Are you recasting a 30 year old movie?" "Yes, Danny McBride is now the villian"

[@matthewschafer6359]

Roofie-oh (or however you spell his stupid name) was also in my favorite martial arts movie "The Perfect Weapon."

[@Liquidcadmus]

Gary Daniels is actually a kickboxing champ and an absolute beast. he's always been jacked in all his movies. and his technique and skill are right up there with JCVD, he's a really under appreciated action star of the 90's and he's in a ton of stuff.

[@nexteffects]

Dante Basco (Rufio) was Zuko in the Avatar the last Airbender animated series. Classic.

[@jamiehorton9958]

I'm glad you all (mostly) enjoyed this movie! I ADORE the manga, animes, and animated movie... but this, on its own merits, is an excellent low-budget martial arts/sci-fi/post-apocalyptic flick, and is thoroughly entertaining. Great review!

[@HarrIock]

I can't believe Tony Randel from The Odd Couple directed this. That's insane.

[@clbaker8356]

Peter Atkins wrote the screenplay Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Hellraiser III: hell on Earth and Wishmaster. Tony Randel directed Hellraiser II

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks.

[@emberparadox458]

Fun Fact, the actor who Played Lord Shin (the guy weaing the beige apron-looking thing at 21:00 ) is Costas Mandylor, who played Detective Mark Hoffman, Jigsaw's protege/successor, in 3 of the Saw films.

The guy whose jaw went a little out of place was a wrestler called "Ludvig Borga", real name "Tony Halme".

[@timothyhurley5920]

From wikipedia " Actor Gary Daniels's nickname on the set was “Condom Man” in reference to the prosthetic used to create the famous chest scars being made from unrolled condoms." BAHAHAHAHA

[@romrimland]

You guys just keep getting better. The editing, commentary, all top notch. The three of you are definitely my favorite lineup. Noticed you backed off using HURRRRR so much, it was ( and is ) funny, but a little excessive. Bonus points to Jason for wearing socks lol. Watched it twice just to help out the algorithim.

[@MrDman21]

That guy went thru an extreme cut just for that one scene. That's dedication 💪🏻💪🏻

[@JasonBrant]

He really did.

[@stonecoldku4161]

22:37 "Oh gosh there's blood spray!" Hey, shouldn't that mean that the entire room should catch fire? The film already established that his blood starts fire.

[@JeremyNoblitt]

That was Vader the wrestler. His Name is Leon. It's a shame he died a while back. Glad we got to see FotNS. I love the comic and show. Can't wait for the next one!

[@TheBeird]

Did you know; as well as playing KENshiro in the live action Fist of the North Star, Gary Daniels played KEN of Street Fighter 2 for a scene in Jackie Chan's City Hunter. Which . . . means absolutely nothing, really. But I do recommend City Hunter. Especially in its original English dub

[@johnmorey720]

8:40 when Jason is going :D and everybody else is going D: is one of my favorite still shots of this whole channel.

[@nohandlenotme]

That part in a movie where I scream NO, when the guy touches me with the death touch between the legs, ok this is the movie to watch. Ok the guy isn't a thing!

[@ErikN1982]

This movie blew my mind when i was a kid, right out of the back of my skull. Now watch Guyver, Double Dragons, Robot Jox, and the first 2 Toxic Avengers movies and my childhood will be complete.

[@JasonBrant]

They're all on the list!

[@benzone3711]

@@JasonBrant Robot Jox needs to be moved up a couple of notches

[@azforu29]

Oh shit. The Guyver 1990 with Mark Hamil. I have the clam shell VHS of that and Dark Hero. Brian Yuzna and Screaming Mad George, the famous FX guy, did the 1st one. Sick, sick movie.

[@Squiggly667]

This film was definitely a weird one. I grabbed this one from Blockbuster when I fist saw it on the shelf many years back. I think I was in college at the time. It's like the folks who made this did actually love the the anime series and later on the bloodier movie Carl Macek pieced together (same guy behind Robotech vs Macross). It's just that everything comes off as Toxic Avenger level cheesy (and the gore effects aren't even as good) without the self-awareness the Toxic Avenger folks had in making that film. Everything being played so deadly serious here just makes the movie unintentionally hilarious. Definitely a fun watch, though.

