Best of The Best is a decent little Martial Arts sleeper about a USA Martial Team competing in a tournament. The main plot centers on Tommy Lee (Phillip Rhee) trying to get revenge for his brother after he was killed in the same tournament. Eric Roberts also stars as a down out father also trying to be in the tournament because as he says "it's all I know how to do). James Earl Jones is even in this as the coach of the team. his primary motivation being that he was the coach for the team that Tommy Lee's brother was in.
That kinda gives some respect to Best of The Best, it's got a pretty decent cast and the last person you'd expect find in this film is James. However, the acting is amazingly terrific in this. Robert Radler knows how to film some gripping scenes and gives us enough material to feel sympathy for Tommy Lee.
The fights, we'll even the fights are terrific too.
It's pretty surprising in this overflow of martial arts flicks that more or less look the same Best of the Best stand out as better than the usual ones.
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I really liked the way this movie steers clear of the typical "revenge" plot that most martial arts films focus on. Instead, it focuses on each character's growth as a person and individuals into a team. "A team isn't a team if you don't give a damn about one another." That pretty well sums it up.
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A movie like Best of the Best deserves alot more credit and box office than it got. The movie is well paced and very well acted but its the ending that makes it a great movie. Not many films realy capture the basic goodness of human beings but Best of the Best does. You can dismiss a movie like this as 80's fluff but all I can say is the ending moves me to tears every time and Im not ashamed to admit it at all.
The seller ran out of the item, but when it finally did come in they sent it speedy delivery. I recommend this seller. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Eric Roberts DVD Release Date: Released the 22 June 2001 This item is currently not available.
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If you are looking for a martial arts movie with more emphasis on fight choreography then this would be a good one for you. Phillip Rhee demonstrates excellent Tae Kwon Do kicking prowess while bringing out more of his Hapkido skills in number 4. Very enjoyable. Number 3 has a good plot as well as fight scenes. I enjoyed 3 the best. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Phillip Rhee DVD Release Date: Released the 09 May 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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A well-oiled Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in what may be one of the few kickboxing films to be based on a true story. The Muscles from Brussels plays Frank Dux, the first Westerner ever to win the extreme "whupfest" known as the Kumatai (a long-running, no-holds-barred fighting tournament in Hong Kong). While a bit deficient in the script department (to say the least), this undeniably exciting flick succeeds by letting Van Damme play to his strengths: namely, minimal acting and a lot of impossibly acrobatic splits while kicking people in the head. A guilty-pleasure testosterone blast of the highest order, with a memorable villain (the massive Bolo Yeung from Enter the Dragon), and a multitude of well-choreographed fight scenes. An embarrassed-looking Forest... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jean-Claude Van Damme - Donald Gibb - Leah Ayres Director(s): Newt Arnold DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Jean Van Damme is a corner man for his brother he is a Muay Thai fighting champion in the U.S. they went to Asia in Thailand to fight their champion Tom Pole over their the fighting is different Van Damme's brother learn that the hard way because of that he was paralised by Tom Pole and can not walk again. Van Damme was so upset he wanted to fight Tom Pole of course he is not good enough so he went to get trainning by Zion he lives in a remote area in Thailand and a master. Van Damme fell in love with his niece. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jean-Claude Van Damme Director(s): David Worth (II) - Mark DiSalle DVD Release Date: Released the 15 July 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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