| Country of Origin: |
 United States |
| Production year: |
1989 |
| Director: |
Bob Radler |
| Rating: |
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| UPC [Locale]: |
5-034741-218214  
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| Running time: |
1:37 (97 Min.) |
| Casetype: |
Keep Case |
| Format: |
Color, 1.33:1, Full Frame |
| DVD-Format: |
Single-Sided, Single-Layered |
| Released: |
March 18, 2002 |
| Collection type: |
Owned (#242) |
| Status: |
Available |
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| Purchase date: |
March 10, 2006 |
| Purchase price: |
Hidden |
| Review (movie): |
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 Overview |
Karate, the ancient martial art and modern international sport is a contest of body, mind and spirit where often the toughest competition is against yourself.
Alex Grady (Eric Roberts), an Oregon welder and widowed father of a Five-year-old son is chosen for the United States National Team. He finds himself in the company of Tommy Lee (Phillip Rhee), a soft-spoken Karate instructor; Travis Brickley (Christopher Penn), an urban cowboy with an attitude; Virgil Keller (John Dye), a New England Buddhist; Sonny Grasso (David Agresta), a gregarious Italian from Detroit and their coach Frank Kouzo (James Earl Jones), a hardened veteran of high-powered Karate competition. It's a team with rough edges and problems that must be resolved if they're to win the international competition in Seoul, Korea.
The team's corporate sponsor brings in an unorthodox trainer, Catherine Wade (Sally Kirkland), to teach the men to focus their minds and bodies. During the three months training period, Wade, a stunning beauty trained in Eastern Philosophy as well as martial arts, tangles with Kouzo over his approach to winning at all costs. What follows is battle where each competitor attempts to defeat the opposition and become the Best of the Best. |
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DVD Covers
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Best of the Best
English
Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Crew