So now that we have come to the end of our three tape extravaganza the burning question is which version was better: the UK Star Warrior or the USA Locke The Superpower?

First let's look at their individual merits... Star Warrior was a more faithful adaptation and was surprisingly grown up for it's intended audience while Locke was easier to digest in it's shorter, one video form. Both benefited from the original music, although the Japanese songs were missing from Locke, and suffered from the fairly awful dubbing. Locke was more suitable for kids but Star Warrior had that edgy, graphic PG air of danger! Locke's box made use of the original Japanese movie poster but Star Warrior had that great rip-off title and font and it too made use of anime artwork.

So having weighed up the pros and cons for each I have come to the final grand decision that.... Locke The Superpower takes it by a nose! The shorter running time, although making it a little confused in places, helped keep the action going and made it easier to follow thanks to the removal of some of the more contradictory dialog.

It was a hard choice to make, especially taking into account Star Warrior's funky video labels. Maybe if the trailers on the UK version had been better it could have swung it but while Star Warrior was a more faithful version, cutting only a little nudity and a sex scene, the movie's presentation let it down. The sudden halt of tape one plus the crappy title cards for both tapes lost it valuable points.

But in the end either version is more than worth a look.