Best of the Best (1989)

Avaliação/utilizador:

5,7/10   

Diretor:

Robert Radler

Escritores:

Phillip Rhee (story) and
Paul Levine (written by) ...

Data de Lançamento:

10 Novembro 1989 (USA)

Gênero:

Ação | Drama | Suspense

Chamada:

There's a kind of inner strength you never know you have...until it's ALL you have.

Argumento:

A team from the United States are going to compete in the world finals in Tae Kwon Do. The team consists of fighters from all nations, can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win ?

Plot Keywords:

Fighting | Korea | Tae Kwon Do | Tournament | Meditation

Comentários dos utilizadores:

A Really Good Martial Arts Movie

Elenco

Eric Roberts	...	Alex Grady
Phillip Rhee	...	Tommy Lee
James Earl Jones	...	Coach Couzo
Sally Kirkland	...	Wade
Chris Penn	...	Travis Brickley (as Christopher Penn)
John Dye	...	Virgil
David Agresta	...	Sonny
Tom Everett	...	Don
Louise Fletcher	...	Mrs. Grady
John P. Ryan	...	Jennings
Edan Gross	...	Walter Grady
Simon Rhee	...	Dae Han
Master Hee Il Cho	...	Korean Coach
James Lew	...	Sae Jin Kwon
Ken Nagayama	...	Yung Kim

Duração:

97 min

País:

USA

Língua:

Inglês

Cor:

Cor

Som:

Dolby

Certificação:

Australia:M | France:U | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Spain:T | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:16

Locais de filmagem:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Companhia :

Movie Group, The

Pegadinha:

The character Walter Grady is named after the father of Eric Roberts: Walter Grady Roberts.

Goofs:

Vários: When Alex receives his letter indicating he has been selected for the National Team, the word Congratulations is misspelled as "congradulations".

Citações:

Commentator: [after Dae Hawn has been knocked down by Tommy Lee] This could be it! This could be it! If he doesn't get up, it's a technical knockout! The American team will win this tournament!

Conexões:

Editado em Best of the Best 2 (1993)

Tilha Sonora:

RADAR LOVE

A Really Good Martial Arts Movie

Alex Grady (Eric Roberts) the widowed father of his five-year-old son is chosen to represent the United States of America in a karate tournament against team Korea, where the odds of winning are slim at best. Coached by James Earl Jones and Sally Kirkland the team prepare to meet an unstoppable group of true martial arts experts, and along their journey they have to deal with their personal conflicts and tragedies, before they become a team.

OK the story and script are cheesy, and some of the acting is a little weak, but the sentiment and melodrama is not all misplaced and the martial arts sequences are fantastic, particularly from Eric Roberts and Christopher Penn, who are not trained martial artists.

A must see for martial arts fans, and a good film for everyone.

7/10