Best of the Best

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Nav S @Nav_Sarao 2d Thanks to the awful critics, who seem to rate a film on everything apart from how entertaining it is, I almost missed this gem when I saw it was only rated at 33%. Glad I listened to those other audience reviews that told me to ignore them. Best of the Best is a gem. The actions scenes are excellent and, unlike most Hollywood films, you can actually see what is going on during the fights and they are not unrealistic. It also has a fantastic ending with a great moral message. Certainly one of the best martial arts movies Hollywood has ever dished out. See more Phil H @P-Hubbs 5d I can see why this has gained a bit of a cult status, what with the casting and reasonable fight sequences. Looking back its certainly up there with other tournament fight movies, what few there were. It's pretty obvious that the reason this never took off back in the day was simply that Jean Claude Van Damme had cornered that particular market. He was the martial arts King in Hollywood and no one was coming close. Had Van Damme been in this, well now you're talking, the movie takes on a whole new level. As it stands now looking back, yeah its fine, a solid fight flick, even if the movie poster does make Roberts look like the main bad guy. See more William R @RT31794279 Sep 16 Thw movie was great and is a classic for anyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s and are now 40+ years old. See more Claudio C @Claudio666 Jun 3 Best of the Best (1989) Corny, but Entertaining (11,739 – 02 Jun 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) During a dispute for the selection of five fighters of karate, taekwondo, kickbox and judo for a tournament against South Korea, the couch Frank Couzo (James Earl Jones) selects Alexander “Alex” Grady (Eric Roberts), who has a serious problem in his shoulder; Tommy Lee (Phillip Rhee), who is an martial arts instructor and has a trauma with the loss of his brother in a similar competition; the troublemaker Travis Brickley (Christopher Penn); Virgil Keller (John Dye), who is Buddhist and likes to meditate; and the streetfighter Sonny Grasso (David Agresta). They have three months only to be prepared to compete against the skilled Korean team. Soon Frank is forced to accept the spiritualist Catherine Wade (Sally Kirkland) into the team to help the athletes to balance their bodies physically and mentally. They travel to South Korea to dispute the competition and discover who is the best of the best. “Best of the Best” (1989) is a forgettable American film with a corny story, but entertaining for fans of martial arts. The plot is silly, the conclusion is awful, but the fights are worthwhile watching. The fight in the bar is hilarious, and the fights in the competition are very well choreographed. The cast has good names, and the viewer will not feel disappointed. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): “Operação Kickboxer” (“Kickboxer Operation”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ See more UnleashedTraining101 T @UnleashedTraining101 May 12 Fun, corny and incredibly 80s martial arts film. The only beef I have is that they are competing in a karate competition when all the forms and uniforms from the Koreans are taekwondo. It even says taekwondo on the back of their uniforms. Then in the class, some kids are wearing a taekwondo dobok, others a karate gi and one kid in a judo gi with the thick lapel. To Americans, everything is karate. Nonetheless I still enjoyed it despite this. See more Ridugulous B @RT25780898 May 4 This movie embodies the late 80s early 90s. They show the values of friendship, camaraderie, and adversarity. It is a tale of do great things, get great results. See more Read all reviews

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