In a by now familiar future of dwindling supplies and rapacious gangs, Lord Shin (Costas Mandylor), aka the Master of the Southern Cross, rules over his new world order with an iron fist - or, to be more precise, a fiery fist whose impact causes opponents to spew blood from orifices they never knew they had. As Shin dreams of rebuilding an art deco metropolis, with the reluctant Julia (Isako Washio) as his queen, his army of 'Crossmen', led by Jackal (a show-stealing Chris Penn), proceeds to rape, gouge and brutalise their way through the innocent citizens of nearby Paradise Valley. Yet no-one expects the return of Kenshiro (Gary Daniels), aka Fist of the North Star, to set things back in balance with his big hair and permanently haunted stare.