Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Phillip Rhee

Writers:

Barry Gray (writer)
Deborah Scott (writer)

Release Date:

17 May 1995 (Philippines)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization. |

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Hapkido | Hit With Baseball Bat | Burning Cross | Knife Fight

Cast

Phillip Rhee	...	Tommy Lee
Christopher McDonald	...	Jack Banning
Gina Gershon	...	Margo Preston
Mark Rolston	...	Donnie Hansen
Peter Simmons	...	Owen Tucker
Cristina Lawson	...	Karen Banning (as Cristina Anzu Lawson)
Dee Wallace	...	Georgia (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Tiny
Justin Brentley	...	Luther Phelps
Andra R. Ward	...	Rev. Phelps
Barbara Boyd	...	Isabel
Kitao Sakurai	...	Justin Banning
Cole S. McKay	...	Bo (as Cole McKay)
Steve Hulin	...	Tre
Jack C. Thomas	...	Mr. Morgen

MPAA:

Rated R for shootings and martial arts violence.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 (video premiere) (cut) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (video rating) | Australia:MA | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bedford, Indiana, USA

Company:

Movie Group, The

Goofs:

Continuity: In the carnival scene when Tommy throws Owen into a stand, he stands up an pulls a knife out, then in the next shot, he pulls it out again.

Movie Connections:

Follows Best of the Best (1989)

what happened?

this movie represents a step down in quality from the first two movies in the series.to me,it's basically a run of the mill story,with a setting that has also been done before.in fact,it's almost a carbon copy of at least one other movie.and they don't really add anything new to it.also missing are the spectacular fight scenes from number two.there are plenty of fights,but they are pretty much ho-hum.the action is boring for the most part.there are some plot holes and inconsistencies.that normally wouldn't be a problem,except that they are very obvious.and since the film itself isn't very exciting,it's much easier to focus on the negative.the other problem is the acting,not so much from the main c characters,but the other characters.i won't say too much in that regard,other than--it was bad.when you put it all together,this film does not live up to the standard of the first two.it isn't the worst movie of the genre,but it isn't very good either.for me,it's a 3/10,at best.