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Best of the Best | 
| Director: Robert Radler
Actors: Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Chris Penn
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 11952
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 06475
ISBN: 1404961321
UPC: 043396064751
EAN: 9781404961326
ASIN: B0002O7XUE
Theatrical Release Date: November 10, 1989
Release Date: September 28, 2004
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Product Description
Eric Roberts (Academy Award Nominee Best Actor in a supporting Role Runaway Train 1985 National Security TV's "Less Than Perfect") Philip Rhee Christopher Penn (Starsky and Hutch Reservoir Dogs) John Dye and David Agresta play five young men who are selected as members of the U.S. National Karate Team. Each teammate has his own reason for competing. However they soon discover that in order to function as a team they must pit aside their differences and learn to depend upon each other. James Earl Jones (Academy Award Nominee Best Actor The Great White Hope 1970 Field of Dreams Hunt for Red October) is their unorthodox coach and Sally Kirkland (Anna The Sting The Way We Were A Star I Born) their trainer teach them that winning is not a sometime thing- it's an all-time thing. Together they enter an exhausting training period that puts their mental and physical skills to the ultimate endurance test. After three months of grueling workouts and personal conflicts they are ready to face the highly skilled Korean team and become true champions. In an unexpected and climactic ending these men come to understand what it takes to be the BEST OF THE BEST.System Requirements:Running Time: 97 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396064751 Manufacturer No: 06475
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 Among the Best of the Best Martial Arts Movies January 5, 2003
Martin Asiner (jersey city, nj United States)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
You can usually determine the success of a film by the number of sequels it has spawned. In THE BEST OF THE BEST, the most recent count is four, but it is in only the first that the electricity that director Robert Radler focused becomes apparent. It is not the plot that marks this martial arts movie as several notches above its competition, nor is it just the well-choreographed fight scenes, although they are here pretty spectacular too. The key is that the cast blend well together so that the audience actually cares about their collective fates. Talent and earnestness in front of the camera make even the non-fight scenes linger in the mind. There are no single Hollywood stars who dominate, although James Earl Jones as the coach of a Korea-bound Karate team and Eric Roberts as his top fighter come close. The magic of the film is how each of these two stars bounce off each other in ways more personal and emotional than physical. Jones is your typical no-nonsense sports coach who, in order to preserve his integrity, is even willing to suspend his best fighter whom he deems as having broken one of the team's rules. There is a subplot of another Jones-coached fighter, well played by Korean martial arts star, Phillip Rhee, who must fight in a vicious tournament the very same man who killed his brother in the same tournament some years earlier. The first half of the movie is the talky part that centers on the conflict between Jones and Roberts. Sally Kirkland is wasted in a walk-on role as an eye candy inspirational coach who tells each fighter to ignore their pains by focusing only on 'a good place.' The second half brings the action squarely to the tournament where each American must tangle with his Korean counterpart. The matches are not only physical; they also represent an emotional and psychological battle that leaves the audience in the stadium and the audience watching the video wondering just who are the favorites. The conclusion is eminently satisifying, even if the final scene is drenched in sappy pathos. Still, THE BEST OF THE BEST is well-named for it makes you think about the tournament long after the stadium in Seoul has closed for the night.
 good viewing quality hard to find January 26, 2004
david dewitt (Henderson, NV USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I first saw this movie when it first came out, and believe it or not i can still remember the story line and the impact it had on me as a person having only seen it once,MAYBE TWICE,this movie greatly inspired me with the message it sent. But you have to watch the whole thing, especially the last 30-45 minutes of it to really grasp what that message is. Few movies(as a grown man)have ever made me angry, want to stand up and cheer, and shed tears at the same time. if you want to see a movie with people beating each other up and killing each other just for the fun of it, then this is not the one for you, but if you enjoy a good show of competition and sportsmanship,with some "on the edge of your seat action" and a heartfelt message contained therein then i defineitly absolutley recomend this one. Lets just say you might not pay much attention to your popcorn bowl!
Guy movie to the max! September 3, 2004
Adrian Gonzalez (Miami,FL)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
One inspirational movie that you'll never forget. A movie that never recieved the credit that it deserved.Watch it, true heart felt movie with great action.
 what are you all talking about? September 22, 2004
Brizzo
6 out of 38 found this review helpful
This is one of the FUNNIEST movies ever made. Packed from start to finish with unintentional comedy... James Earl Jones pushing 300 lbs as a karate coach, Sally Kirkland breaking cinder blocks with flowing bleach-blonde locks, chubby Chris Penn making the national karate team and always wearing a cowboy hat. One of the evil Korean karate masters has one eye! Does anybody know how hard it is to fight with one eye?!
Not a single casting decision in this movie makes any sense, the acting is laughable in every scene, and the plot is completely formulaic. But that is what makes it so enjoyable. I don't know what anybody else that reviewed this movie was thinking, or smoking at the time they submitted reviews, but I find it surprising, given the content of their reviews, that they are capable of operating a modern personal computer.
What a great movie October 3, 2004
Patrick McDonald (Green Bay, WI)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
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