[@JasonBrant]

I enjoyed it.

[@Squiggly667]

Yeah, it's a fun watch with the right crowd. Pairs up well with Shogun Assassin.

[@johnrife7134]

"Ruffio" was also in another martial arts movie from the early 90s called "the perfect weapon." Intended to launch the career of Jeff Speakman. It would have been a good movie except they tried to make the bad guys in it the Korean Mafia. As a Korean I found it totally unbelievable. Not in a remarkable way.

[@alucard624]

The fight scenes in The Perfect Weapon are damn good though and that alone makes it worth sitting through.

[@JasonBrant]

That's on the list, but we don't have a copy of it yet.

[@Colin_]

He was also in another movie along with Michael Jai White the movie 'Bone'.

[@ghost7524]

@@Colin_ Blood and Bone 😉

[@Colin_]

@@ghost7524 yes youre right 'blood and bone'. Totally missed the first part of the movie name lol

[@Taberuuu]

MOVIE SUGGESTIONS: For pure 80's cheese, "The Stuff" is a timeless classic (on Tubi). "Society"(1989) is a roller-coaster of disgust and hilarity. "Thankskilling" is SO brutally ridiculous you can't help but love it. Keep up the awesome work!!!

[@johnsensebe3153]

The first time I saw this, I thought it remarkable how Malcolm McDowell worked it out so his character would be dead before the movie starts, so he'd only have to show up for a flashback and some voice-over.

[@MaximumCarter]

I wonder if Steven Segal could take that multiple hit death touch technique from Gary Daniels 😆 Edit: Btw, I LOVED this... so much nostalgia! I was 15 when I saw this movie and I've loved it ever since then. Thanks guys!

[@darkzer0670]

I don't think it would pierce the fat so yes he could.

[@JasonBrant]

He might have enough 'protection' in his torso to handle it.

[@stonecoldku4161]

They kept the leather vest on the boss bad guy, so we'd be able to tell the difference between him and the hero during their final fight. Otherwise, it's two guys with glorious mullets trying to hit each other.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

Without the girdle, we'd have been able to tell the difference because one guy was ripped and the other was dadbodded.

[@TheBlueB0mber]

Chris Penn didn’t see the mainstream success Sean did, but he was outstanding in Reservoir Dogs.

[@JasonBrant]

I'll always love him for Best of the Best.

[@johnrife7134]

You have to manage your expectations when it comes to Chris.He was a success character actor. always showing up as a side character. A guy that looks like that is not leading man material. He was in Pale Rider 1985.

[@motelghost477]

Gary Daniels also starred in the great movie Dancin': It's On!

[@JasonBrant]

That sounds horrific 🤣

[@Renzsu]

Hey Jason, did you upgrade your camera? Maybe I didn't notice before, but you guys are looking sharp! I got my beer ready, I think this will be a good one.

[@obnnetwork9316]

Haha i cant believe i suggest this and bam its here haha can't wait to watch this review

[@JasonBrant]

Hope you dig it.

[@ryaya10]

“Tony Randel! He’s done things.” 🤣😂 me when I talk about anything

[@JasonBrant]

🤣

[@FuzzyPyrate]

8:40 Jason looking like the happiest kid in a candy store 😆😆😆 Rightfully so I might add. I loved this movie even if though it was campy as hell.

[@fokker1138]

8:40 The look on Jason's face. 😆

[@JasonBrant]

🤣

[@karldammann]

"What's up fatty?!" lmfao! On wiki: Actor Gary Daniels's nickname on the set was “Condom Man” in reference to the prosthetic used to create the famous chest scars being made from unrolled condoms.[2][failed verification]

[@larshansson1953]

Melvin is Mario's dad. Got pretty famous for writing, directing and starring in one of the first blaxploitation films: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. A movie known for it's unsimulated sex scenes which, quite coincidentally, Melvin starred in.

