Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)

When a girl fleeing Russian mobsters plants a stolen computer disk on Tommy Lee, the martial arts expert finds himself unwittingly thrust into his most harrowing adventure ever.

Director:

Phillip Rhee

Writers:

Phillip Rhee (screenplay), Fred Vicarel (screenplay)

Stars:

Phillip Rhee, Ernie Hudson, Tobin Bell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Phillip Rhee	...	Tommy Lee
Ernie Hudson	...	Detective Gresko
Tobin Bell	...	Lukasz Slava
Thure Riefenstein	...	Yuri Slava
Jessica Collins	...	Karina
Chris Lemmon	...	Jack Jarvis (as Christopher Lemmon)
Paul Gleason	...	Father Gil
Art LaFleur	...	Big Joolie (as Art La Fluer)
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	Boris (as Sven Ole Thorsen)
Jessica Huang	...	Stephanie Lee
Jill Ritchie	...	Mickey
Ilia Volok	...	Ilia (as Ilia Volokh)
Garrett Warren	...	Viktor
David 'Shark' Fralick	...	Oleg
Monte Rex Perlin	...	Sergi (as Monte Perlin)

Storyline

When a girl fleeing Russian mobsters plants a stolen computer disc on Tommy Lee, the martial arts expert finds himself unwittingly thrust into his most harrowing adventure ever. The tiny piece of high-tech software holds the secrets to a counterfeiting scam, and now Tommy is the target of a blood-thirsty mob that will stop at nothing to get it back.

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Plot Keywords:

1990s | russian mobster | on the run | hostage | martial arts | 

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Taglines:

The Newest and Hardest-Hitting of the Series!!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong violence, and for a scene of sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

After the success of Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back, the Weinstein Brothers approached Phillip Rhee about making a fourth entry in the series, offering him the chance to write, direct, and star in the film. Rhee accepted but later admitted that while the first three films were made with heart, for the fourth film he chose the money and it was not the best work he could have done.

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Goofs

This movie is set in 1998. Tommy has a daughter that is clearly at least 5 years old. It also shows old footage of him and his "wife" who is supposedly deceased, who he would have known for at least 5 years. In Best of the Best 3, just 3 years earlier, he had no wife and no daughter.

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Quotes

[Boris shoots the truck-driver, and then moves his dead body to the passenger-seat when he gets in the truck]
Boris: You can ride shotgun!

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Alternate Versions

German Video-Release (Paramount) was cut by a few scenes in order to receive an 18-Rating.

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Connections

Referenced in In Search of the Last Action Heroes (2019)

User Reviews

Enough is enough

The two first one was nice but the third one was stupid. This last one is the last and it's for the best beacuase it's very stupid and involuntarily hilarious ! A good moment if you dont have any movie th laugh at

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 1999 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

Filming Locations:

6th Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Picture Securities

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1