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To Be the Best (Video 1993)Director:Joseph MerhiWriter:Michael January |
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Title: To Be the Best (Video 1993)
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Eric Kulhane
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| Martin Kove | ... |
Rick Kulhane
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| Phillip Troy Linger | ... |
Sam Kulhane
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| Brittney Powell | ... |
Cheryl
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Jack Rodgers
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Mike Toney | ... |
Mario
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| Ron Yuan | ... |
Han Lo
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| Vince Murdocco | ... |
Duke
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Steven Vincent Leigh | ... |
Hong Do
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Markell Boyd | ... |
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| Tom Deters | ... |
Bad Guy
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| Mark Ginther | ... |
Lee
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David Halver | ... |
Thug at Wedding Chapel
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Randall Shiro Ideishi | ... |
Fighter
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Rated R for kickboxing violence, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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3 August 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Karate Tiger 7 See more »Filming Locations:
Angel's Gate Park - 3601 Gaffey Street, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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[referring to a phantom punch]
Announcer Fred: *not* seen a punch like that!
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Clearly during the opening fight scenes one announcer says: "I'm here with T.J. Welles to call tonight's bouts". Later the end credits read "Announcer Fred: T.J. Welles." See more »Quotes
Announcer Fred: Not since the second Ali - Liston fight have I[referring to a phantom punch]
Announcer Fred: *not* seen a punch like that!
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To be the best is a little naive replica of Final Impact, this time all shifted as a Team of American kick-boxers training for the world championship. The script it's fairly poor and it seems written by unexperienced people, and thank to the so-so actors, the good Mike Worth was left alone holding up the shaky story. This time a dubious affair of bets and fixed bouts, but luckily without pretensions (the low budget prevented it).
Mehri seems to need Lamas for his charisma, while Martin Kove tries to be convincing as an upright coach of the team. No, he can't. He looks more a shrewish foreman than a mentor. Anyway, on the ring, the fighting scenes are memorable. Well choreographed they're pretty realistic and captivating. Mike Worth, Vince Murdocco, Steve Vincent Leigh were phenomenal. If just they showed more action and less chats this flick could have taken an higher vote.
Sad the choice to put a commentator during the fights. A real disgrace because an easy-to-find song under the FX would have been found even by a child, and all the work would benefited. As fighters the actors do a great job, and that's all I asked for this action movie. Again, the editor cut a lot of fights (condensing them in a big video-clip) to save time: but time for what ?! These are not mistakes attributable to money, and still they occur !
7,5 / 10