[@RustBunny]

The three of you seemed to enjoy this way more than I thought you would. It helps that you didn't really pay that much attention to the story (granted, Jason's seen the superior anime before). Some of the camera work and lighting leaves a lot to be desired, but there was a lot of effort put into this, even if we can't always see it.

[@Maindrian]

Gary Daniels is great, played a pretty memorable bad guy in another anime adaptation, the absolutely bonkers Jackie Chan film City Hunter (1993). I think my favourite of his starring roles that I've seen is Riot (1997), which is another budget stretcher, feels like Streets of Rage: The Movie and has some pretty astonishing stunt work in places.

[@JasonBrant]

I'll check those out.

[@Maindrian]

@@JasonBrant City Hunter's the one where Jackie famously gets zapped by a Street Fighter machine and winds up fighting Daniels, who is dressed up as Ken. Jackie himself is... Chun-Li. For reasons.

[@christophergray7982]

Jason's enthusiasm having seen the anime is awesome. I think it helps, this was awesome.

[@samhandwich4095]

The cake back-and-forth killed me 😂

[@DetroitAlan01]

This is actually a good flick, and Gary Daniels was a beast. Dude did around 30 movies, during the 90’s. And, the vast majority of the time, they worked almost solely because of his capabilities as a physical performer. Between Daniels and Mark Dacascos, you basically have cornered the market on the 90’s DTV action genre. Shame they never worked together. In their heyday, the two would’ve made for a superlative Ken and Ryu.

[@ytndndrummer]

Gary Daniels was Bryan Fury in Tekken and coincidentally the first time I saw him was in Heatseeker, a terrible sci-fi action movie where he also played a mechanically enhanced arena fighter. I'd recommend White Tiger with him and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as a possible SBIG. It also has, to my knowledge, Julia Nickson's only topless scene. Cheers!

[@JasonBrant]

I'll add them to the watchlist. Thanks!

[@magnus4001]

@@JasonBrant Tekken is cheese, but it's pretty good cheese. Not a great adaptation of the videogame series (though actually not bad. certainly better than many), but pretty good as an action movie in its own right. Very solid cast. Daniels is creepy af in it. Plus, it's got your boy, Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa!

[@mvyper]

If there is Cary Tagawa, I know it's gonna be awesome. I love him. :) I definitely need to see them 2 together in the same movie !

[@jmtravelz3418]

Melvin Van Peebles is Mario’s dad FYI. I can’t get enough of this channel keep it coming Jason!

[@carldzoga1348]

8:20 asked my instructor to teach me that. He got a good laugh and than very seriously said "NO"! 🤣🤣🙃☹😖

[@MrManBuzz]

Big fan of Fist of the North Star so this was fun, it was great seeing Jason understand what was happening. I've not seen the movie but it actually doesn't seem as terrible as I would've assumed it was.

[@Timelord007]

Gary Daniels has made some great B movies I highly recommend you check out Cold Harvest, Riot, Rage, Recoil & White Tiger with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa some of these are free to watch on You Tube. Hilarious review your channel is a highlight of my week and a nostalgia trip because the movies you review I grew up watching, I agree with Jason on the editing some of the angles obscure what's happening but overall this is a decent time waster it's a shame the budget wasn't bigger. Costs Mandylor was Detective Mark Hoffman in the Saw franchise.

[@raymondleggs5508]

Rage was basically crank before crank

[@jaredl.8465]

Liked the 'shout out' to the fan (Peter) who supplied the DVD. Nice touch if you know who sent it in. Looking forward to the unboxing later today. Have a good one!

[@7woundsfist]

YES!!! I love FotNS! I've been reading HnK since I was a kid. (that might explain a few things). I was so hyped when I first saw this movie in college. Guilty pleasure movie for sure. Gary Daniels is a light heavyweight kickboxing champion from England. He is a staple in my favorite 90's action movies.

