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 | Racism | Kung Fu | Rape Attempt | Skinhead

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:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious rubber baseball bat used to break the sliding glass door.

Movie Connections:

Follows Best of the Best 2 (1993)

Hysterical

Any 'message' this film might impart is totally lost in the goofiness of setting a martial arts film in the middle of a Mississippi race war. The writing and performances are so terrible that I found them weirdly entertaining. The cliches come so fast and furious that you may find yourself laughing out loud at things you would never ordinarily laugh at. Gina Gershon is hilarious as the choir conductor. The biggest joke about this movie is that it dislikes racism enough to support the plot about really stupid white supremacists, but not enough to allow Gina Gershon to fall in love with the Asian lead. They had to bring in a totally pointless white character for that... Dee Wallace-Stone is one of the greatest actresses who has ever lived and she is so sadly underrated and underused. She's the only thing in this film that isn't a really funny joke.