The diegesis is framed from the original story from Ishimori Shotaro (石森章太郎) with most visual essences remaining but the thematic focus shifted. Romance becomes the tag line replacing the theme of maintaining peace and justice. Kamen Riders are fighting between themselves for sentiment and self interest instead (KR No. 2 being an antagonist in the movie). This thematic shift is a major shortcoming that defrays the orthodox of the story. Both Kamen Riders (KR) and villains are more humanized in both costumes and character. A major change to the original TV series in the 1970s is that the hamlets of both KRs and villains are detachable and they can appear in a warrior jacket with a human head. Yet the martial arts (action) motifs of fatal kicks, posing and typhoon in transformation are the same as they were in the 1970s TV series. The movie also features the original TV series theme song for KR No. 2 though not in full.

The movie is slow pacing and boring for action fanatics. The line for romance becomes dominant and the director adopts parallel editing in portraying the KRs and the villains. Martial arts sequences are short and share no more than 30% of the screen time of 90 minutes. The actor, Miyauchi Hiroshi (宮內洋) playing Tachibana Tobei (立花藤兵衛), the owner of the motorcycle workshop, is the same actor who played V3 in the TV KR series 33 years ago. It is a low budget and disappointing product for KR fans in either visual or thematic terms.