[@Fardawg]

Melvin Van Peebles (d. 2021) was Mario's dad and a legendary actor know for Blaxploitation films like "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (that isn't a typo) which is considered the first Blaxploitation film. Melvin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the film. Mario started out being known as "Melvin's son" and Melvin ended up being "Mario's dad" to many people.

[@MrGorn25]

Omg this is so good, made my day and gave me a much needed laugh. Thanks and keep them coming

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks!

[@michaelwestmoreland2530]

The fact that you've dialed in to movies so far you can now describe "lug nuts gone but not wheels" and "There's ONE loose" is an astonishing display of your accumulated viewing wisdom.

[@sonnyd.6777]

I was looking desperately for a copy , lucky KZbin has a full movie and the anime version

[@zombie..]

This is amazing!! I’ve never heard of this movie but it was surprisingly awesome. And yes more Gary Daniels movies!! 16:47 BEEFCAKE!!

[@JasonBrant]

Definitely need more Gary Daniels.

[@jameswatts2003]

Omg, I saw this when I was a kid. Effin loved this.

[@JasonBrant]

Hell yeah!

[@aaronmullan8432]

I want to nerd out so hard but ill just drop you a few nuggets. The fist of the North star must defeat the fist of The south star, hence the journey, final battle and adoration scene. The attack thing where he says "you are already dead" is from the comics where he hits opponents 7 times with fingers in the shape of the Southern Star constellation and is also the marks on his chest in the shape of said constellation. Last one promise, that was Big Van Vader the wrestler and yes Jason he did moonsault off the top rope well into his 40s. Loved the video as always guy, the only time my wife (who is not a fan) took one look and went KIchiro! (main character) and started attacking me with the 7 point killer attack. (She is Japanese and said the manga was super popular when she was young-44 same age as me:))

[@johnafirth]

As a Gary Daniels fan, the UK DVD was great. Commentary, interviews and making of.

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

Here are some other sci-fi/post-apocalyptic movies you could also do: - Battletruck (1982) - Hands of Steel (1986) - Warrior of The Lost World (1983) - Cherry 2000 (1987)

[@JasonBrant]

Looking forward to them!

[@thecrazycanukeh]

So happy when i see new uploads!!!

[@jahredsplitfoot]

One wheel on my wagon & I'm still rolling along...sing along now!

[@ghostkiller.3266]

Man...it is fun watching with You guys!

[@p_campbell]

One of the first, if not THE first anime to live action movies. And I have never seen this re-do . Fist of the North Star, Wicked City,& Akira are the top never mess with the best Edit: Ghost in the shell would be better if the production company wouldn't have rushed the end result.

[@RyllenKriel]

I can't believe you guys had never seen this before! I was pretty excited when this came out originally on cable because I had seen the anime and read some of the manga. I was not a big fan of Fist of the North Star, but it had great B movie potential. First off, Clint Howard came on set and obviously shot some people then went away. They lost a lot of extras that day, but the footage was so good they kept it in the film. I honestly thought Gary Daniels was good enough in this that he might have seen some higher budget roles. The film has a lot of flaws but so does the source material, which it loosely follows. Overall, I thought it was very entertaining. Jason is right about the fight scenes though; they needed better camera angles.

[@DeniseFaraday]

This has probably been already mentioned below in the comments section, but Downtown Julie Brown is more known for being a MTV VJ back in the late 80s-early 90s, Melvin Van Peeples is Mario's dad, and Chris Penn was Sean's brother who passed away in 2006.

[@adams085]

Thanks!

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks!

[@TheBluCorner]

"We need to watch more Gary Daniels movies" YES!!! "Cold Harvest" "Rage" "White Tiger" "Riot" "Bloodmoon" "Fatal Blade/Gedo" all great choises...

[@ericseitzler81]

Most people didn't notice but the star of this movie Gary Daniels was in the first expendables film,he played the brit and only had like 2 lines but I thought it was cool that Stallone put him in it.

[@alandhopewell]

This so takes me back to the halcyon days of Dollar Night, good weed, brutal doses of Old English 800, a theater packed with euphoriated fans of cheese. Y'all are priceless.

