Best of the Best

Name: Best of the Best
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Released: November 10, 1989
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 26
Cast: Chris Penn, David Agresta, Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, John Dye

1989

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Taurus Entertainment Company | Release Date: November 10, 1989 | PG-13

Starring: Chris Penn, David Agresta, Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, John Dye, John P. Ryan, Louise Fletcher, Phillip Rhee, Sally Kirkland, Tom Everett

Summary: A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?

Director: Robert Radler

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 97 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Although director Bob Radler gums up the fight scenes with lots of unnecessary slo-mo, and the film follows its formula mechanically, this is a moderately serviceable action yarn. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Under Bob Radler's direction, the sequences involving tae-kwan-do, a lethal ballet-styled hybrid of kick boxing, judo and karate, carry very little visceral charge until the last 15 minutes, after which the movie expires in a saccharine slush of blood, sweat and tears. Read full review

Gary Arnold

The title, of course, leads one to expect the long-awaited movie version of David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest, but the actuality is closer to tattered but dopily diverting remnants from The Karate Kid, Road House and Rocky IV. [14 Nov 1989, p.E3]

Kevin Thomas

Best of the Best is a by-the-numbers martial-arts movie graced by several celebrated actors marking time between more rewarding assignments and crowned by an appallingly brutal Tae Kwan Do competition. There's nothing here except for karate fanatics. [10 Nov 1989, p.F15]

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This surprisingly heavyweight cast - Louise Fletcher and Sally Kirkland lend spiritual support - manages to lower itself to the exploitation level material without apparent strain; indeed the performances are all truly atrocious. Read full review

Roger Ebert

There is not a single scene in this movie that I found amusing, original or interesting. What we really have here is a documentary of the actors wasting their lives. Read full review

Judy Stone

Best of the Best is the wrong title. Worst of the worst would be more like it for this movie. [Nov 13 1989, p.F4]

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Sep 19, 2020

Best of the best karate movies from the 90’s. Good film check it out !!!!!!!!!!!!!’

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