[@Nightroadtube]

Chris Penn, Sean Penn's less famous less successful brother. Me: Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Rumble Fish You: Best of the Best. I must admit I forgot what channel I was watching for a moment; thank you for bringing me back to reality.

[@filibuster0453]

Clint Howard looks like aunt bee kept him locked in the basement.

[@JasonBrant]

🤣

[@ChallengeIdeas]

Funny enough, Clint played a small child named Leon in the Andy Griffith Show. He always gave Barney a hard time just by being a small child.

[@jameshawkins4514]

Gary Daniels was a legit kickboxer. After he started doing movies, he still continued to train with Winston Omega and the evidence shows in his hands - look at the enlarged knuckles and callouses. IMHO his best movie is White Tiger. Great story, characters, and believable action scenes.

[@kurokoro]

Oh hokuto no ken the live action, This was my introduction to the series when I was a kid and while not perfect or good to many it was ok for me and I like it to some degree, still the animated versions are👌.

[@JasonBrant]

I dug it. Needed a few more things to be a classic, but it's fun.

[@Slappaccino]

Read the manga now that they have been translated to English if you want the best version. I don't mean that in a nerdy elitist way or anything. It's legitimately just MUCH better, and infinitely more brutal, than the anime. Plus the art blows the anime's look away.

[@hansgraichen8051]

Vader did the “Vader Bomb” off the top ropes. Yes, that big guy was Vader of WWE fame.

[@JasonBrant]

Oh yeah.

[@RandomNPC001]

This was priceless, the anime still holds up today!

[@JasonBrant]

Does it? Been a long time since I saw it.

[@RandomNPC001]

It does, kind of like Akira!

[@RandomNPC001]

Being from Brazil that has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, animes were a big part of growing up. They were a big thing in Brazil before they got big in the rest of the world!

[@zionengine]

To see Gary Daniels in full glory, check out a weird dud of a movie called "Dancin' It's On!". (That film is a decent fit for SBIG.)

[@JasonBrant]

Will do!

[@sonnyd.6777]

Good thing the actors were all buffed up. Thats how they looked in the manga art. RUFFIO!! RUFIOOO!!

[@JasonBrant]

Daniels was jacked.

[@BurnRoddy]

I don't think anyone will read this long rambling letter of mine but in my opinion the cast for the movie is simply fantastic and you can see the actors did their best The main problem of this movie is how it is shot. Not only because fighting movies require a lot of extreme or over the shoulder action shots to which a you're wanting to see a good martial arts movie in this fashion I recomend Best Of The Best with Chris Penn himself (even has some wide ambient shots to make it more stylish). But because the source material is SO MUCH MORE than just a martial arts movie and the only way I can describe it is as if Kurosawa directed Arena (1989) with the aid of the visual effects of Star Wars not to mention it would've required a 35 to 40 million budget as opposed to 6.8 million like it had. Still, I feel that if it was done in the 80s and on a much bigger budget it would've looked much better but the 90s had tons of shot for TV movies that didn't allow for the grand scale live action adaptations of animes like TFOTN require. If you guys wanna see a practical way to solve this problem the 2004 live action adaptation of Casshern uses green screens and CGI to creste the ilusion of a grand scale and it looks very dated by today standards or even by the time it came out but it the action scenes are so qell shor you end up believing it which coincidently had roughly the same 6 million dollar budget as this FOTNS movie. The big problem here is that in 1995 it would've been simply impossible to pull even those dated Cassher CGI effects in a FOTNS film. There's a pretty obscure 1996 movie called Robo Warrios that offers an alternative take on how you can shot mask the film's aspect ratio, tight locations and small budget, because its a made for TV film of giant mecha done without CGI but I feel that particular technique has never been done in martial arts movies.

[@Thewingkongexchange]

There was a time when Channel 4 used to show FotNS in the early hours and that's what got me hooked.

[@flangmasterj]

I've seen the Anime a bunch of times, the first time back in the 90' when I was young and loved it. I definitely need to find the live action version.

[@phillipfry8141]

5:54 "I don't remember the story..." yeah that's MOST classic animes.